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CityViewNC.com | 13 faytechcc.edu/continuing_education English as a Second Language (ESL) classes available! Call now for details and how to get started! (910) 678-8454 in 1984. He worked at the now defunct Moose McGillycuddy's on Front Street, Lahaina and I worked across the street at the still-thriving Kimo's Restaurant. Kimo's had a lanai area downstairs for lunch and cocktails, but the kitchen was upstairs (up 21 stairs, as I recall.) We did somewhere around 200 lunches a day. My primary job was that of "food runner." I took the orders to the kitch- en, brought the lunches downstairs to the waitresses and cleared all the dishes and silverware back up to the kitchen. I started at 9:00 a.m. and I fi nished at 5:00 p.m., all the while, running up and down those stairs. An amazing thing happened. I grew. In fact, I became so fi t that I let myself get talked into running the mountain- ous Iao Valley 10K Race on the Kihei side of the island. My training regimen was to cease imbibing for seven days prior to the race, which was brutal. Still, I fi nished in 51:51. With my cronies at the fi nish line sporting a cooler of spir- its, I retired from racing on the spot. I did buy a used treadmill many years back. It holds a prominent place in the garage. I am pretty sure it is still plugged in. Since that time, with no one else pay- ing me an hourly wage to stay in shape, I have mostly reverted back to a Newto- nian Law of Motion, that being "an ob- ject remaining at rest." I did buy a used treadmill many years back. It holds a prominent place in the garage. I am pretty sure it is still plugged in. I spend lots of hours wearing some pretty cool workout clothes that my Pilates-instructing wife bought for me. I love the feel of that Under Armour underwear with the really long legs that grip you to the top of the knee so that if I ever did leg li s in public, I would not be obscene. I am certain that wear- PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE is common, but usually goes unrecognized. This disease can lead to disabling leg pain, foot ulcers, limb loss, aneurysm, stroke, and even death. RISK FACTORS INCLUDE: Over the age of 40 Smoker Diabetes Blood pressure Cholesterol Kidney disease ALL INSURANCES WELCOME ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS Evaluation of Leg Pain Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Treatment of varicose veins and laser-RF closure Treatment of non-healing leg and foot ulcers VASCULAR CLINIC • Valley Cardiology, PA M. Akram Paracha, MD, FSCAI, RPVI 3656 Cape Center Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 910.321.1012

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