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2B Daily News – Saturday, April 27, 2013 FEATURES Husband stressed that parents are cousins Give doctors clues the circumstances. In Biblical Dear Annie: Since my times, marriage between first husband discovered that his cousins was commonplace. parents are first cousins, he's Instead of sweeping this been having an emotional under the rug and watching crisis that I can't help him your husband freak out, with. I was the one who please talk to your in-laws uncovered the secret when I directly. Say you found this was doing research for a information while researchgenealogy study to be presented as a gift for my father- Annie's ing the family tree. Let them discuss it frankly so their son in-law's 70th birthday. can learn to accept what's I have given my in-laws many opportunities to by Kathy Mitchell already happened and put it absolve themselves of their and Marcy Sugar behind him. There's no reason for this to become a deception, but I must have been far too subtle to make myself major crisis. If you are planning to clear about the situation. I don't have children (or already do), you expect an answer from you or your might consider genetic counseling staff members, because I've tried to now that you have a more complete contact numerous others concerning family history. Dear Annie: My adult son has a this subject, and it appears to be taboo for even the most open-minded large, dark, textured birthmark on his of venues. — Need Help in Califor- right cheek. We believe it has caused him to lose out on job opportunities. nia Dear Need Help: Really? We He has been trying without success to cannot imagine why. Your in-laws get a job for four years. He is a hard may have done nothing that requires worker, punctual and trustworthy. He "absolving." Marriage between first has pounded the pavement looking cousins is legal in 20 states and is for work and gone online and applied permitted in six others depending on for more than 200 jobs. Mailbox A friend of my son's said privately that he would hire him but looking at "that thing" on his face makes him sick. My question to you is: Are there plastic surgeons out there who would help my son by removing this birthmark at a very low cost? He has no income, and we are not in a position right now to help him financially. — Grateful Mom Dear Grateful: Your son may qualify for Medicaid, in which case a plastic surgeon may be able to remove the skin growth at no cost if it is potentially malignant. Check at medicaid.gov to see whether your son is covered in his state. He also should check his local hospitals and medical schools. Some surgeons and hospitals have been known to generously donate their skills and facilities for low-income patients. In the meantime, we suggest he visit his local pharmacy or department store and ask about cosmetics that will cover the birthmark. Or he could try two products we have recommended in the past: Dermablend (dermablend.com) and Covermark (covermark.com). Looks like I finally got another fight I've been putting my hat in the ring trying like crazy to get another fight. My husband's been looking, my coaches are looking. I haven't fought since last fall, and felt like I'd never get back in the ring. I hate dry spells. About a month ago, I heard from a friend of mine in Colorado, Steve Mestas. He cornered me in a fight I had in Colorado and was just a ton of help that night. He coaches several fighters and has been trying to get me on a card in Colorado again. We was finally able to get a promoter to take a be interested in getting chance on me. They don't some sparring in with her. usually like to fly in a fight- Yvonne Caples was going er- it takes from their profits. to be in Red Bluff for a few Anyhow, Steve talked them days while her husband visinto putting me on the card ited his family. She was a against a local girl (always left handed fighter and had against the local girl). I'm extensive experience. I was a little bit nervous. She pretty excited came to my gym, about this fight, and we went right and I'm trying to to work on each get all the trainother. It was my ing I can in to be first time with a completely prelefty, and she was pared. good! Very fast Currently, I and great foot don't have any movement. The fighters training weirdest thing is, with me, so I've she is only 40, and been making due she is retired from with bag work, fighting. I told her shadow boxing, Avery she was still running.... But young, 3 years nothing beats younger than me, going live with another person. Fitness Buff and had a lot of fight left in her. I've been training Who knows, she one of my students, Anastasia may step back into the ring Branscombe, who is inter- yet. I was all pumped up ested in becoming a fighter. after our session. We had a She is going to be awesome, great time, and I hope her but she is around 6 feet tall, husband comes back to see much taller than any oppo- his family a lot, so we can nent I'll ever have to face in get more sparring in. Thank the ring. She's a lot of fun to you, Yvonne! I'm also Facebook spar with, though, and I friends with local, world can't wait to see her in her first ammy fight (hopefully boxing champion, Ava this year). Thanks for work- Knight, who lives in Chico. I'm a bit shy on contacting ing with me, Stacey! I got lucky a few weeks people, but my husband back when one of my Face- isn't. He messaged her book friends, a retired fight- about training with me. To er, contacted me to see if I'd my delight, she agreed! She Vilche even set up a place for us to train, Stand Alone MMA in Chico (thank you, Stand Alone MMA). Talk about nervous. I got there, and I wasn't sure what to expect. I just knew I was dealing with the world champ. And I knew by her videos, she was no joke. We got in the ring together and threw leather for 4 rounds. I was dead tired after the first round. She could have gone lots more (she's used to those 10 round fights!) She gave me some advice on what I could work on and a few lumps on my head. That's how I learn best, anyhow. She's got another title fight coming up in Mexico soon, and I'm sure she will whoop some butt. Thank you so much, Ava! If all this wasn't good enough, my old trainer, Rocky Golden, came back around to get some more consistent sparring in with me. He's got the longest reach on anyone I know, and getting in on him is near impossible. If figure, if I can get past his reach, everyone else will be a breeze. He's giving me some good tips (and lumps on the head) too. Thank you, Rocky! Of course, I can't pass up my coach, Dan Verdugo. He meets me at the gym on my lunch hour, after classes at night, on the weekends... Always quick to hold the focus pads for me, give me some good instruction, even do some sparring. Always there for me, even if only to let me vent. I feel like I have grown leaps and bounds under his tutelage. Thank you, Dan! So, you can see I'm getting pretty excited about this fight. As for sponsors, I want to thank Don Davis of Novus Investments for his generous donation. And I want to thank a good friend of mine who wishes to remain anonymous- so thank you, my angel. We'll probably have a car wash to cover the rest of the expenses, so make sure you bring your cars by for a good scrubbin'. On the self defense front, things are going great. I taught some classes at Red Bluff High School. I taught the self defense techniques at around 6 P.E. classes for mostly girls that day, along with some of my great volunteers. It gave me a new appreciation for teachers. My voice was hoarse, my body was sore, I had a headache. I don't know how you all do it! All kidding aside, the students were great. I just pray they are all thinking about how to avoid dangerous situations more now and how to fight tooth and nail if they need to. I'm doing a training for a Girl Scout Troop this week. I'm a little scared, but I think I'll be all right. What could be scarier than a room full of girls? Then I may be working with the Widow's Club, and who knows? I'm open to helping anyone fell safer. One person who is as committed to all this as I am is Angilee Garcia-Marshall. She owns Heart Strings & Love Knots Boutique. She pays me to offer a training at her store once a month which is open to the public. We've done 2 so far. She gave away these great whistles at the last one. I can't wait for the next one. They are held at her store in Frontier Village on the 3rd Sunday of each month at 1 p.m. The next one will be May 12 (before my fight!) Thank you, Angeliee, for your commitment to keeping our kids (and ladies) safe. I hope to see a lot of you there next month. Even if you've been to one already, it helps to have refresher trainings. Need a little guidance & motivation? Blooming Bedding Plants Roses, Lavender, Rosemary Fruit Trees, Shade Trees Veggie Starts & Seeds Glazed Pots, Talavera Wrought Iron Yard Decor & much, much, much more! WIRE BASKET WORKSHOP Saturday, May 11th at 11am Your partner for successful gardening....... WYNTOUR GARDENS 365-2256 8026 Airport Road, Redding Experience Premium Group Fitness Class Pass We Offer 100 group training classes per week! Free to members! Pass Valid through May 2013 Go to www.tehamafamilyfitness.com for current class schedule Starting in May..: Kick Boxing Unleashed and Drums Alive! 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The describing their discomfort muscle usually feels painful, beyond telling me "it hurts." tight or knotted, and may be Even a slightly more specif- temporarily difficult to ic description can help me move. — Neck-related identify — or exclude — a headache is usually felt in particular diagnosis. To better describe your the back of the head and neck pain, start with the fol- upper neck. It is typically lowing questions. Be pre- dull or aching, rather than pared to answer them next sharp. It is often accompanied by stiffness and tendertime you see your doctor: — How severe is the ness of neck muscles. — The facet joints are pain? On a scale of 1 (least pain) to 10 (most pain), how where two spine bones (vertebrae) contact each other. bad is it? — If the pain changes Often described as deep, with different movements, sharp or aching, facet joint how bad is it at its least pain typically worsens if painful, and how bad is it at you lean your head toward the affected side. It may its most painful? — What movements of radiate to your shoulder or the head, neck, shoulders or upper back. — Nerve pain may be back make the pain better, and what movements make sharp, fleeting, severe, or accompanied by pins and it worse? — Are your neck and needles. The pain may shoot shoulders stiff? Does it seem down your arm or into your like more work than usual to hand. Also tell your doctor move them? — How would you about your non-pain sympdescribe the pain? Is it an toms: — Stiffness, tightness ache, is it sharp, is it just in one spot or does it travel (for and rigidity in the muscles. Bending or moving your example, into your arm)? — Do you feel pain only neck may be difficult or when you turn your head, or cause sharp pain. — Limited range of does the pain get worse motion. This is evident in a when you turn your head? — Along with the pain, reduced ability to flex and do you have any other extend your neck and bend symptoms? For example, is or rotate your head from side to side. your arm or hand weak? The more specific you Neck pain can vary a great deal based on what's can be about your neck pain, causing it. Use the follow- the more your doctor can ing descriptions to help help you. Olive company takes sustainability to the next level The largest table olive producer in the U.S., BellCarter Foods, continues to focus on sustainability efforts and later this month, Bell-Carter Foods will receive a rebate check from PG&E honoring the company's active dedication to reducing energy consumption at both the Bell-Carter headquarters and production plant. This will be the second year in a row Bell-Carter has been presented with a rebate check. In the past year, the company has made significant progress in reducing its carbon footprint. 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