If you’re often short of breath during everyday activities, your chest feels tight, or you cough a lot, you may be chalking it up to getting older, having allergies, or being a smoker (now or in the past). Fortunately, there’s a way to know whether something more may be at play. Consider getting a lung function test to find out if you have a serious condition called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. Knowing the cause of your cough and breathing problems will not Life is only help you manage your symptoms – it’ll help you feel better, too.

Patient paperwork

Shepherd Home Health & Hospice Assistant Director of Nursing Karli Bowles looks over some patient documentation.

Customer service

From left, Western Drug employee Bo Felch, Joanna Perez and Pharmacist Ross Foster team up to give service to a customer.

Making valentines

Shepherd Home Health & Hospice Activities Director Darlene Cardwell works on valentine crafts for local facilities. CDN

There isn’t a better time than now to start getting fit with health information and products so easily accessible. Simply incorporate the basics into your daily routine – good nutrition, adequate exercise and a daily supplement – and start down the path toward better health.

Here's a look at the Friday headlines

- School counselors to be recognized

- Hemingways expanding to building on Gary Blvd.

- Elk City man accused of killing 2-year-old

- Kauk embodies role player mindset for CHS

- Area sports update

School counselors to be recognized

National School Counseling Week 2021 sponsored by the American School Counselor Association is Feb. 1-5 and Supt. Tyler Bridges recently signed a proclamation for it to officially be recognized at Clinton Public Schools.

The final touch

Lynne Chastain puts a seal on a colored pencil piece with a fixative spray inside the Pepsi Pop Art Gallery.

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