COLONIALS HAVE A TOUGH ONE TONIGHT

The Colonial Heights boys basketball team will have a very tough game tonight when undefeated Petersburg comes to town. Petersburg is ranked #1 in the area and are one of the top 5 teams in the sate as well. The Colonial Heights girls team will visit Petersburg tonight. Also tonight the VCU Rams return to action on the road against Hofstra, the Rams need to win this game. Some warmer weather is on the way towards the end of the week, Thursday through Saturday the temps will rise into the lower 50's which is fine with me. MICKEY

Beef
Most people consider turkey, chicken, and fish healthy, yet think they should avoid red meat—or only choose very lean cuts—since they've always been told that it's high in saturated fat.

But there are two problems in that thinking. The first problem is that almost half of the fat in beef is a monounsaturated fat called oleic acid—the same heart-healthy fat that's found in olive oil. Second, most of the saturated fat in beef actually decreases your heart-disease risk—either by lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol, or by reducing your ratio of total cholesterol to HDL (good) cholesterol.

And besides being one of the most available sources of high-quality protein, beef also provides many important nutrients such as iron, zinc, and B vitamins. So the idea that beef is bad for you couldn't be further from the truth.

“A slip of the foot you may soon recover,
but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.”
~ Benjamin Franklin

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