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ing and Reading Nutrition Facts Labels,
Checking Blood Sugar and Understanding
Your Results, Device Training, Dining Out,
Foot Care, Healthy Coping, Making a Plan
for Physical Activity, Planning Healthy
Meals and Balancing What, How Much
and When You Eat, Reducing Risks and
Problem Solving and Taking and Keeping
Track of Your Medicine for Diabetes.
October 12
Diabetes Support Group
10-11 am, Senior Citizens Center, 1530
Nicholasville Road, Free. Sponsored by
the Lexington-Fayette Co. Health Dept.
For more information, call (859) 288-2446.
October 13
Fayette County Diabetes Coalition
9 – 10 am, Lexington Health Department,
650 Newtown Pike. Open to anyone
interested in enhancing diabetes awareness and education in the community.
For more information, or to attend, call
859-288-2310.
October 13
Health Chats about Diabetes
6:15-7:30, UK Polk Dalton Clinic, 217
Elm Tree Lane, Free. Sponsored by the
Lexington-Fayette Co. Health Dept. and
UK Healthcare. For more information, call
(859) 288-2446.
October 13
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Lexington Farmer’s Market
Educational Workshop to show how vision therapy can improve, enhance and
develop visual performance by teaching
the visual system (eyes, brain, body) to
correct itself. 6:45pm – 7:30pm. Hosted
by Dr. Rick Graebe at the Children’s Vision
and Learning Center, 105 Crossfield Drive,
Versailles, KY 40383. Free; no registration required. 859-879-0089 for additional
information.
Every Saturday at Cheapside Park visit
the Lexington Farmers’ Market! You
can purchase herbs and spices, honey,
beeswax, candles, body care products,
organic products, eggs, meats and fresh,
seasonal produce. 7am-2pm.
October 15
Eye Opening Symposium
The 2nd Annual Eye Opening Symposium
will take place on October 15, 2015 at the
Fayette County Extension Office, 1140
Red Mile Place, Lexington, KY, from 9:00
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This free symposium
is aimed at professionals and caregivers
of those with visual impairments. The
agenda features Dr. John W. Kitchens,
Retina Associates of KY, with an update
on the latest research and treatments
affecting vision. Other program topics
include functional interventions, resources
that exist in the community to help the
visually-impaired, and ways that quality of
life can be maintained despite vision loss.
The symposium is being sponsored by
Retina Associates of Kentucky to draw
attention to the 3.4 million Americans
who have low vision or no vision. About
130,800 Kentuckians are among those
with visual disabilities. The event includes
lunch and is presented by a host of com-
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Oct. 16-17
Bourbon Chase
The Alzheimer’s Association of Greater
Kentucky and Southern Indiana has partnered with the 7th annual Bourbon Chase,
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