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2009 - 2010
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	Teams to lose it for the kids By ELISSA DICKEY \| Posted: Sunday, January 3, 2010 There's a rivalry brewing in Day County. Starting Monday, two teams of law enforcers in the county will participate in the National 911 Fitness Challenge _ basically, "The Biggest Loser" for law enforcement. "There will be a little competition between the two teams in the county," said Jesse Coyle, Day County sheriff's deputy and captain of one team. But the real winners will be kids: Proceeds from the challenge benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children.
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Best Buddies 100 Mile Bike Ride
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APCO TV	*Jim Sayih, Key Note Speaker at 75th Annual APCO Convention* Topic: "911 Method to Invigorating Health" To the left, Jim Sayih is seen being interviewed by APCO TV Host, Nancy Roth, Jim was a Key Note Speaker at the *75th Annual APCO Convention.* To learn more about Jim's Keynote speaking services, please drop by Jim's Corner featured on this website.
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	Fitness challenge benefits hospitalized children BY KAREN DEMASTERS If you are already in good physical shape, how much body fat can you lose? That is what several Monmouth County law enforcement officers set out to test recently while they raised money for a good cause at the same time. Monmouth County Sheriff’s Officers Anthony Torre and Herm Colbert, Freehold Township Police Officers Bill Gallo and James MacNamara and Wall Township Corporal Thomas Dowd joined forces to help each other lose body fat. They each reduced their body fat from about 20 percent to between 6 percent and 13 percent over a 12 week period. Their accomplishment won them the 911 Fitness Challenge for the Northeast and they traveled to Los Angeles and Las Vegas to meet some of the children they were helping to raise money for.
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ABC's Pulled from our 2004 Archive File
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	Firefighters raise $4,800 to help McDonald House Posted: 07/31/2009 05:21:35 PM PDT City firefighters donated $4,800 to Ronald McDonald House Charities on Friday, money they earned by getting buff. The team of firefighters - known as the Westside Anchors - have been winners of the national 911 Fitness Challenge three years in a row. Working out hard and dieting for the past several months, four firefighters shaved off pounds of fat, leaving chiseled physiques. "The best feeling is being able to give to the Ronald McDonald House knowing that it's going to the community," said Pasadena fire Capt. Josh Ward. They presented a check to a representative from the Ronald McDonald House at the Rose Bowl. Fire Chief Dennis Downs commended his staff on their efforts. "This is just an example that at the fire department we're really serious about fitness and keeping fit," he said
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	Lt. Jim Sayih's interview on the David Brownstone Show - Aug. 2009
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	By John F. Nevlle, Staff Writer A siren split the mid-morning calm of the industrial park as, one after another, off-duty officers jumped from a squad car and sprinted toward a training building about 70 yards away. They raced up a staircase to the third floor and dragged a 175-pound dummy representing a wounded officer to safety. At the end of the survival-training exercise, an EMT took the officers' heart rate and blood pressure readings. The high rates surprised some.
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	Losers win big in healthy competition Office executives got out from behind their desk to compete in a tri-county fitness challenge. By Eileen Soler Special to the Miami Herald Corporate workers virtually strapped to their desks day in and day out spent eight weeks dropping pounds, gaining muscle and shaping up.