AISD Auction, Dec 5th 10am

Performed by Yaddow Enterprises Auction Company, lic #11486,  for pictures please click www.yaddowenterprises.weebly.com 

Held at 1401 Walnut in Abilene. 

Merkel Drug Store

Dear Merkel Drug Customers, 

     

     If you currently have Humana, Cigna United, or if you know your Medicare part D insurance claims are processed by Medco Med Prime D; Merkel Drug will no longer be a preferred pharmacy on their plans as of Jan 1st, 2016.  COME IN or call to let us help you find an alternative plan.  We VALUE our customers and wish to continue providing the best service for you in the future.  

                                       Thank You,

                                            Danny

                                                Merkel Drug

                          'A Place Where Friends Meet'

Another legend lost

Actor and comedian, Mickey Rooney, has passed away, he was 93.

Demolition continues.

The old IGA building (formally Carsons Grocery) has been completely gutted now and demolition started on the Landmark sign that graced the Merkel skyline for many years.  All of this construction is for the new health clinic moving to Merkel which will provide new jobs and much needed revenue for the city.  The health clinic was made possible with help from the Merkel EDC, a non-profit that is here to see Merkel grow.  I only wished they would have cut the sign down and donated it to the Museum, but I'm just a history kind of guy! 

Don't forget to download the Merkel Now app directly to your cell phone, or if you have a piece of information that everyone needs to know about, just email me and we will get it up!  Thank you! 

Merkel Voted!

With nearly a 2/1 vote, Merkel is now wet!  What kind of new businesses will this bring to town? 

Trick or Treat

Trick or treating downtown Merkel is today 10/30 from 3p-5p.  Trick or treating is still allowed around town on 10/31 but rain is expected.

Fish oil and fat burning

The effect of fish oil on fat burning

By: David Woynarowski, M.D.

I have written many emails over the years on the effect of fish oil on fat burning. 

Lately there has been corroborating scientific evidence that fish oil can reduce belly fat and aid in fat burning as part of a solid diet and exercise program. 

But still I get questions like the one below. 

"Doc, I have read some of the stuff in your articles archive. 

I don't understand how fat can burn fat. It just does not make sense." William Hennessey Kansas City. 

Yikes! 

This could be one of those god-awful scientific emails. 

Ok I promise to keep it clean after all you've got enough on your plate. 

Here's the deal. 

All foods have effects on the hormone systems of the body. 

Some foods like fish oils actually behave like hormones in that they affect all kinds of other things from your genetic material to your proteins and other hormones. 

Fish Oils especialy influence the way the cell behaves at an individual level. 

On that level, fish oil helps to gets cells to take in more fat and become more able to use that fat as fuel. 

Most of the fish oil you take has far more effect on these cellular and hormone systems than it ever has on your calorie intake. 

Hence when someone asks me the inevitable, "Won't I get fat on fish Oil since it's a fat?" question, I can always say, "Nope" with confidence. 

But there is another simple way to tell that fish oil is working for you. If and when you go to get your cholesterol checked you will usually see a couple of things on Fish Oil if it's high quality. 

First, your good cholesterol will go up. Very good. 

Next your triglycerides will go down. 

What are triglycerides? 

Raw fat in transit. 

This is the way your body moves fat through your bloodstream. Whether you export it (burn it up as fuel in your cells) or import it into your arteries to clog them depends a heck of a lot on how much fish oil you have in your system at the time. 

So remember, when you eat a lousy meal, pop some extra fish oil! 

Here is what happens to those ugly, nasty, artery clogging fats if you do: 

"Doc, 

Just wanted to let you know the results of my most recent blood tests. I am 61 years old and have been on Lipitor for the past 9 months. I have been taking your fish oil capsules for two months. My doctor's office called yesterday to inform me of the results of my blood work done last week. They just said it was great. I asked to please let me know the differences from the last tests 6 months ago. My total cholesterol dropped from 158 to 149. The improvement was due to lower LDL, but the exciting numbers were the drop in triglycerides. My triglycerides have always been high. The test 6 months ago had me at 218, this latest one was 109. Cut in half!! 

The doctor's office asked what I was doing differently. I said 3 things. Two bad one good. I had not exercised in 8 months and had gained 8 pounds, but I started taking your pharmaceutical grade fish oil. They were impressed as I was. Now everyone in my office wants to get on the bandwagon. We are buying a case today!!!"

Best regards, 

Rick McNeil 

Plano, TX 

Good job Rick and thanks for taking the time to share with us. 

Remember you can burn fat with the right kind of supplements. 

Fish oil rules! 

All the best form the King of Pharmaceutical Grade fish Oil,

Dr. Dave

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Badger Facts

The North American badger has been the mascot of Merkel Tx for many many years, but how much do you actually know about the badger?  Here is a little info for you from Wikipedia.org.  

Behavior: The behavior of badgers differs by family, but all shelter underground, living in burrows called setts, which may be very extensive. Some are solitary, moving from home to home, while others are known to form clans called cetes, which vary from two to fifteen.

Badgers can run at (16–19 mph) for short periods of time.

Badgers are night animals.

In North America, coyotes sometimes eat badgers and vice versa, but the majority of their interactions seem to be mutual or neutral.^[15] American badgers and coyotes have been seen hunting together in a cooperative fashion.

What do they eat?  Badgers will eat nearly anything they can catch as well as fruit and roots.

History:  badgers were eaten by native Americans and early u.s. Settlers.  Their fur is still used for paintbrushes.

Badgers in Pop Culture: A badger god is featured in The Immortals by Tamora Pierce and "The Badger" is a comic book hero created by Mike Baron. The badger is the emblem of the Hufflepuff house of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter Book series, it is chosen as such because the badger is an animal that is often underestimated, because it lives quietly until attacked, but which, when provoked, can fight off animals much larger than itself, which resembles the Hufflepuff house in several ways. Trufflehunter is a heroic badger in the Chronicles of Narnia book Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis. In Lafcadio Hearn's book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things there is a short story titled Mujina, which is a shapeshifting badger.

I hope you enjoyed reading about the true identity of our beloved mascot, the Badger! 

Merkel News. Now!

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From your browser, go to www.MerkelNow.com, at the top of the screen click on the box with an arrow in it.  Then click "add to home screen" and you are done!