Clarksville Family Magazine — October 2015
The October 2015 Clarksville Family Magazine raises backyard chickens, builds confidence in kids, and saves two lives through RescueVets.
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“Chickens in Your Own Backyard” led the issue with a practical, of-the-moment guide to backyard poultry, tapping into the growing local interest in raising your own eggs and connecting with where food comes from.
“RescueVets: Saving Two Lives” told a moving story about the program pairing rescued animals with veterans — a partnership that heals both the animal and the person, resonant in a Fort Campbell community. “Self Confidence in Kids” offered parents guidance on nurturing resilient, self-assured children. The health pages closed out the year with practical advice: “Five End-of-Year Tips From Your Pharmacist” and “Five Tips for Staying Well When the Family's Sick,” plus a feature on reversing the signs of facial aging.
The recurring departments round out an October number centered on homegrown living and healing — a flock, a bond and a child, each about nurturing something, celebrating the small acts of care that make a house a home and a community whole.
The backyard-chickens cover feature was a small comedy of expectations. A self-described city girl who knew chickens only as something to cook, the writer stepped into a coop of six — Nellie, Hazel, Buffy, Lacey, Pepper and Ella — braced for a noisy, smelly mess pecking at her sandal-clad feet. Instead she found something closer to a little girl's overgrown dollhouse, and came away pleasantly surprised by the calm, curious birds and the tidy world they kept.
Table of Contents
- Chickens in Your Own Backyard (p. 6)
- Self Confidence in Kids (p. 14)
- Reversing the Signs of Facial Aging (p. 18)
- RescueVets: Saving Two Lives (p. 24)
- Five End-Of-Year Tips From Your Pharmacist (p. 28)
- Lifestyle (p. 30)
- Five Tips for Staying Well When the Family's Sick (p. 38)
- Gun Safety (p. 40)
- Play with Me (p. 44)
Regular Departments
- Candid Clarksville (p. 50)
- FT CAMPBELL Families (p. 51)
- Network (p. 52)
- Fridge (p. 62)
