Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

‘Battle of the Bulge’ starts

NZPA-AP Cleveland Some small towns aspire to bigger things. But folks in Cleveland, Tennessee, hope to get even smaller — about 5M kilograms smaller. In a modern-day Battle of the Bulge, about 200 people in Cleveland — population 26,400 — and surrounding Bradley County are competing with residents of Sac County, fowa, to see who can shed the most. The competition is designed to promote the benefits of proper nutrition and exercise. “The county that loses has to fly the flag of the other county for 30 days," says Bob Taylor, head of the Cleveland-Brad-ley Chamber of Commerce Wellness Committee, which is sponsoring the effort. Sac County, a farming region of about 14,000 people in northwest lowa, organised a mass slim-down two years ago to bolster morale during the farm crisis, says Shirley Phillips, director of the Sac County Economic and Tourism Development Council.

Last year, nearly 800 participants walked or biked 460,000 km and lost 2923 kg.

Whichever team loses the greatest percentage of weight by June 24 wins.

This article text was automatically generated and may include errors. View the full page to see article in its original form.
Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19890419.2.79

Bibliographic details

Press, 19 April 1989, Page 10

Word Count
172

‘Battle of the Bulge’ starts Press, 19 April 1989, Page 10

‘Battle of the Bulge’ starts Press, 19 April 1989, Page 10