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Vol. 2, No. 4 | November 2013
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A NEWSLETTER FOR GRADUATES & FRIENDS OF CLEVELAND CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE
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Health Insights Today: cleveland.edu/hit Dr. Larry Beem ’70 Retires News & Notes, Page 2
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Las Vegas, Baby!
ON THE HORIZON | Mark Your Calendar Postgrad Event
Alumni Event
Last Chance Seminar 2013 Sponsored by Cleveland Chiropractic College
Las Vegas All-Alumni (CCCKC/CCCLA) Event Sponsored by the CCC Alumni Association
Dec. 14-15, 2013 / 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CCC Campus
Feb. 28-March 2, 2014 / 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Flamingo Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)
4 hours of CEU daily / 12 hours of CEU total
4 hours of CEU daily / 12 hours of CEU total
Saturday, Dec. 14th “Evaluation & Treatment of Impingement Syndrome of the Shoulder” Presented by Dr. Deborah Denno
Friday, Feb. 28th “Scoliosis & Spinal Curvatures: Causes and Treatments” Presented by Dr. Rick Morris ’77
“Transitioning Patients to Active Care” Presented by Dr. Jon Wilson ’03 Sunday, Dec. 15th “Diagnostic Imaging: Findings & Differential Diagnosis” Presented by Dr. Doran Nicholson ’80
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Saturday, March 1st “Adult Physical Examination” Presented by Dr. Glenn Johnson ’85 Sunday, March 2nd “Professional Boundaries & Ethics” Presented by Dr. Ruth Sandefur ’67
For seminar information or to register, visit: cleveland.edu/alumni/continuing-education/seminar-schedule For online course information or to register, visit: cleveland.myicourse.com For a full listing of campus events, visit: cleveland.edu/event-calendar
Join us in Vegas, Baby! Save the dates Feb. 28 to March 2, 2014, for this exciting event for all KC and LA alumni with a total of 12 CEU hours available. The setting for this Alumni Association event is the Flamingo Hotel & Casino located on the Las Vegas strip. Attend informative CEU sessions led by LA grads Dr. Rick Morris ’77 and Dr. Glenn Johnson ’85 and KC grad Dr. Ruth Sandefur ’67. Seminars run from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. each day followed by a cocktail luncheon. Then, attendees are free to enjoy the variety of entertainment options Vegas has to offer. Register at cleveland.edu.
reams of what we want to be when we It could be said that Gill is a rising star in grow up don’t always come true. Maybe both chiropractic and country music. Practicing in part for some, but generally what we end up with his brother, Dr. Josh Gill ’07, patients at pursuing as a career is miles away from cow- Gill Chiropractic & Acupuncture offer glowing boy, astronaut, football testimonials of how the player and the like. A care they’re receiving is lucky few realize that changing their lives. dream. And then there’s Outside his clinic, Dr. Jake Gill ’00, who other amazing results are hit the boyhood dreams occurring. The single, jackpot by becoming “Say It...Goodbye” off both a doctor and a his debut album recentcountry music star. ly won a songwriters When Gill is not contest that landed him helping patients achieve on the main stage at optimum wellness at his the Country Stampede Hutchinson, Kan., chimusic festival, opening ropractic practice, you up for headliners Jason can find him on stage Dr. Jake Gill ’00 performs during a recent concert. His debut Aldean and Jake Owen. singing songs from his album is available on iTunes. Visit jakegill.net to learn more. “Perfoming at the 2012 debut album. His passion for music was Country Stampede was surreal,” Gill said. “I instilled in him in his early childhood by his dad, wasn’t nervous for a moment. My band and I were who was a music teacher. treated like royalty the whole weekend. It was a “Music was always in the house,” Gill said. really nice reward for a year’s worth of hard work.” “When I was in grade school, I was singing in Gill said he is blessed to be realizing success in church and played a couple different instruments. his dual career in chiropractic and country music. Then, in high school, I won a few talent shows, “I’m grateful for everything in my life, and and even won one in college. It was at Cleveland that includes this profession,” Gill said. “Building in 1999 with fellow 2000 graduate Dr. Kimberly my chiropractic practice was hard work and it Hunt. I haven’t seen her since graduation. Maybe prepared me for the harsh realities in professional we can do a reunion duet soon!” music. It’s a long road, but it will be worth it.” Gill said while he has his dad to thank for When Gill’s not healing patients or entertaingetting him interested in music in general, it’s his ing fans, he spends time on the farm with his famigrandpa that got him hooked on country. ly. He also tends horses and pursues other hobbies. “Country music was always on in my grandpa’s “I try to keep my horses in shape by team truck and tractor,” Gill said. “It was on one of roping and riding around the farmstead with my those rides, listenting to country, when he taught kids,” Gill said. “I also still work out like a maniac. me to whistle between my teeth. So it started with It’s kind of like an addiction, but a good one.” Grandpa, and when Garth Brooks hit the scene Gill’s practice in Hutchinson also serves Inman, with ‘The Thunder Rolls,’ and I saw the excite- Stafford, St. John and Sylvia, Kan. His album can ment in the crowd, I started dreaming then.” be purchased in his clinic or on iTunes. q WWW.CLEVELAND.EDU