Adobe Bluffs Elementary School

<body><table dir="ltr" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top"> <p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p> </td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana Ref" size="1">© 2007-2008 Adobe Bluffs Elementary School<br> <font color="#FF0000"><a href="mailto:hmarks@powayusd.com">contact the webmaster</a></font></font><a href="mailto:hmarks@powayusd.com"> </a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:30.25pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-2.0in"><b><u>For Immediate Release</u></b>                     <span style="font-size: 10.0pt">                 Contact: Kenny Rogers: 310-692-0162 (Cell)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:30.25pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-2.0in">June 12, 2008                                                              <span style="font-size: 10.0pt"> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="mailto:Kenny@CalGovCouncil.org"> Kenny@CalGovCouncil.org</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:30.25pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-2.0in"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt"> (3 pages)                                                                                               </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -9.0pt; margin-left: 225.0pt"><b> <span style="font-size:6.0pt"> </span></b></p> <h3><span style="font-size: 1.0pt"> </span></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:6.0pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"> <b><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Six San Diego Area Schools Named Finalists in Fitness Competition</span></b></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 13.0pt">75 schools state-wide to be considered for three $100,000 grand prizes </span></h2> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:30.25pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:3.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"> <span style="font-size:8.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><i>Los Angeles, Calif<span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:normal">.</span></i></b> <b>– </b>Jake Steinfeld, Chairman of the<b> </b>Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, announced today that six San Diego Area schools and 75 schools state-wide have been named finalists in the Council’s 2008 Governor’s Challenge Competition.  Each of the school finalists is under consideration for one of the competition’s three grand prizes - brand new fitness centers valued at $100,000.  Additionally, one San Diego Area school will be named a Regional Award winner and receive $5,000 for new physical activity equipment.  Grand Prize and Regional Award winners will be announced at a special ceremony at the Capitol in September.  The six San Diego Area school finalists are:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 67.7pt"> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                       </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Adobe Bluffs Elementary in San Diego</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 67.7pt"> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                       </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Kelly Elementary in Carlsbad</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 67.7pt"> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                       </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt">Park</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> Village Elementary in San Diego</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 67.7pt"> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                       </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Solana Highlands Elementary in San Diego</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 67.7pt"> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                       </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">St. Mary Star of the Sea Elementary in Oceanside</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin-left: 67.7pt"> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                       </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt">Valley</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> Center Primary in Valley Center</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.35pt;line-height:150%"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.35pt;line-height:150%">School finalists were chosen based on results of the 2008 Governor’s Challenge Competition, a state-wide fitness contest among k-12 schools that promotes increased physical activity and better health among California’s youth. Throughout the state, more than 160,000 children accepted the 2008 Governor’s Challenge and pledged to be active 30-60 minutes a day, 3 days a week for a month  - this compares to 69,000 students who accepted the Governor’s Challenge in ’07.  Cumulatively, student participants in the 2008 Governor’s Challenge recorded more than 3 million active days.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%">Over the next couple of months the Governor’s Council will be reviewing how each of the Competition’s school finalists supported physical activity and good nutrition on their campus in order to help determine its awardees.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> “I’m thrilled that so many schools around the state have been going the extra mile to help students get active and fit.  I’m a big believer that healthy bodies lead to healthy minds and I can’t wait to reward these schools for their leadership in this area,” said Steinfeld.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%">“I’m also thrilled that our Council has been able to promote physical activity and fitness without adding any burden on California taxpayers,” said Steinfeld.  “Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, like Anthem Blue Cross Foundation, Longs Drugs and General Mills, we were able to encourage a record number of California children and teachers to take the Governor’s Challenge this year.  In fact, thanks to our sponsors, our Governor’s Challenge attracted more than twice the amount of participants in California this year as <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%">a similar effort led by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports attracted nationally.</span>”  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%">Anthem Blue Cross Foundation is a founding sponsor of the California Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the title sponsor of the Governor’s Council Spotlight Awards that fund the Competition’s three grand prize fitness centers.  Longs Drugs sponsors the Governor’s Council Activity Guide and funds the Governor’s Challenge Competition Regional Awards.  General Mills’ sponsorship funds the Certificates of Completion and patches of the Council seal for which students completing the Governor’s Challenge qualify.  Partners of the Governor’s Council include iTech Fitness, which helps design and build the fitness center awards, 24 Hour Fitness which provides free passes to students and teachers taking the Governor’s Challenge, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area which provides free lift tickets to middle school students taking the Governor’s Challenge, the Network for a Healthy California and Paramount Farms.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%">Research shows that regular physical activity during childhood and adolescence helps build healthier bones and muscles, increases self-esteem, and reduces the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes.  Research also shows a connection between students’ levels of physical fitness and their academic performance.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%"> </span></p> <h4 style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:normal"><i><u>About the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports</u></i></h4> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-align:justify"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black">The California Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting physical activity for all Californians with an emphasis on children and youth. Governor Schwarzenegger is the Honorary Chairman and Council members include Chairman Jake Steinfeld, Vice Chairman Peter Vidmar, and California sports legends such as Lisa Fernandez, Julie Foudy, Tony Hawk, Lisa Leslie, Misty May-Treanor, Daron Rahlves and Jerry Rice.  Governor’s Council key initiatives include the Governor’s Challenge, the Governor’s Council Spotlight Awards presented by the Anthem Blue Cross Foundation, the Governor’s Council Activity Guide presented by Longs Drugs, the Live Like a Champion Tour powered by Anthem Blue Cross and Exercise is Medicine.  Founding sponsors are Applied Materials, Anthem Blue Cross Foundation and Kaiser Permanente.  For more information, visit <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.CalGovCouncil.org"> www.CalGovCouncil.org</a>.   </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-align:justify"><i> <span style="font-size:4.0pt;color:black"> </span></i></p> <h4 style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:normal"><i><u>About Anthem Blue Cross Foundation</u></i></h4> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt"><a name="OLE_LINK2"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black">Through charitable grant making, the Anthem Blue Cross Foundation promotes Anthem Blue Cross’s inherent commitment to enhance the health and well-being of individuals and families in communities that the company serves.<b>  </b>The Foundation focuses its funding on strategic initiatives that address and provide innovative solutions to reduce the number of uninsured as well as organizations and nonprofit charities that promote the Healthy Generations Program, a multi-generational initiative that targets specific disease states and medical conditions.  These include: prenatal care in the first trimester, low birth weight babies, cardiac morbidity rates, long term activities that decrease obesity and increase physical activity, diabetes prevalence in adult populations, adult pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations and smoking cessation.  The Anthem Blue Cross Foundation is an affiliate of the WellPoint Foundation.  </span></a> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black">To learn more about the WellPoint Foundation please visit <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.wellpointfoundation.org/"> <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none">www.wellpointfoundation.org</span></a> </span></p> <h4 style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:normal"><i><u> <span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></u></i></h4> <h4 style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:normal"><i><u>About Longs Drugs</u></i></h4> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-align:justify"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black">Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Longs Drug Stores Corporation (NYSE: LDG) is one of the most recognized retail drug store chains on the West Coast and in Hawaii. The Company operates 510 retail pharmacies and offers a wide assortment of merchandise focusing on health, wellness, beauty and convenience. Longs also provides pharmacy benefit management services and Medicare beneficiary prescription drug plans through its wholly-owned subsidiary, RxAmerica, LLC. Additional information about Longs and its services is available at <a target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.longs.com"> <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none">http://www.longs.com</span></a> and more information about RxAmerica is available at <a target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.rxamerica.com"> <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none">http://www.rxamerica.com</span></a>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-align:justify"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black"> </span></p> <h4 style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:normal"><i><u>About General Mills</u></i></h4> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.35pt"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black">General Mills, with annual net sales of $13.4 billion, is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of consumer foods products based in Minneapolis.  General Mills' mission is Nourishing Lives – innovating to make lives healthier, easier, and richer – while Nourishing Communities and Nourishing the Future. Its global brand portfolio includes Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Old El Paso and more. With more than 100 consumer brands and operations in more than 100 countries, General Mills is also a leading supplier of baking and other food products to the foodservice and commercial baking industries.  In fiscal 2007, General Mills awarded $82 million to communities across the country, representing more than 5 percent of company pretax profits that year. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-align:justify"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText3" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal"> <span style="font-style: normal">###</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> </p> <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent:0in"> <span style="line-height: 150%"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent:0in"> <span style="line-height: 150%"> </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="text-indent: -1.25in"> </p> <![if !mso]><![endif]> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="text-indent: -1.25in"> </p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="text-indent: -1.25in"> </p> <p><br clear="ALL">  </p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="text-indent: -1.25in">            <span style="font-size: 8.0pt">Arnold Schwarzenegger                                    </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="text-indent: -5.75in; margin-left: -.75in"> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt">                                                                                                                                                                                         <i>Honorary Chairman</i></span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="text-indent: -5.75in; margin-left: -.75in"> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><b> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt">Council Members:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Jake Steinfeld</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><i> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt">Chairman</span></i></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt">  </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Peter Vidmar</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><i> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt">Vice Chairman</span></i></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt">  </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Debbie Allen</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Robert Balk</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Lindsay Davenport</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"> <span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8.0pt">Lisa Fernandez</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"> <span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8.0pt">Julie Foudy</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"> <span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8.0pt">Tony Hawk                      </span> </p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"> <span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8.0pt">Reggie Jackson</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"> <span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8.0pt">Michelle Kwan</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"> <span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8.0pt">Jack LaLanne</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"> <span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8.0pt">Lisa Leslie</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Misty May-Treanor</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Daron Rahlves</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Jerry Rice</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Serena Williams</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> John Wooden</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="text-indent: -5.75in; margin-left: -.75in"> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt">                                                                                                                                                                                         </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><b> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt">Board of Directors: </span></b></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Austin Beutner</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><i> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt">Chairman</span></i></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt">                                           </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Gene Sykes</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><i> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt">Treasurer</span></i></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt">  </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Ron Beard</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Warren Bryant</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Steve Bornstein</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Ann Meyers Drysdale</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> André Farr</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> George Fellows                 </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Rusty Gregory</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Walter Haas</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Tim Leiweke</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Michael Lynton</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Frank Marshall</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Jamie McCourt</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Wayne Powers</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"> <span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8.0pt">Bonnie Reiss</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"> <span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8.0pt">Marti Remmell</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"> <span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8.0pt">Jake Winebaum</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"> <span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt"> Kenny Rogers</span></p> <p class="MsoHeader" style="margin-left: -.75in"><i> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt">Executive Director</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 150%"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 150%"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 150%"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 150%"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 150%"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"> <span style="font-size:4.0pt;line-height:150%"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in"> <span style="font-size:4.0pt;line-height:150%"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%">Over the next couple of months the Governor’s Council will be reviewing how each of the Competition’s school finalists supported physical activity and good nutrition on their campus in order to help determine its awardees.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> “I’m thrilled that so many schools around the state have been going the extra mile to help students get active and fit.  I’m a big believer that healthy bodies lead to healthy minds and I can’t wait to reward these schools for their leadership in this area,” said Steinfeld.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%">“I’m also thrilled that our Council has been able to promote physical activity and fitness without adding any burden on California taxpayers,” said Steinfeld.  “Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, like Anthem Blue Cross Foundation, Longs Drugs and General Mills, we were able to encourage a record number of California children and teachers to take the Governor’s Challenge this year.  In fact, thanks to our sponsors, our Governor’s Challenge attracted more than twice the amount of participants in California this year as <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%">a similar effort led by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports attracted nationally.</span>”  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%">Anthem Blue Cross Foundation is a founding sponsor of the California Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the title sponsor of the Governor’s Council Spotlight Awards that fund the Competition’s three grand prize fitness centers.  Longs Drugs sponsors the Governor’s Council Activity Guide and funds the Governor’s Challenge Competition Regional Awards.  General Mills’ sponsorship funds the Certificates of Completion and patches of the Council seal for which students completing the Governor’s Challenge qualify.  Partners of the Governor’s Council include iTech Fitness, which helps design and build the fitness center awards, 24 Hour Fitness which provides free passes to students and teachers taking the Governor’s Challenge, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area which provides free lift tickets to middle school students taking the Governor’s Challenge, the Network for a Healthy California and Paramount Farms.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%">Research shows that regular physical activity during childhood and adolescence helps build healthier bones and muscles, increases self-esteem, and reduces the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes.  Research also shows a connection between students’ levels of physical fitness and their academic performance.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:150%"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%"> </span></p> <h4 style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:normal"><i><u>About the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports</u></i></h4> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-align:justify"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black">The California Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting physical activity for all Californians with an emphasis on children and youth. Governor Schwarzenegger is the Honorary Chairman and Council members include Chairman Jake Steinfeld, Vice Chairman Peter Vidmar, and California sports legends such as Lisa Fernandez, Julie Foudy, Tony Hawk, Lisa Leslie, Misty May-Treanor, Daron Rahlves and Jerry Rice.  Governor’s Council key initiatives include the Governor’s Challenge, the Governor’s Council Spotlight Awards presented by the Anthem Blue Cross Foundation, the Governor’s Council Activity Guide presented by Longs Drugs, the Live Like a Champion Tour powered by Anthem Blue Cross and Exercise is Medicine.  Founding sponsors are Applied Materials, Anthem Blue Cross Foundation and Kaiser Permanente.  For more information, visit <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.CalGovCouncil.org"> www.CalGovCouncil.org</a>.   </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-align:justify"><i> <span style="font-size:4.0pt;color:black"> </span></i></p> <h4 style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:normal"><i><u>About Anthem Blue Cross Foundation</u></i></h4> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt"><a name="OLE_LINK1"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black">Through charitable grant making, the Anthem Blue Cross Foundation promotes Anthem Blue Cross’s inherent commitment to enhance the health and well-being of individuals and families in communities that the company serves.<b>  </b>The Foundation focuses its funding on strategic initiatives that address and provide innovative solutions to reduce the number of uninsured as well as organizations and nonprofit charities that promote the Healthy Generations Program, a multi-generational initiative that targets specific disease states and medical conditions.  These include: prenatal care in the first trimester, low birth weight babies, cardiac morbidity rates, long term activities that decrease obesity and increase physical activity, diabetes prevalence in adult populations, adult pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations and smoking cessation.  The Anthem Blue Cross Foundation is an affiliate of the WellPoint Foundation.  </span></a> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black">To learn more about the WellPoint Foundation please visit <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.wellpointfoundation.org/"> <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none">www.wellpointfoundation.org</span></a> </span></p> <h4 style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:normal"><i><u> <span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></u></i></h4> <h4 style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:normal"><i><u>About Longs Drugs</u></i></h4> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-align:justify"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black">Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Longs Drug Stores Corporation (NYSE: LDG) is one of the most recognized retail drug store chains on the West Coast and in Hawaii. The Company operates 510 retail pharmacies and offers a wide assortment of merchandise focusing on health, wellness, beauty and convenience. Longs also provides pharmacy benefit management services and Medicare beneficiary prescription drug plans through its wholly-owned subsidiary, RxAmerica, LLC. Additional information about Longs and its services is available at <a target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.longs.com"> <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none">http://www.longs.com</span></a> and more information about RxAmerica is available at <a target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.rxamerica.com"> <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none">http://www.rxamerica.com</span></a>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-align:justify"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black"> </span></p> <h4 style="margin-left:27.0pt;line-height:normal"><i><u>About General Mills</u></i></h4> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.35pt"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black">General Mills, with annual net sales of $13.4 billion, is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of consumer foods products based in Minneapolis.  General Mills' mission is Nourishing Lives – innovating to make lives healthier, easier, and richer – while Nourishing Communities and Nourishing the Future. Its global brand portfolio includes Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Old El Paso and more. With more than 100 consumer brands and operations in more than 100 countries, General Mills is also a leading supplier of baking and other food products to the foodservice and commercial baking industries.  In fiscal 2007, General Mills awarded $82 million to communities across the country, representing more than 5 percent of company pretax profits that year. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-align:justify"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> <span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText3" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal"> <span style="font-style: normal">###</span></p> </td></tr></table></body>