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Why allergy season might be worse this year BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
people were all there to celebrate the launch. Jamae Corcoran, owner of the Elizabeth-based Mother Clucker’s Wings, is passionate and inspiring, pragmatic and persistent. She simply wants to “make good food”
As the flowers bloom, some people suffer. It’s a prime time for seasonal allergies, and some may be feeling worse, or suffering longer, than in past years. The extra-itchy eyes, wheezing and sneezing could be related to climate change, which experts say is happening in Colorado. “Plants bloom earlier, bloom later, different species are moving in,” Dr. Ming Wu, a family medicine doctor at AdventHealth Littleton, said. “With all of this change, we’re encountering things that our bodies have never encountered before.” Allergies are overreactions to environmental stimuli, Wu said. Allergic reactions happen when the body perceives something not normally harmful as dangerous. To combat what the body perceives as a threat, the immune system fights against the stimulus – for instance, pollen — triggering allergy symptoms. Climate change has brought concern to Colorado, which is expected
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Jamae Corcoran’s friend and co-worker, Kelli Oxley, wears a chicken costume on June 8 to celebrate the grand opening of the Mother Clucker’s Wings food trailer. Although Oxley was overheating in the sun, she happily danced to the music and helped greet PHOTO BY NICKY QUINBY customers.
Food trailer rolls out in Elizabeth Mother Clucker’s Wings grew from owner’s longtime dream BY NICKY QUINBY SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
The country music of the Walker Williams Band echoed across the parking lot of the Elizabeth O’Reilly Auto Parts store at the June 8 grand opening of Mother Clucker’s Wings food trailer with its menu of wings, fries, chicken tenders and smash burgers. The band, a chicken mascot and a steady stream of hungry
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