Taking steps to stay fit

Walking is a great way to maintain a healthy lifestyle

Janet Rapp strode briskly down a paved path through the city zoo, waving at friends and stopping briefly to greet emus she knows by name.

The 71-year-old retiree starts each morning this way with a walking club.

"I'm obsessed," she said. Not only does it ease her joint pain, "it just gives me energy …And then it calms me, too."