New Year’s resolutions often focus on improving our lifestyles. The calendar doesn’t hold us to a time to achieve wellness. Yet, May is “Physical Fitness and Sports Month,” an excellent
family membership saying they weren t really family at all. abc s larry jacobs reports those were fighting words. reporter: the roanoke athletic club is an inviting place for a dip on a summer s day. but one couple were disinvited when the club said they and their 2-year-old son didn t qualify as a family. it was like somebody punched us in the stomach. from a place that we couldn t imagine there would be this discrimination and attack. they sued when word spread, an online petition won 40,000 signatures in their support. now the parent company, carilion clinic, has done an aboutface. the club said they will change their policy and offer memberships to cohabiting couples and their children that live with them. their lawyer is pleased, but we have come a long way and have a long way to go. reporter: abc news, new york. that brings us to the
eastern tennessee overnight. reportedly killing two people and injuring dozens more people. the storm s tearing through parts of the great smoky mountains. the park spokesamerican telling wtae that a falling tree killed a woman and another man died when his motorcycle wrecked during the storm and rob mars an mow is going to let us know where they re going. good morning. well, the storms have weakened. around 5:00 they were rolling down the south, the western part of the smoky mountains. if you don t know east of knoxville. a lot of tourists get millions of visitors, as a matter of fact. as you would imagine in the middle of july, a lot of folks camping via tents and rv. that s the danger these storms pose. there was a storm there was a severe thunderstorm watch posted at the time but regardless kind of a couple cells or clusters of cells converging on this area as it drove down to the south. with all the heat that was built up, much like the deraiecho and funny things h
family membership saying they weren t really family at all. abc s larry jacobs reports those were fighting words. reporter: the roanoke athletic club is an inviting place for a dip on a summer s day. but one couple were disinvited when the club said they and their 2-year-old son didn t qualify as a family. it was like somebody punched us in the stomach. from a place that we couldn t imagine there would be this discrimination and attack. they sued when word spread, an online petition won 40,000 signatures in their support. now the parent company, carilion clinic, has done an aboutface. the club said they will change their policy and offer memberships to cohabiting couples and their children that live with them. their lawyer is pleased, but we have come a long way and have a long way to go. reporter: abc news, new york.