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Show Senior & SCeaCtfi 9ezus North Summit Senior Citizens BY IjOL'ISE WALI-AC- E I told you we hud an Easier Pa' ade Iasi week and this picture of four proves il. The smil-in- g faces piclured are lien tiearyT Amy Shaw, Beulah Willoughby and Barbara Roemmich. Louise Judd was a little shy and kinda crafty loo. She figured out that if she used the camera she couldn't he in the shot. Bet Donald would have done it for her if she would have handed over he camera. They brought the test of the pictures from the roll, all nicely mounted on a poster so we could all see how happy we all looked. Thanks kids! President Shirley Phelps conducted the meetings. She welcomed Gordon Taylor and Ted Uvingston who was with us on Wednesday and had a few words to say to the group and held a meeting with the officers and board members after lunch. I.wIips They told us to keep on doing what we are doing and all things would work out for me best. Well, we may he a bit skeptical hut we surely do Jiope they are right. Wc sere happy to nave WmiJrow Nielson with us and hear how Ixah is doing. If all goes well, she may even he home by the lime you read this. Of course, she will have to continue with therapy at home. Woodrow brought a pretty bouquet of tulips and Kelly Wilde brought fresh water cress. He says it will he even better in a couple of weeks. Friday. April 28. w hich just happened to be June Hcnncfcr's birthday. she decorated our table with tasty nut cup favors and Mary Mair treated with chocolates. Thanks everyone. The officers and board members met Friday. Amy was in charge of April and did a splendid job. Betty Wilde is taking over fur May and has arranged a program for Mother's Day on May 12 so ladies come and join us in our royal role of the year. The band kept the place in music as they practiced both days fur their upcoming engagements. They are going to lYovo to play on May 10 and then to the Hchcr center on May IK and have r'tner invitations for June so they are busy. So loo. are the ladies in the quilting department. have Amy Shaw's baby n...y finished (sounds like her famiquill ly is growing!. Those making the nifty stitches were Eleanor Morby, Helen Judd. Helen Boyer, Gwen Blonquist. June Hennefer and of course Amy. There may have been others who helped but I cant keep1 track of them and still play my cards at canasta if I hope to win. now can Life-Savi- ng Information to Celebrate Mother's Day and Stroke Awareness Month May is Stroke Awareness Month. May 14 is Mother's Day. That's a good combination, according to the American Stroke Association, a di- vision of the American Heart Association, because it draws attenstroke (brain tion to two facts mure kills than 97,000 attack) and women each year you can help reduce those numbers. That's why learning of stroke this month could he the best Mother's Day present you could ever give anyone. It can make the difference between life and death. A critical step in surviving a which is a blockage of stroke hlixxl flow to the brain caused by a dogged or ruptured blood vessel is speed. Call 911 as soon as the signs are evident. Fast action is important, especially now that a new emergency 2 treatment for stroke a called tissue plasminogen actidrug can greatly reduce vator the risk of death and permanent dot-hustin- (l-P- damage. Unfortunately, less than 5 percent of Americans get to the hoswhich pital in time to receive within three administered must be the of hours onset of symptoms to be effective. If more people knew the warning signs for stroke and arrived at the hospital in time for treatment, the number of people who die or are permanently disabled by stroke could he reduced," said IX'hbic Cox. Executive Director of the Utah office of the American Heart Association. The warning signs of stroke are: sudden weakness or numbness of the face! arm or especially on one side of the body; trouble Sudden confusion, or understanding: speaking Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eves Sudden trouble walking, dirtiness. loss of balance or coordination; Sudden severe headache with no known cause More than half of women who survive a stroke die within eight years. However, the chance of suffering a stroke can be reduced by practicing a healthy lifestyle. Women should control high bkxxl pressure, slop smoking, control blood cholesterol, become physically active, avoid obesity and work month of May and June loo. Hope we don't forget them. We do get forgetful at times but that isnt because of age either. You take the young lady that was running around the parking lot yelling. Taxi, taxi." and my cousin Rucben who drives one for a living picked her up and asked. W'here to. lady?" Just cruise around the parking lot. please. I cant remember where I parked my car." she replied. home after having yet another opertheir daughters. No boy is quite ation. Cora tells me that site will good enough for them. It sure is a soon be well enough and is going to mystery to me how only a few years start coming again. Charles Dahlin after the wedJing that boy is the is in the Davis hospital in Laytim father of the smartest grandchildren from a broken hip. kind of a set back in the whole world. for him cause he was doing real This is the time of year for graduwell since the by pass surgery a ations and of course weddings. We short lime ago. Mary Nelson is in were invited to the reception for the McKay Dee hospital in Ogden Tyson Wnghi (Cindy McGeehces and just not feeling at all good. We son) and Rebecca Whittaker hope for the best for everyone. 'Saturday nnd I think we can plan on Yihi know howlimcrsluif aikiUy yz)i ncr.t v. 3J.1- - I? We have lost another one of our good members and we send our sympathies to Renee Robinson on the death of her husband Marvin who passed away peacefully Saturday. We send get well wishes to Pat Anderson who had surgery and is at her daughters in Salt Lake and to Cora Robinson who is now Mothers Day Advice That Could Save Her Life Share May 5, 2000 The Summit County Bee Page A8 with a doctor to prevent or treat atrial fibrillation and carotid artery disease Atrial fibrillation is the rapid, uncoordinated beating of the heart's upper chambers. Carotid artery disease affects the blood vessel system that supplies lire brain. The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart in was created Association, November 1998 as part of a strategic decision to spotlight and strengthen the American Heart Association's effort to reduce death and disability from stroke through research, education. fundraising and advocacy. 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