BULLETIN of the ROTARY CLUB of OCEAN GROVE INC.
Volume 24 No.23
Notice for the meeting at the Ocean Grove Hotel on 13th December – 6.00 for 6.30.
The guest speaker will be Jan Howard, our outward exchange student. chaired by David Tyrrell, with David Cooke, ass’t sergeant and greeter, and Geoff Chandler, ass’t cashier and thanker.
Birthdays and Anniversaries Trevor McArdle……….14th.
OF STROKES!! Reprinted from the bulletin of the RC of Torquay, and further sponsored by ADG Tim Kemp, PP John Calnin and Peter Hawthorne.
Stroke Identification
During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall – she assured everyone that she was fine [they offered to call paramedics] and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself for the rest of the evening.
Ingrid’s husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital. At 6.00pm, Ingrid passed away. She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ! Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. It only takes a minute to read this.
Recognizing a Stroke.
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within three hours, he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed and getting to the patient within three hours, which is tough. Thank God for the sense to remember the three steps. Read and learn.
Sometimes, symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now, doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions.
1. Ask the patient to SMILE.
2. Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
3. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE – coherently – e.g. ‘It is sunny out today’
If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call the Ambulance immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions.
They presented their conclusions at the American Stroke Association’s Annual Meeting last February.
Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this email sends it to 10 people, you can bet that at least one life will be saved.
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Last Sunday’ Market
About 90 stalls, 716 vehicles. I had the late shift at the entrance, and amused myself with number plates. Four young things in a beaten-up combi van sported ‘ESC’, a happy looking lady drove ‘BOO’, and a rather elderly lady was in ‘SIN’, although I thought she may have been beyond it!
But my acclaim went to ‘SFA’ which I thought could have been given a miss by the MRB.
The return of the serial!
I am trying to find something that’s not Irish or Lithuanian, but in the meantime, I think a little segment on ‘Wicked Wisdom’, [a Cynic’s Dictionary] may be of interest. e.g.
Abstract Art A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
Acting Farting about in disguise.
Admiration Our polite recognition of another’s resemblance to ourselves.
Advertisements The only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
And that’s about enough for one week.
Extract from an email sent to Tim Kemp, with a copy to Margaret Campbell from Keith Nixon of the RC of Southampton, Ontario, Canada, dated 25/11/2005.
‘I made a presentation to our club last evening. We have approximately 9 or 10 members interested in hosting members of Ocean Grove Rotary Club taking part in a Friendship Exchange in June of 2006 or 2007., and I will be taking the proposal to our Board for formal approval. In the meantime, would it be possible for you to get some feedback from your membership, please, as to whether I should proceed?’
Ed. comment: I think Tim wanted me to hold off until he put the proposal to our Board, but there is not likely to be another Board meeting until next month, so you can mull over this in the meantime. Comments from our partners at the 20th Dec Xmas function might be appropriate.
A letter to the editor from Alison George. Re Student Exchange.
“I think that the lack of members with children of similar age is a problem.
The children who participate in RYLA & RYPEN are local, often needing the special aspects of development which these programs offer, and they have the potential to pass on their experiences to other children in their community. It has sometimes been difficult to attract students to these programs, so perhaps we need to do more in the promotion of them.
Something for the Club to muse about? Cheers Alison’
Last Nights Meeting
John Calnin chaired another very successful Elderly Citizens Christmas dinner at the Golf Club.Is it six or seven years we have been doing this? Whatever the score, it is one of the very best things that our club does.
85 guests were served by 28 waiters, [shades of ‘Davidsons’?] . The turkey and ham dinner was excellent and Father Christmas was hairier than ever.
It was a ‘feel good’ night for us all.
But not such a good night for Tim Kemp
Our hearts go out to Tim, whose younger sister died suddenly this week.
End Bit
Mum was having the dickens of a time getting her son ready for school. “I’m not going” he screamed. “The teachers all make fun of me and the kids all hate me. I’m just not going any more”.
”I’ll give you two reasons that you will go, son. First, you are 49 and second, you’re the headmaster”.
