Apsley Voice - Page 10

**Reeve's Report & Life Saving Tips**
News from the Reeve — Jim Whelan Everyone please circle May 29th on your calendar for the open house at the Apsley Community center re: Waste, Fire, Medical Center and Kawartha Highlands Signature Site. The morning will feature Public Information Booths re the above with the committees and council in attendance to answer any questions and hear your suggestions and input. The afternoon will be Open Forums to ask any further questions and/or give further input and have further discussion. The committees and council are looking forward to meeting with all of you. Chairman Barry Rand and the Official Plan Committee are working their way towards an open meeting in late summer or early fall. We will keep you up-dated and get out the Official Plan drafts as early as possible. Councillor Carolyn Amyotte has been working on Bill 170/03 (Water Regulations), and has met with the Ontario Environment Minister Leona Dombrowsky and as Carolyn says: “Extending the deadlines for small business and municipalities will be just a start. Regulations have to make more sense and I applaud the Minister for taking responsibility to achieve this.” New fire hall on 504 construction is on schedule, and as noted above the fire report will be available for discussion on May 29th. The committees have been working hard getting all the data necessary to make decisions on your behalf that are reasonable and fiscally responsible. Hope to see you all on the 29th.
You Could Save A Life! by Bill Dulmage 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 any bystander can recognize a stroke asking three simple questions: 1. Ask the individual to smile. 2. Ask him or her to raise both arms. 3. Ask the person to speak a simple sentence. If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. After discovering that a group of nonmedical 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."

Reeve's Report & Life Saving Tips

News from the Reeve — Jim Whelan

Everyone please circle May 29th on your calendar for the open house at the Apsley Community center re: Waste, Fire, Medical Center and Kawartha Highlands Signature Site.

The morning will feature Public Information Booths re the above with the committees and council in attendance to answer any questions and hear your suggestions and input. The afternoon will be Open Forums to ask any further questions and/or give further input and have further discussion.
The committees and council are looking forward to meeting with all of you.

Chairman Barry Rand and the Official Plan Committee are working their way towards an open meeting in late summer or early fall. We will keep you up-dated and get out the Official Plan drafts as early as possible.

Councillor Carolyn Amyotte has been working on Bill 170/03 (Water Regulations), and has met with the Ontario Environment Minister Leona Dombrowsky and as Carolyn says: “Extending the deadlines for small business and municipalities will be just a start. Regulations have to make more sense and I applaud the Minister for taking responsibility to achieve this.”

New fire hall on 504 construction is on schedule, and as noted above the fire report will be available for discussion on May 29th.

The committees have been working hard getting all the data necessary to make decisions on your behalf that are reasonable and fiscally responsible. Hope to see you all on the 29th.

You Could Save A Life!

by Bill Dulmage

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 any bystander can recognize a stroke asking three simple questions:

1. Ask the individual to smile.
2. Ask him or her to raise both arms.
3. Ask the person to speak a simple sentence.

If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. After discovering that a group of nonmedical 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."