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February 8, 2010

Health Notes: Feb. 9, 2010

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Blood drives upcoming
Lake Placid Masonic Lodge 834, located at 219 Station St. in Lake Placid, will sponsor a blood drive in conjunction with the CVPH North Country Regional Blood Center from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15.

Also, the public is invited to donated blood at the Clinton County Sheriff's Office, 25 McCarthy Drive, Plattsburgh from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16; and Jeffords Steel in Plattsburgh from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25.

The blood drive and bone-marrow registration planned for Thursday, Feb. 25, at Momot Elementary in Plattsburgh has been cancelled.

The center, located in the CVPH Health Plaza on Smithfield Boulevard in Plattsburgh, is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Walk-in donors are encouraged. Business and community organizations that would like to sponsor drives are asked to call 562-7406.

View health-care cuts on Web sites
SARANAC LAKE — Facing yet another round of funding cuts, Adirondack Medical Center is encouraging residents of the Tri-Lakes region to voice their concerns to state lawmakers.

Under the governor's proposal, AMC would see a total budget loss of $551,671 in the 2010 fiscal year. In its budget for 2010, AMC projected a $200,000 operating margin — or excess revenue — to reinvest in programs and services for the following year.

"The governor's proposal would eliminate any hope of AMC improving upon or developing new programs and services for the residents of the Tri-Lakes region beyond 2010," the release said.

For more information and to contact state representatives directly, go to: www.helpyourhospital.org or www.helpyournursinghome.org. Enter your zip code then click on the "Write Your Legislator" button.

March 3, AMC representatives will be among health-care providers protesting the cuts in Albany and meeting with state officials.

Exercise is topic of diabetes lecture
PLATTSBURGH — The CVPH Diabetes Support Group welcomes individuals and a family member affected by diabetes to participate in a free educational lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the third-floor meeting room of the Miner Medical Arts Building, 214 Cornelia St., on the campus of CVPH Medical Center.

Kymberlie Sweenor, a registered clinical exercise physiologist from the PARC Wellness Center, will discuss the many benefits of exercise for those living with diabetes.

The support group regularly meets on the fourth Tuesday each month.

Lecture participants will receive a free week's pass to the facilities of the Wellness Center, 295 New York St., Plattsburgh.

ECH to host
Healthy Heart Day

ELIZABETHTOWN — Elizabethtown Community Hospital Auxiliary will host its annual Healthy Heart Day from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23.

Community members are invited to take part in a free heart-health screening, have a blood-pressure check, glucose-level testing, cholesterol-level check and osteoporosis screening.

The event will offer easy exercise tips, exhibits on health issues and samples of heart-healthy foods (with recipes to take home). Health-care professionals will talk about heart care, and participants will have the opportunity to sign up as potential donors on the national bone marrow registry.

For more information, call 873-3003.

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Briefs
  • Of Interest: Feb. 13, 2012

    Peru Central School Board to hold budget discussion; Dannemora to discuss highway post; Beekmantown School Board invites budget input; Willsboro School Board to discuss policies; Chazy School Board to discuss budget; SLCS Board to appoint clerk pro-tem; Keeseville Zoning Board cancels meeting; Elizabethtown-Lewis School Board to work on budget.

    February 13, 2012

  • Home and Garden Briefs: Feb. 13, 2012

    Cornell Cooperative names new officers; Afternoon talk focuses on Amish quilts, quilters.

    February 13, 2012

  • Of Interest: Feb. 12, 2012

    Peru Central School Board to hold budget discussion.

    February 12, 2012

  • Business briefs: Feb. 12, 2012

    New manager; Approved appraiser; Helicopter survey; Radio co-host; Disaster relief; Professional driver; New president; Business mixer; Fundraiser set; Web chat.

    February 12, 2012

  • Farm briefs: Feb. 12, 2012

    Registration open for pest-management training; Water-withdrawal reporting date approaching; Farm Bureau applauds pro-farm legislation;

    February 12, 2012

  • Of Interest: Feb. 11, 2012

    Plattsburgh State College Council to meet; Annual tax-exemption deadline approaching; LPCS Board to work on spending plan; Chateaugay Board to discuss food program.

    February 11, 2012

  • Family Fare: Feb. 11, 2012

    Caregiver workshop planned in E-town; Kids' Carnivale part of Mardi Gras fundraiser.

    February 11, 2012

  • Of Interest: Feb. 10, 2012

    Dannemora to discuss highway post; Moriah School Board plans agenda; National Grid plans helicopter survey; AVCS School Board meeting on tap; Donations to Food Pantry will multiply.

    February 10, 2012

  • Faith Briefs: Feb. 10, 2012

    Next 40 Days for Life campaign starts Feb. 22; Valentine Dance Social benefits church Roof Project; Soaking Prayer time offered.

    February 10, 2012

  • Of Interest: Feb. 9, 2012

    Common Council agenda planned out; Rouses Point Board working on budget.

    February 9, 2012