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c6 tribune march 30 1988 blood pressure clinics preventive medicine practised here by kate gilderdale health care these days put the emphasis on prevention rather than cure and york regions blood pressure clinics for senior citizens emphasize this phi losophy on the second and fourth thurs day of each month from 830 am until noon community health nurse ethel jeffrey visits the sil ver jubilee club and checks the blood pressure of all seniors who drop in not only is it a sensible precau tion it also allows people to relax and chat in informal and familiar surroundings the service has been offered since 1984 at the silver jubilee club explained mrs jeffrey be fore that she visited seniors apartments at elm road and tes ta villa but the location was changed to the club so it would be accessible to a greater number of people mrs jeffrey estimates she sees about 25 people on a regular basis and from the banter exchanged its clear those using the service feel very comfortable with it mrs jeffrey has been with com munity health care for more than 20 years starting out in an office in town now occupied by stouff vil- le travel centre with people leaving hospital much sooner after surgery and childbirth community health nurses find themselves in great demand it can be a stressful job noted mrs jeffrey but i really enjoy it in addition to the blood pressure clinics community health nurses are involved in diabetic clinics followup calls on patients refer red from local hospitals school health care and many other ser vices the clinics provide a back up service and take some of the load off doctors pressure checker ethel jeffrey checks the blood pressure of another visitor to the silver jubilee club mrs jeffrey has been a community health nurse for more than 20 years she also administers diabetic clinics follow ups on hospital patients and school health aware ness programs jim thomas the cost of the clinic is covered by taxes and mrs jeffrey wel comes anyone who would like to utilize the service as she pointed out to one visitor it can be very helpful for a doctor to have such information available when a pa tient comes for a regular check up claremont news celebration dance out the easter bunny visits the mall thurs mar 31st at 68 sat apr 2 at 1012 24 free balloons while supplies last by laurie towataroy 6492296 by sandy hill 6192653 the claremont cubs scouts and beavers are holding a spring celebration dance at the claremont legion saturday april 16 al graham and the rhythm rockets will be rocking up a storm as they are the fea tured performers there will be spot dances and a buffet doors open at 8 pm until 1 am tickets are20acouple for more information or tickets call nancy lehman at 6492067 sue smith at 6493620 or deane wat son at 6493525 the claremont dist lions and lioness clubs are celebrating anniversaries the lions are celebrating their 20th charter anniversary while the lioness club is recognizing its 10th certi fication anniversary to com memorate this event both orga nizations have combined a dinner and dance saturday april 9 from 6 pm at the claremont legion if you are interested contact al or carole redshaw at 6492342 the claremont mens fastball dance will be held april 23 at 8 pm until 1 am at the legion disc jockey joey boreland will supply the music tickets are 6 per person and can be purchased from the ballplayers congratulations to rosemary and peter gillispie on their new addition peter jr was born fri day march 4 weighing 8 lbs lloz the claremont baptist and un ited churches will get together for a potluck supper and commun ion service maunday thursday march 31 at 630 pm the supper and service is at the claremont baptist church for good friday april 1 the churches are meeting for 730 pm at the united church to attend a performance of the play who killed jesus of nazareth on easter sunday there will be a sunrise service for the claremont and brougham com munities at the almack farm the farm is situated ontheeast- sidej of brock road juslbefore the old brock road turnoff to claremont service starts at 7 am mm larsist v fashion hbxic distibut0x b