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What to Do"
ST. JOSEPH - Child nd
Family services of uth ern
Michigan, Inc. announces l
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Id· n high
blood
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ducatlon
High blood pre sure is a
major ca of heart tt ck, kid-
ney failure, and troke and is .
particularly prevalent among
Blac . That's why Black chur
ches around the country are or
ganizing "Church High Blood
Pr ure Sunday" on April 24 -
to inform their members of the
problems associated ·th hi&h
b ood pressure and t they
can do about it.
·Five million Blac s suffer
from hypertension: ys eil
Shulman, an Emory University
professor of medicine d chair-
of the board of the interna-
tional Socie� of Hypertension
. B .
A udy by Emory University
d Fort V S te College in
Geor . d that the small,
clo e nit congregations of
B chW'ches are particularly
effective in carrying the life
preserving m . The pilot
udy is one of a number of ex
amp from around the country
employing house of rkshop
a conduit for information and
a ouree of scr�a.ing.
With preaching from e pul
pit and choirs inging the
Church High Blood Pressure
"min' er in pilot chur
che eered their co egations
into creening, monitoring,
referral nd educuation
programs, all mapped out·in a
free boo from .I.H., Churches
an Avenue to H· h Blood
Pr ore Co rol.
Church members Iearaed the
of hyperte' how to
t e their own blood me,
d to ooatrol hyperteDlioo
through 10 - t diet, ight
reduction and medication, if
. necessary. Many of the church
in the pilot udy followed their
services·th J, i
demo trating how tr ditional
foods could be coo ed in a more
healthful way.
In conjunction with the third
annual International Interdis
ciplinary Conference on' High
Blood Pressure in Blacks (Co
hosted by Howard UDi�
and the UniYersity of Maryland
April 21-24 in Baltimore), COD-
t gregatio of 100 churches Will
gather in the Baltimore Armory
on April 24 for a massive
"Church High blood Pressure
Sunday" service. That Sunday,
. doctors and nurses will be visit
ing about 200 churches in Bal
timore and Wasbington.
"We' e countiDg on the chur
che • says Emory' Dr. Shul
man. "This major effort on April
24 may be the only way some
people will learn ho to save
their own live ."
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The Western Regional Staff
of u.S. Senator Donald W.
Riegle, Jr., will be holding office
hours, Friday, April 8th at the
Berrien County Building. Board
of Commissioncrs Room, 811
Port St., St. JOIeph, MI 49(BS, at
10 LID. The Seaator's ItafJ .
personally meet with anyone
o is having a problem with the
federal gOYeJ1llDent.
n tlon -
yand
presentation of wor op on
·Procrastination - Why and -
What to 00" beptnjnl on MOD
day, April 11, & 7 to 9 p.m.
The War op. part of the
aleneY' Family Enrichment
Workshop Program and will
continue each Monday throup .
ay 16 at the cis offices at
2000 South State Street, St.
Joseph.
The fee for the entire
workshop is $25. Advance
r�gistration is recommended,
though ot required due to the
subject mater.
C nd
Tumbl 4-H
pon or Equln cliniC .
I .
BENTON TWP - An
"Equine Clinic" will be held from
1 to 4:30 p.m. sunday, April 10
at the Lake Michigan College
Community Center, co- pon
sored by Lake Michigan College
and the Tumbleweed 4-H Club.
Registration fee i S7 in advance
and $9 at the door. .
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