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Hospital offers free screenings
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They came, they saw, they got blood work done.Saturday was a time to take advantage of free health screenings during the Heart Healthy Fair at River Park Hospital.With an overall crowd estimated around 200 people, 130 of those registered for free screenings to check a wide variety of conditions from cholesterol levels to glucose.Jay Freemon, who is director of medical and surgical in-patient rehab, was providing free stroke screenings.“I’m doing a stroke assessment on patients to see if they are at potential risk for stroke,” Freemon said. “We want to give them some information about stroke and tell them about some of the symptoms.”Those symptoms can include difficulty speaking, drooping of the face muscles, numbness, tingling and weakness on one side of the body, and a severe headache that hasn’t been evident before. Blurred or double vision can also be an indicator.
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Pacesetters building inches closer to surplus
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The location formerly known as the Pacesetters building is one successful read away from being declared surplus by the City of McMinnville. During Tuesday evening’s regularly scheduled Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, the matter was brought forth after it had been recommended by the Building and Grounds Committee in the last February meeting. The committee determined, through data collected by a void analysis, the property was best used as retail or commercial real estate rather than repurposed by the city.
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