In this issue... Organization Highlights, By Steve Mallory Live in New Zealand with a Stroke, By David Ray Potluck, By Marty Arlen Stroke Awareness: What Do You Tell People about Stroke?, By Jean Riva Kate's Korner, By Kate Adamson Stroke Article Newsfeed, By Jean Gugenheimer Stroke Network Members Birthdays Bio:Sissy McElmurry Our Organization

Greetings,

Jean Riva reflects on the relationship of Stroke and Lightening Strikes. Kate Adamson writes about disabled residents who were caught in Hurricane Katrina. Jean Gugenheimer reports on the latest stroke news. October birthdays are listed. The bio of Sissy McElmurry is featured. Have a good read.

Organization Highlights, By Steve Mallory

Steve highlights the Annual Golf Fund Raiser, which was held last month. It was very successful. Thanks to all who made it possible.

Steve all tells members where to get help with membership questions. He reminds everyone that the chat room is available 24/7 and give suggestions how how to successfully use the room. Finally he mentions the ongoing need for bios.

Steve's Report...

	Live in New Zealand with a Stroke, By David Ray
David reports on Lower Hutt Stroke Club meetings in the last two months. Life in New Zealand with a Stroke... »

	Potluck, By Marty Arlen
Marty selects three issues that are often mentioned on The Stroke Network Message Board. He advises readers. Potluck... »

	Stroke Awareness: What Do You Tell People about Stroke?, By Jean Riva
Jean reflects on comparing Strokes to Lightning. People need to hear the entire story. Stroke Awareness... »

	Kate's Korner, By Kate Adamson
This month Kate addresses the issue of those with disabilities who were caught in Hurricane Katrina. Kate's Korner... »

	Stroke Article Newsfeed, By Jean Gugenheimer
Jean draws our attention to several articles, which appeared in the press in the last month. Areas touched on include Stroke Survivors who were displaced by Katrina, Internet helps to speed stroke recovery in the rural, a new drug for preventing brain damage in stroke survivors, misdiagnosis of childhood strokes, binge drinking and the link between obesity, inflammation and vascular disease Newsfeed Review... »

	Stroke Network Members Birthdays
The Stroke Network wishes a Happy Birthday to all those born in October. Click below to see the list of Members who have added their October birthday to their profile. Birthdays are listed in the Calendar and each day the current birthdays are listed on the Message Board. To be sure your birthday is included on the list, add the date to your profile. From the home page of the Message Board, select 'My Controls', on the left hand side of the screen look for the category 'Personal Profile.' Select 'Edit Profile.' Birthdays... »

	Our Organization
What is The Stroke Network? Where did it come from? Who are the people that work there? Read the FAQ if you would like to know. Just what is FAQ? I've seen it on the Internet several times but I've never understood what it stood for. What is FAQ and why does our organization have these letters? FAQ is an acronym for Frequently Asked Questions. It's basically questions that most people are going to ask if they want to know about your web site and service. Our organization has a FAQ in order to give you some background information and insight into our organization. The FAQ is linked from virtually every single page on our whole web site. If you scroll down the page and look on the left column you will see a button with a question mark. Click on the button and you will be hyperlinked to our FAQ web page. You will learn about the formation of our organization and it's history. You can find out who are our partners and learn about our basic policies. Most of the frequently asked questions can be found here but if you have more please let us know. The print version of this newsletter is available at the website. Contents of this newsletter may not otherwise be reprinted without the organization's permission. Please contact the editor. Frequently Asked Questions »

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