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Clerks share tips, info to help voters prep for election BY MARK VEST Local clerks have been busy preparing for the general election. Voters in all municipalities in Oakland County have the option of participating in early voting. Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
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FARMINGTON HILLS/SYLVAN LAKE/WEST BLOOMFIELD — Local clerks may be among the busiest people around these days, as preparations for the general election Nov. 5 are in high gear. According to Farmington Hills Clerk Carly Lindahl, the preparations start months in advance and involve a lot of extra hours, extra training, keeping staff abreast of new election rules and laws, and educating voters.
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WB High student launches campaign to raise awareness of sudden cardiac arrest Although she said that heart checks are not part of a standard physical, her doctor encouraged her to have one. That conversation helped encourage Edvardsson to launch a community initiative to help raise awareness about sudden
cardiac arrest in students and to “help save lives through education, prevention and preparedness,” she said. Edvardsson helped recruit two of her junior classmates, Sophia Zholob and Amarina See CARDIAC on page 12A
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WEST BLOOMFIELD — When West Bloomfield High School junior Matilda Edvardsson paid a visit to her doctor last
summer, little did she know that it would change the course of her life and potentially help save the lives of others. Edvardsson went to see her doctor in order to have a physical prior to the start of the volleyball season.
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