Flu Season Vaccinations
SAN MARTIN
– The Santa Clara County Public Health Department is encouraging
those at high risk for complications from influenza to be
vaccinated early. Flu season is under way and vaccinations can help
protect against getting or carrying the flu to others.
Flu Season Vaccinations
SAN MARTIN – The Santa Clara County Public Health Department is encouraging those at high risk for complications from influenza to be vaccinated early. Flu season is under way and vaccinations can help protect against getting or carrying the flu to others.
If your own physician is not providing flu vaccinations, Santa Clara County residents can receive a flu vaccination from the Public Health Department Immunization Program clinic sites and also at various senior centers throughout the county. Flu shots are free for children 3 to 8, $5 for youths 8 to 18, and $10 for adults.
High-risk individuals include adults 60 years or older, anyone with chronic or long-term health problem such as heart disease, diabetes, asthma, cancer, kidney disease and HIV/AIDS, women who will be in their second or third trimester of pregnancy, infants aged 6 to 23 months and residents of nursing or long-term care facilities.
The Public Health Department’s Immunization Program Clinic will be at 80 Highland Avenue, San Martin, on Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m.
For more information, visit www.sccphd.org/iz or call 792-5200.
Sing-along Messiah
MORGAN HILL – Advent Lutheran Church, located at 16870 Murphy Ave. in Morgan Hill, invites residents of Morgan Hill, Gilroy, San Martin and beyond to sing or play excerpts from Handel’s Messiah on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 2 p.m. A practice session will be held on Saturday, Nov. 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Music and instrumental parts will be available. For more information, call Ruth Winter at 298-7580 or e-mail her at re*******@***oo.com.
Bring your friends and enjoy.
Teachers art show
GILROY – Artist educators are exhibiting their work now through Jan. 16 at the Gavilan College Main Gallery, in the Library, 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd. Explore the work the college’s artistic instructors do when they are not teaching. Works include paintings, sculptures, digital media and photography. The exhibit is open Monday through Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Fridays, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Details: 848-4724.
Veteran broadcasts
GILROY – The City of Gilroy presents the “Fifth Annual Gilroy Veterans Video Tribute,” and will be broadcasting it on Cable Channel 17 through the Christmas holidays. This one-hour program features photos of more than 300 Gilroy military veterans. The program will be shown daily at 10 a.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., unless pre-empted by a scheduled city meeting broadcast. Photographs of the veterans are also on display in the main hallway at Gilroy City Hall, 7351 Rosanna St. Details: Joe Kline at 846-0254.
Dayworker groundbreaking
MORGAN HILL – Construction on the Dayworker Center will begin with a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, Dec. 1, at 11:30 a.m. The center is the project of the St. Catherine’s Dayworker Committee, with cooperation of Weston Miles Architects and help from the City of Morgan Hill.
The center will be built on the corner of East Main and Depot avenues, where dayworkers gather to wait for casual laboring jobs. It is designed to offer the workers a safe place to shelter from the weather,
Omelet and Pancake Supper
GILROY – The Gilroy Lions Club will hold their annual Omelet and Pancake Supper on Friday, Dec. 5, from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Presbyterian Church, 6000 Miller Ave.
Tickets will be available at the door. The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children 12 and younger. All proceeds will benefit the Lions Club’s sight program.
Details: 847-7829.
Play back in time
MORGAN HILL – The South Valley Civic Theatre presents “The 1940’s Radio Hour,” Fridays and Saturdays, through Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, Nov. 30 and Dec. 7 at 2 p.m., at the Morgan Hill Community Playhouse, located at Dunne Avenue and Monterey Street. Tickets are on sale at $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors.
Details: 607-2080.
News Items: Please fax local news items to City Editor Jodi Engle at 842-2206, e-mail to ed****@****ic.com or mail to 6400 Monterey St. Gilroy.
