PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare’s Family Medicine Clinic is offering a one-day clinic to provide human papillomavirus infection vaccinations for children ages 11 to 18 on Wednesday.
The drop-in HPV vaccinations will be available at the clinic, 1010 Sheridan St., Suite 101, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Parents-guardians will need to sign a consent for children between the ages of 11 to 13 years old. Those older than 14 can sign their own consent.
HPV vaccine is cancer prevention for boys and girls.
Just two shots 12 months apart between the ages of 11 to 15 provide safe and lasting protection against infections that cause HPV cancer, Jefferson Healthcare said in a news release.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend vaccinating both boys and girls, according to a news release.
HPV is a very common virus; nearly 80 million people — about one in four — are currently infected in the United States, according to the release.
For more information about HPV prevention measures, visit www.cdc.gov/hpv.
For more information, call the clinic at 360-385-3500.
ODT update
PORT TOWNSEND — The Peninsula Trails Coalition will host an open house Wednesday to update the community on work done on the Eaglemount segment of the Olympic Discovery Trail.
The open house will be from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St.
It will be followed by a board meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
During the open house, the Peninsula Trails Coalition will go over the next steps in the Eaglemount segment’s planning and construction, particularly through Anderson Lake State Park.
Unions discussion
PORT ANGELES — A panel discussion, Economic Justice and America’s Unions: Past, Present & Future, is planned Wednesday.
The free program, sponsored by the Clallam County Democratic Party, will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 124-A, W. First St.
Tim Wheeler, local author and former editor/journalist/reporter for the The Worker, Daily World and People’s Weekly World, will discuss the history of American unions and their association with the Democratic Party.
Union members and representatives HoneyBee Burns, Becky Acevedo, Sam Woods and Diane Jones will present information on the current status, roles and contributions of unions.
Rae Rawley, who holds a doctorate in leadership and is a professor at Peninsula College, will discuss the future of unions and their impact on economic equality.
For more about theClallam County Democrats, see http://www.clallamdemocrats.org/.
