IN Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Fall 2016

WHAT’S NEWS IN BRENTWOOD-BALDWIN-WHITEHALL AFTER 28 YEARS, DISTRICT COURT 05-2-18 MOVES TO NEW LOCATION Courts (McLaughlin Run Road—Upper St. Clair) Cost: $80—the cost to TRANSFORM A LIFE with a free wheelchair from Free Wheelchair Mission (freewheelchairmission.org) For more information or to reserve a spot (space is limited), visit freewheelchairtennis. com to register by Monday, Sept. 5. HEALTH DEPARTMENT UNVEILS NEW PLACARDS Beginning Friday, Sept. 2, the office of Magisterial District Judge for Baldwin Borough and Brentwood Borough, Ralph Kaiser, will move to Curry Commons, located at 5100 Curry Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236. The new office remains in Baldwin Borough. The move resulted from Baldwin-Whitehall School District officials expressing concern that the district magistrate office was in close proximity to the borough’s library, which is frequented by children inside the multipurpose Wallace Building on Macek Drive. GREATER PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND PROFESSIONAL COMPOUNDING PHARMACISTS PRESENT THE 6TH ANNUAL 'TENNIS PAIRS FOR FREE WHEELCHAIRS' CHARITY TENNIS EVENT Join the Lady Vulcans of Cal U tennis team for a day of tennis, food and fun...and to transform a life. What: Tennis Doubles – Round Robin Format, Cardio Tennis with Marcy Bruce and Megan Foster, and MORE! (Singles welcome—we’ll match you with a partner.) When: Sunday, September 11 Registration – 12:30 to 1 p.m. Tennis Activities – 1 to 4 p.m. Dinner, Exhibition Match & Prizes – 4 to 5 p.m. Where: Upper St. Clair Municipal Tennis The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has unveiled new placards that will be on display in food establishments in the county. The new design features a QR code, which provides a quick link that will allow consumers to use their personal digital device to view inspection reports right at the front door. The Inspected & Permitted placard indicates that a food establishment has passed the mandatory inspection by the health department’s Food Safety Program and is permitted to operate. The Consumer Alert placard serves as a notification to the public that conditions identified at the time of inspection may pose a health risk to the customer. The Closed placards are posted for one of three reasons: • Conditions identified at the time of inspection pose a serious health risk to the customer. • A facility is operating without a valid health permit. • Food safety conditions remain uncorrected after opportunity for a hearing or after the maximum days allowed to operate with a consumer alert have expired, which is 10 days. “At the Allegheny County Health Department, we take our responsibility to ensure safe eating establishments very seriously,” said Director Dr. Karen Hacker. 10 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE | Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall “The updated placards will provide county residents with a clear and easy-to-read status of the facilities they’re considering when making dining choices, while also providing easy access to the reports behind each status. It is our hope that people will make healthy choices and live well!” HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERS FREE SHINGLES VACCINE AT IMMUNIZATION CLINIC The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) is offering the Shingles vaccine free of charge, for a limited time, to uninsured or under-insured people 50 years of age and older. While supplies last, Shingles vaccines are available at the health department’s Immunization Clinic located at 3441 Forbes Avenue in Oakland. No appointment is necessary; however, individuals are asked to call 412.578.8062 in advance to ensure that supplies are still available. Clinic hours are as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesday, 1 to 8 p.m. Shingles is a painful skin rash, often with blisters, caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Anyone who has had chickenpox can develop shingles, because the virus remains in the nerve cells of the body after chickenpox goes away and can reappear many years later, causing shingles. The risk of getting shingles begins to increase around the age of 50. Anyone that age or older should get the vaccine, regardless of whether they recall having chickenpox. Studies show that 99 percent of individuals 40 and older have had chickenpox. People who have already had shingles can still receive the vaccine to prevent future occurrences of the disease. The vaccine reduces the risk of developing shingles by more than 50 percent, and it reduces the risk of pain after the rash by 67 percent.

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