Local Briefs: Pregnancy book author to speak | Clovis Independent

Sep 25, 2012, 9:05am

The author of ?Pregnancy ? A Review of Common Myths and Truths Women are Often Told? will speak at a community event in Hanford on Oct. 5, Adventist Health said.

Board-certified family medicine and obstetrics physician Dr. Michael Lloyd will attend the First Friday with a Physician at the Adventist Medical Center-Hanford Conference Center at 115 Mall Drive.

The event goes from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Lunch is provided and the lecture is open to the public.

To RSVP for the First Friday lunch and lecture, call (559) 589-2032 or email ahcvinfo@ah.org.

Kaweah Delta work to ensnarl parking

Kaweah Delta visitors and patients are being asked to allow ample time for travel and parking as construction begins on its helipad.

During construction there will fewer parking spaces and only one point of entry into the medical center?s main parking lot off of Mineral King Avenue.

Patients and visitors are advised to use the following options for parking:

The Willow Parking Garage just east of the hospital, with access from Locust and Court streets.

The Mineral King Avenue parking lot on the south side of Mineral King across the street from the hospital.

The parking garage on West Acequia Avenue, north of the hospital.

The patient/visitor parking lot on West Street south of the old Taco Bell.

To view a map of alternate parking locations, visit www.facebook.com/KaweahDelta.

Construction for the $2.72 million helipad is expected to be complete in April 2013.

Tickets still on sale for Home of Hope

Tickets are still available for Granville Home?s Home of Hope fundraiser that raises money for eight local charities.

The cost is $100 a ticket for the chance to win a 2,029-square-foot house or a $100,000 cash prize.

The drawing will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the house at 5927 E. Eugenia Ave. in southeast Fresno.

To buy tickets, call (559) 440-8388 or visit any Granville Homes model center.

On Saturday, tickets will be sold only at the Home of Hope.

Jewish teens can seek volunteer award

The Helen Diller Family Foundation issued a national call for nominations of Jewish teens to be considered for a $36,000 award for volunteer service.

Ten nominees will be selected, with five coming from California and five from the rest of country, for the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards.

The $36,000 is to be used to further their philanthropic work or their education.

The deadline for nominations is Jan. 6.

Details: jewishfed.org/diller/teenawards; (415) 512-6437; dillerteenaward@sfjcf.org

Steinem to visit Fresno in October

Gloria Steinem, one of America?s iconic feminist leaders, is set to speak at the San Joaquin Valley town hall next month at the Saroyan Theatre in Fresno.

Since the 1960s Steinem has been a writer, lecturer, editor and dominant figure in the women?s liberation movement.

She will speak Oct. 17 at 10:30 a.m. Tickets cost $25.

Details: (559) 444-2180 or visit valleytownhall.com.

Fresno agencies host ?Pink Heals Tour?

Pink firetrucks will be on display around the Fresno area this week, signaling the arrival of the breast cancer awareness movement the ?Pink Heals Tour.?

The Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims and other community leaders will host the two-day event, which is taking place nationwide. Fresno is one of nine cities selected for the 2012 California Tour.

Pink firetrucks will appear at key community locations and school sites throughout the Fresno area on Wednesday and Thursday.

Wednesday: 8:30-10:30 a.m., Clovis Elementary School; 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Clovis Fire Station awareness event, 620 Pollasky Ave.; 2:30-4 p.m., Children?s Hospital Central California Cancer Unit in Madera County; 6-8 p.m., Saint Agnes Medical Center?s awareness event.

Thursday: 7:30-9 a.m., Fresno City Hall; 9:30-11:30 a.m., Fulton Mall and Fresno County Office of Education?s awareness event; 1-2:30 p.m., Sequoia Middle School in Fresno; 4:30-9 p.m., Eureka Burger?s awareness event, 7775 N. Palm Ave.

For information or additional details, call Lisa Benham (559) 265-3073.

Policy experts speak on Props. 30, 38

United Way Fresno will host an educational meeting today regarding education issues and Propositions 30 and 38 on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Policy experts from Sacramento will speak at the event beginning at 6 p.m. at the United Way Fresno office, 4949 E. Kings Canyon Road.

Source: http://clovisindependent.com/2012/09/25/local-briefs-pregnancy-book-author-to-speak/

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