• Floyd County

Health Department offers H1N1 clinic

The Floyd County Health Department will offer a walk-in H1N1 flu shot clinic for six month to 35-month-old children from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Floyd County 4-H Fairgrounds, Green Valley Road, New Albany.

There is no cost for the vaccine.

Call the Health Department’s answering system at 812-948-4726 or visit floydcountyhealthdept-in.com for more information.

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Library hosts dedication of ‘Our Heroes’ Tree’

Master Sgt. Scott Ham of New Albany, who has served with the Indiana Army National Guard in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq, will show slides and answer questions about his experiences at a dedication of the “Our Heroes’ Tree” at 4:30 p.m. today in the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library’s Strassweg Auditorium.

The program, honoring military heroes, is sponsored by the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University. The public is invited to participate by creating a handmade ornament honoring a service member in their family or community who is now serving in the military or who served sometime in the past. Or, write information about him/her on one of the paper ornaments available in several areas of the library, and include a picture, if available. Honor your great-grandfather who served in the Civil War, your grandfather who was in World War II, a neighbor who served in Vietnam, a sibling who is currently serving in Iraq — or, make an ornament for each of them. In addition, participants are asked to write a page about their hero/heroes to be placed in a binder (kept in the Indiana History Room). Ornaments can be brought to the Indiana History Room, and will be hung on the “Our Heroes’ Tree” located on the lower level of the library. Images will also be uploaded to Purdue University’s Virtual Heroes’ Tree, so that anyone searching the Internet will have access to the information.

Contact the Indiana History Room at 812-949-352 for more information.

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Floyd Memorial hosts Diabetes Fair

Floyd Memorial’s Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate and Wound Healing Center will host a free Diabetes Fair and foot screening from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, at the hospital’s Paris Health Education Center, 1850 State St., New Albany.

The event will feature free foot screenings, free blood sugar and A1C testing, booths offering information on a variety of diabetes-related topics, including weight management, wound healing/prevention, and diabetes-related diet and exercise tips, as well as lots of free giveaways. Foot screenings will be performed on a first-come-first-serve basis and will not require an appointment. Participants are asked to avoid wearing pantyhose, as shoes and socks must be removed for the screenings.

Visit floydmemorial.com for more information.

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Rotary Club of New Albany to toast Norman Melhiser

The Rotary Club of New Albany will host its 16th Annual Club of New Albany Community Toast and Benefit, honoring city native and Rotary member Norman L. Melhiser, beginning at 6 p.m. Friday at Huber’s Plantation Hall, at 19816 Huber Road, Starlight.

Each year the Rotary Club chooses an individual from the community who has made important contributions to the local area and exemplifies the true spirit of the Rotary motto, “Service above Self.” Melhiser is widely known and respected for his work in local business and the community — from Chamber of Commerce Chairman and Indiana University Southeast professor to Little League coach and Sunday school teacher. In business circles, he is recognized as a certified public accountant and is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Institute of CPA’s.

Contact Adam Naville at anaville@yourcommunitybank.com or the Rotary Club at rcna.us for more information.

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St. Mary of the Knobs hosts annual Night Out Nov. 21

St. Mary of the Knobs in Floyds Knobs will host its annual Night Out in a celebration, “Harvest of Abundance” from 6 p.m. to midnight Nov. 21 at Huber Plantation Hall, Starlight.

Tickets are $40 per person.

Call 812-923-3011 to make reservations or for more information.

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