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What’s Available NOW On
“Welcome to
Earth: Season 1”
(Dec. 8)
From National
Geographic comes
this documentary
series that follows
host Will Smith as he
ventures to far-flung
locations worldwide
to do a deep dive
into often-overlooked
phenomena in nature
such as how flocks
of birds can move in
unison, the role the sense of smell plays in South
Pacific sea turtle reproduction and how deserts
move slowly beyond human perception.
“Snow Buddies”
(Available now)
This 2008 spinoff
of the “Air Bud”
franchise follows five
pups who as they
trail a shipment of ice
cream to a transport
plane. Accidentally
trapped aboard the
flight to Alaska, they
wind up helping a
canine friend and a
boy who need five
dogs for a big race.
COVID-19
“Duck the Halls:
A Mickey Mouse
Christmas
Special”
(Available now)
Vaccine
Drive Through Event Information:
This 2018 episode
from the Disney
Channel series
“Mickey Mouse”
finds Donald going
against his instincts
to fly south for the
winter, instead opting
to stay home for
the holiday. To celebrate the occasion, Mickey
endeavors to make Donald’s first Christmas the
greatest ever.
“The Search
for Santa Paws”
(Available now)
When Santa loses
his memory during
a trip to New York,
it’s up to Paws, an
orphaned girl and
a group of talking
dogs to save him
and show the world
what Christmas is
about in this 2010
prequel to 2009’s
“Santa Buddies” from
director Robert Vince (“MVP: Most Valuable
Primate”). Kaitlyn Maher, Madison Pettis and
Richard Riehle star.
BY JOHN CROOK
Jerks
Questions:
1) Jeremy Strong won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of a
media mogul’s insecure, inept son on what HBO hit drama?
2) Wayne Knight delivered lots of laughs as a cunning,
mean-spirited mail carrier named Newman on what 1990-98
comedy series?
3) On “Ugly Betty,” Michael Urie starred as the manipulative
assistant of villainess Wilhelmina Slater. What is his character’s
name?
4) On what hit cable series would you find a character named
Sgt. James Doakes, a cop obsessively
driven to find dirt on the show’s title
character (who happened to be a serial
killer)?
5) What actor won four consecutive
Emmys as lecherous assistant district
attorney Dan Fielding on “Night Court”?
1) “Succession”
2) “Seinfeld”
3) Marc St. James
4) “Dexter”
5) John Larroquette
Answers:
Jeremy
Strong
www.chdinc.org
541-962-8800
Event date: 12/5-12/10
Event times: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Event Location: 3604 N 2nd Street at the La Grande Fair Grounds
Mt. Emily/4-H Building
Vaccines offered: 1st dose, 2nd dose, 3rd doses and booster vaccines. All
Covid vaccine configurations will be available including pediatric vaccination.
Registration: Will be completed at vaccine site
North Powder Vaccine Event:
Event date: 12/8
Event time: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Event location: 333 G Street, North Powder Charter School, North Powder,
Oregon 97867
Vaccines offered: 1st dose, 2nd dose, 3rd doses and booster vaccines. All
Covid vaccine configurations will be available including pediatric vaccination.
Registration: Will be completed at vaccine site
Other vaccine events offered in December:
Location: Center for Human Development
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm every Friday with the exception of New Year’s Eve
in addition to Christmas Eve.
Additional options: Scheduled appointments available throughout the week.
Vaccines offered: 1st dose, 2nd dose, 3rd doses and booster vaccines. All
Covid vaccine configurations will be available including pediatric vaccination.
Other pediatric and adult immunizations also available at CHD.
CDC General Vaccine Info:
COVID-19 vaccines are effective
COVID 19-vaccines are effective and can reduce the risk of getting and spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. Learn
more about the different COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccines also help children and adults from getting seriously ill even if they do get COVID-19.
While COVID-19 tends to be milder in children than adults, it can make children very sick, require hospitalization, and some
children have even died. Children with underlying medical conditions are more at risk for severe illness compared to children
without underlying medical conditions.
Getting children ages 5 years and older vaccinated can help protect them from serious short- and long-term complications.
Getting everyone ages 5 years and older vaccinated can protect families and communities, including friends and family who
are not eligible for vaccination and people at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
Booster Information from CDC:
Fast Facts Everyone age 18 and older is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine booster beginning Nov. 20, 2021. Some people
are strongly advised get a booster dose to protect themselves and others. You can choose which vaccine to get. The
COVID-19 vaccines are extraordinarily effective at preventing serious illness, hospitalization and death. That said, we are
seeing immunity drop over time, especially in people over age 50 and those with compromised immune systems who are
more likely to experience severe disease, hospitalization and death. For these people, another dose boosts their immunity,
sometimes greater than what was achieved after the primary, two-dose series. Health experts strongly recommend people
over age 50, people over 18 who live in long-term care facilities, and anyone who received one dose of the Johnson &
Johnson vaccine get a booster dose. Younger, healthy people may also get a booster dose to protect themselves and
others. A booster will re-build neutralizing antibodies that strengthen the body’s ability to fight getting a breakthrough
case. Even if you’re not at high risk, you could be infected and then pass it on to others, such as children too young to be
vaccinated, the elderly, or people who are immunocompromised. Booster doses help people maintain strong immunity to
disease longer. The first vaccine series built up the immune system to make the antibodies needed to fight the disease.
Over time, the immune response weakens. A booster dose stimulates the initial response and tends to result in higher
antibody levels that help people maintain their immunity longer. Boosters take about two weeks to bring up the immune
response. This continues to be studied, but we can reliably say it takes two weeks to bring the immune response up to or
better than that after the primary series.