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2A | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS On The Record Ballots for Nov. 3 General Election should be arriving in mail this week Lane County Elections mailed ballots Oct. 15 for the Nov. 3, 2020 General Election. Most voters should receive their ballots by Wednesday, Oct. 21. As expected, there was a surge in last-min- ute voter registrations. Ballots for those newly registered voters will be mailed early next week. Voters who do not receive a ballot for the Nov. 3 General Election can check on the status of their registration and ballot at www.oregonvot- es.gov. They may also contact Lane County Elections at 541-682-4234 to de- termine if they need to update their voter regis- tration in order to receive a ballot. Voters may drop off their ballots at one of many official drop box locations listed in the in- sert included with their ballot. Drop boxes are now open and will remain open until 8 p.m. on Election Day. A map of drop box lo- cations is also available online. Due to COVID-19, the Lane County Elections Office will be open to the public only on Friday, Oct. 30; Monday, Nov. 2; and Tuesday, Nov. 3, Election Day. Check the web page at lanecountyor.gov for additional updates con- cerning office hours. When open, visitors will be required to ob- serve physical distancing guidelines; masks are re- quired. The Elections Office has a small quantity of masks available for vis- itors that do not have their own. On all other dates, the Lane County Elections Office is closed to walk-ins. Assistance is available over the phone at 541-682-4234 (week- days from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. and on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and via email at elections@lane- countyor.gov. Voters with issues that cannot be resolved via phone or email will be able to make an appoint- ment to visit the Elec- tions Office. Lane County, Business Oregon offering emergency small business loans Business Oregon and Lane County have an- nounced another round of Emergency Small Business Grants to sup- port small businesses in Florence. If your business has less than 25 employees and received less that $100,000 in federal fund- ing from programs like the PPP and EIDL, then your business qualifies for the current round of business grants. Businesses that have already received funding through any of Business Oregon, Lane County or the City of Florence’s pre- vious rounds of funding are encouraged to ap- ply again for additional funding. Businesses with two or fewer Full-Time equiv- alent (FTE) employees can receive $5,000 and businesses with three or more employees can re- ceive $2,000 per FTE, up to $50,000. For more information or to apply, go to Com- munity LendingWorks’ website, www.commu nitylendingworks.org, and click on “Emergency Grants” then the button that says “State of Oregon COVID-19 Emergen- cy Small Business Grant Program.” For those applying the first time for a small busi- ness grant through Com- munity LendingWorks, you will need to fill out the full application. However, those who have applied for a Busi- ness Oregon or Lane County grant through Community Lending- works before will only need to fill out the sup- plemental grant applica- tion. Questions about the small business grants can be directed to Sar- ah Moehrke, Economic Development Catalyst, by email at Sarah.Moeh- rke@ci.florence.or.us or by phone at 541-991- 8276. PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT BOOMER WON’T SELL OUT OUR NATURAL RESOURCE BUSINESSES & WORKERS Oregon Health Authority urges Oregonians to get flu shots Oregon Health Au- thority (OHA) is urg- ing everyone 6 months and older to get an an- nual flu shot, especially as COVID-19 cases in- crease in Oregon, and the pandemic persists. “Flu vaccines are safe and effective, and with ongoing COVID-19 out- breaks, it is more import- ant than ever to get a flu shot to keep the people around you healthy,” said Paul Cieslak, M.D., med- ical director for com- municable diseases and immunizations at the Oregon Health Author- ity. While it is unclear how the pandemic will affect the flu season, OHA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are preparing for COVID-19 and seasonal flu to spread at the same time. A “twindemic” of two potentially fatal viruses circulating at the same time could burden the state’s health care system and result in many ill- nesses, hospitalizations and deaths, Cieslak said. Getting a flu vaccine is something easy people can do to protect them- selves and their loved ones and help reduce the spread of flu this fall and winter. Flu vaccine will not protect against COVID-19. But vacci- nation has many other benefits and is part of a comprehensive public health strategy to reduce the burden of flu. Here are some addi- tional benefits: • The vaccine is prov- en to help protect preg- nant women and people with chronic health con- ditions while reducing the burden of flu on our communities and health care system. • This year, especially, it will be most important to protect those at high- er risk for flu complica- tions. Many of these peo- ple are also at high risk for COVID-19 illness or serious outcomes. • It is also important for caregivers and essen- tial workers to protect themselves and those around them from flu by getting a flu vaccine. • The flu vaccine may take up to two weeks to become effective, so get- ting it earlier in the sea- son — like now is ideal. That’s why OHA is pro- moting a “Don’t Wait to Vaccinate” campaign with social media cards and other messaging in multiple languages start- ing today. Flu vaccine is avail- able from health care providers, local health departments and many pharmacies. The vaccine is free or low cost with most health insurance plans. To find flu vaccine clinic, visit http://www. flu.oregon.gov/ and use OHA’s flu vaccine locator tool. Getting vaccinated is the best way to prevent the flu. 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