Tomorrow, Saturday, November 6, The North Little Rock Police Department will host a Child Safety Seat Check at McCain Mall.  Bring your child and car to the southeast corner of McCain Mall (by Dillard’s) between 9 AM and noon. 

Certified Safety Seat Technicians will be on hand to not only make sure you have your seat installed properly, but also to make sure the car seat is safe (not recalled) and to make sure the seat is the right size for your child.

According to the Safe Kids website, child safety seats reduce fatal injury in passenger cars by 71 percent for infants less than 1 year old and by 54 percent for toddlers 1 to 4 years of age.  For children 4 to 7 years of age, booster seats have shown to reduce injury risk by 59 percent compared to safety belts alone. 

This event is sponsored by the North Little Rock Police Department in conjunction with the Arkansas Highway Safety Office and Dimensions’ Passenger Safety Program

On Wednesday, November 3, 2010, the Health Department is providing seasonal flu shots at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds, 2600 Howard Street, from 9:00a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

On Thursday, November 4 from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. the Health Department will be providing shots at the North Little Rock High School East Campus behind the Target Store in The Other Center Mall.

These clinics are part of local health units statewide that are participating in mass flu vaccination clinics that are continuing through the first week in November. This year, the seasonal flu vaccine includes protection from the H1N1 virus, so there won't be a separate shot.

A Mass Flu Clinic is a day-long event during which the community comes together to immunize as many people as possible. Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) staff, health professionals and volunteers work as a team to provide vaccine.

The grants were awarded Friday morning. A total of $14,000 will be awarded for 17 grants.

The list of grantees is as follows:

North Heights Elementary
Kasey Cathey - School-Home Literacy Connection Project $1,000
Kasey Cathey - Black Stallion Literacy Project - $807

Amboy Elementary
Jennifer Kimbrell & Joy Ploszay - Amboy Rockets reaching for the STARS $1,000

Boone Park Elementary
Lora Stogsdill - Reading Up! $500

Park Hill Elementary
Cindy Lann & Suzanne Gilliam - "We Learn Differently, Teach Us Differently" $959.68

Pike View Elementary
Becky Shimek - Walking Trail $1,000

Indian Hills Elementary
Mandy Ware & Linda Bennett - "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" $1,000

Lynch Drive Elementary
Anita J. Smith - Variety is the Spice of Life $440

Seventh Street Elementary
Michelle Dorsey - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words $440