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Fire Prevention Week
See HEALTH on 4City of Battle Creek Fire Department Lt. Brendan Caid of Station 4 shows the Prairieview Elementary
School kindergarteners the equipment carried on the fire engine during Fire Prevention Week education
just before they were called away to a structure fire Thursday. (Shopper News photo by Shelly Kehrle-Sulser)
See Story on 2SHARE Center Executive Director Robert
Elchert, left, is on the planning committee
for tomorrow’s (Friday, Oct. 18) Calhoun
County Connect homeless health fair at
Full Blast and Ron Henson of the Veterans
Affairs Medical Center HUD Veterans
Affairs Supportive Housing program, who
organized the VA Stand Down at the same
event. (Shopper News photo by Shelly Kehrle-Sulser)Homeless health fair, ‘Calhoun Co.
Connect’, Friday, Oct. 18
SHELLY KEHRLE-SULSER
Executive Editor
Free haircuts, breakfast, lunch, resources
and supplies will be available to the pub-
lic tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 18 when the
VA Stand Down and the Calhoun County
Homeless Coalition presents the 2024
homeless health fair they have dubbed,
“Calhoun County Connect.”
The event featuring a gymnasium full of
information tables, handouts and services‘Bird and Coffee Chats’ set for November, December
Bird lovers can share their sight-
ings and learn more about some
of the bird species commonly
found during autumn in southwest
Michigan during monthly “Birds
and Coffee Chats,” offered by the
W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary.
All events begin at 10 a.m. onZoom, said spokesperson Cara
Barnes.
The November chat, set for
Wednesday, Nov. 13, will focus on
feeding winter birds, with sanctuary
manager Lisa Duke.
The December chat will take place
Wednesday, Dec. 11.Michigan State University
Extension educator Elliot Nelson
will join in for this last chat of 2024
to talk about some of the sightings
throughout the year of birds that are
rare to Michigan.
Birds and Coffee Chats are free
and open to the public, but registra-tion is required at https://bit.ly/birds-
coffee-registration to access infor-
mation on how to join the events.
Questions may be directed to the
Kellogg Bird Sanctuary at bird-
[email protected] or (269)
671-2510.