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Preston Footnotes July 22, 2018

Diabetes education

The Preston County Health Department will hold its monthly Diabetic Support Group  from 6:30 –8 p.m.  Wednesday.

The group meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at the WVU Extension Office on Court Street, Kingwood.

Meredith Sneddon, certified diabetic educator, will presen this month’s program on “Preventative Care and Diabetes-Self Management.”  The group is open to everyone.  It’s free to attend.

Appointments can be made  at the Preston County Health Department for those newly diagnosed with diabetes or having trouble controlling their diabetes.  Sneddon provides information to those interested in learning more about diabetes.

Info:  304-329-0096.

Get on the bus

Learning in Motion is a retrofitted school bus that is traveling throughout Preston County this summer to provide books, food and STEM education to kids.

To volunteer to work on the bus the week of July 30, go to the Preston County Schools website at http://prestoncountyschools. com. For questions, email or call Michelle Berry, at 304-329-0580, Ext. 226 or mcberry@k12.wv.us, or Darla Moyers, at Ext. 250, darla.moyers@k12.wv.us.

The website includes a list of where the bus will be each day.

 Items for Preston  Footnotes can be sent to kingwood@dominionpost.com or faxed to 304-329-3001.