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CPR class offered by COI

Chautauqua Opportunities Inc.’s Skilled Health Services will be hosting an Adult / Pediatric CPR class on Tuesday, Feb. 21 starting at 3 p.m. at the COI Training Room location at 17 W. Courtney Street in Dunkirk.

In this class, participants will learn how to provide CPR in a safe, timely, and effective manner. The fee is $60 and class size is limited to 8 participants. To register, call 716-366- 3335 or visit www.chautauquaopportunities.com for more information. This class is OSHA approved and certification is good for 2 years.

Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc. is an American Red Cross Certified Training Provider and offers life-saving knowledge and skills classes designed to keep you prepared in the event of an emergency with all the latest health and safety training techniques and certification programs.

For those unable to attend the scheduled class, COI also offers other formats, as well as Basic Skills Checks, by appointment. Contact COI’s Skilled Health Services at 716-366-3335 for details.

League event focuses on Ukraine work

The League of Women Voters of Chautauqua County will hold a Hot Topics brown bag luncheon at noon on Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, 219 Central Ave, Fredonia, NY 14063. Besides your own lunch, please bring food donations for the church’s food pantry along with $2. Those who don’t want to bring food, please pay $5.

Sally Naetzker Baer was born and raised in Ashville. In her early 20s, Sally left the area to pursue academics in New York City where she stayed and worked for almost 20 years. She married Tom Baer in 2001. They spent the majority of the next 16 years between the USA, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, and Nepal working with community development, offering basic healthcare, teaching English, and participating in other grassroots activities.

In 2016 they moved to Sout Carolina to prepare for further service overseas. They had planned to relocate to Kazakhstan, but the pandemic had other ideas so Tom and Sally along with their three youngest children returned to their Chautauqua County home in October 2020. Next, when the war in Ukraine began last February, Sally was uniquely prepared to go to Poland and Ukraine to help in any way possible to support Ukraine. She will join the League of Women Voters to share her journey of service during this dark time for Ukraine.

This event is a great opportunity for members of the Chautauqua County community to learn about ways they can support Sally’s work in Ukraine. Donations can be made to their non-profit Baer Essentials, 1039 Hunt Rd., Lakewood, NY 14750 or by stopping by their 6 Baers Toy and Gift Shoppe at 50 Chautauqua Ave. in Lakewood. You can friend Sally Naetzker Baer on Facebook for more updates on her work in Ukraine.

For more information about the League of Women Voters of Chautauqua County, visit https://my.lwv.org/new-york/chautauqua-county and join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/leagueofwomenvoterschautauquacountyny

Fredonia board meets Monday

The Fredonia Central School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting Monday at 4 p.m. in the high school library.

Free community meal Feb. 11

GOWANDA — The Trinity United Church, located at Erie Avenue and Park Street, will host a take-out only free community meal on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Park Street entrance from 4 to 6 p.m. or gone. The menu is homemade soup, salad, bread and cookies. Free will donations are appreciated but not necessary. Drive East Main to Railroad Avenue and then down Park Street, following the signs, or walk up. The next meal is scheduled for Saturday, March 11.

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