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FERNDALE

Students 18 and younger, regardless of school district or need, can take part in the city's summer meal program. At sites throughout the district, breakfast and lunch will be served at no cost.

Roosevelt Primary School's program runs through Aug. 25. Breakfast is served 7:45-8:45 a.m.; lunch is 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. The school is at 2610 Pinecrest. University High School's program runs through July 15. Breakfast is served 7:30-8:30 a.m.; lunch is 12:35-1:35 p.m. The school is at 1244 Paxton. Grant Early Childhood Center, 21131 Gardendale, will serve breakfast from 8-9 a.m.; lunch is noon-1 p.m. until Aug. 25.

Ferndale Middle and High School's program runs July 6-Aug. 25. Breakfast is 8-9 a.m.; lunch is noon-1 p.m. The school is at 881 Pinecrest. Coolidge Intermediate School, 2521 Bermuda, will host two programs, each with breakfast at 7:30-8:30 a.m. and lunch at 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The programs run July 6-Aug. 2 and Aug. 3-Aug. 25.

No registration is required.

PONTIAC

The Oakland-Livingston Human Services Agency, AIDS Partnership Michigan and other groups will offer free HIV testing and lunch as part of Taste for a Test, noon-5 p.m. at Bo's Smokehouse Barbeque on Monday, which is National HIV Test Day.

Participants will arrive at the smokehouse, 51 N. Saginaw St., to be shuttled to testing sites at the Human Services Agency and Oakland Primary Health Services. After the confidential test, with results available on-site, participants will be returned to Bo's for an after-party.

For information, call 248-209-2661. For information on HIV testing, go to www.statussexy.com . For other test sites on National HIV Test Day, call the Michigan AIDS Hotline at 800-872-2437.

NOVI

Residents who want to obtain a Michigan concealed pistol license can fulfill the license's requirements by taking the Novi Police Department's civilian pistol safety class 8 a.m.-5 p.m. July 16.

The class will begin at the Police Department Training Center, 45125 W. Ten Mile Road.

The cost is $200. Participants must be at least 21 years old, bring a handgun, 100 rounds of ammunition, safety glasses and shooter's earmuffs or earplugs.

For information, go to www.cityof novi.org or call Sgt. Michael Warren at 248-347-0572.

State Public Health Director Urges Illinoisans to Get Tested on ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.--(ENEWSPF)--June 27, 2011.  As we observe the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) first report of AIDS-like disease, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold is urging Illinoisans today to get tested and learn their HIV status on National HIV Testing Day, held every June 27.

“On the 30th anniversary of the awareness of the disease, it remains critically important for people to get tested, know their HIV status and be knowledgeable about their lives and health,” Dr. Arnold said. “In Illinois we have partnered with many organizations to make HIV testing free and accessible – I encourage everyone to get tested today.”

The CDC estimates that about 1 in 5 of the 1.3 million Americans living with HIV are unaware that they are infected. In Illinois, the first case of AIDS was reported to the IDPH in July 1981 and eight cases had been reported by the end of that year. From July 1981 through December 2009, 53,380 cases of HIV infection were reported in Illinois, of which 32,923 were also diagnosed with AIDS.

Illinois has the seventh highest number of AIDS cases in the nation. Of the total HIV/AIDS cases reported through December 2009:

Among men, the major risk factor for HIV infection remains men who have sex with men (67 percent), followed by injection drug use (19 percent). Among women, the major risk factor for HIV infection is heterosexual contact (53 percent), followed by injection drug use (43 percent).

To help reduce these numbers, IDPH has sponsored or co-sponsored numerous events providing free and accessible HIV testing statewide throughout the month of June in support of National HIV Testing Day. Additionally, the IDPH Center for Minority Health in conjunction with Brothers and Sisters United Against HIV/AIDS (BASUAH), is airing public service announcements on Comcast from June 24-June 30 in the Central Illinois communities of Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Decatur, Jacksonville, Peoria and Springfield encouraging HIV testing.

To find free HIV testing sites in your area use Text2Survive and text EVENT to 36363; or text IL plus your zip code to 36363 for an HIV and STD testing center near you; or ALERT to 36363 to receive HIV and other important health updates.

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