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Walk-influclinics

Flu shots for enrolled Veterans at Dayton VAMedical Center began on September 28.

· Walk-In flu clinics will be held this year in Building 401, Monday through Friday, September 28-October 9, from9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Please enter through the Gettysburg gate. Use the parking lot behind the building. If you require a ramp to enter, enter the backside of building 41where the rampis located. All others should use the front entrance.

· This will be the first time the Dayton VAMChas had a Saturday walk-in clinic. It will be held on October 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. No appointment is necessary.

· From October 13-November 30, thewalk-in flu clinic will only beofferedonTuesdaysandThursdays from 9 a.m. To 3:30 p.m. at building 401.

Also, Community Pharmacy partners will provide veterans with free vaccinations. These partners are: Kroger, Walmart, CVS, Safeway, Costco and Wegmans. You don’t need a VA referral to get a flu shot at these outside pharmacies, just bring a government issued ID.

Don’t forget to bring your documentation of your vaccination to your PACT team so they can enter it into your medical record.

Virtualcandidateforums

“We at the Dayton Daily News believe it is our duty to help you make informed voting decisions and to keep watch over the voting process,” Editor Jim Bebbington said. “That’s something we’ve always done, and something we’re committed to doing again this year.”

The newspaper has hosted monthly Community Conversations

since this pastsummer, with previous talks on police-community relationships, reopening the economy, going back to school during the pandemic and the impact of the shutdown on local arts groups.

Dayton Daily News staff members will host two virtual candidate forums:

■ Candidate forum: Bebbington and Reporter Eric Schwartzberg will host a candidate forum at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 1 with Republican state Rep. Niraj Antani and DemocraticchallengerMarkFogel. They are running for the Ohio 6th Senatorial District.

■ Candidate forum: Dayton Daily News Reporter Chris Stewart and SusanHesselgesser, executive director of the League of Women Voters, will host a candidate forum at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 2 for theMontgomeryCountyCommission race. Incumbent Democrats Judy Dodge and Debbie Lieberman, and Republican Bob

Matthews will participate. Liebermanis running against Matthews. Dodge is running against Republican Arlene Setzer, who declined to participate in the forum.

“The candidate forums are so important and we appreciate the candidates who are joining us for these nontraditional, virtual events,” Bebbington said. “We’ll be fielding questions from our readers during the sessions, andwe hope they help our readers make their best choices in the upcoming election.”

Also, CommunityImpact Editor Amelia Robinson and Statehouse Bureau Reporter Laura Bischoff will host the Community Conversation: Will Your Vote Count? at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 6 live on the Dayton Daily News’ Facebook page. The discussion will include election experts and a representative from Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’ office.