Local Notes and Briefs
Covid Vaccines, Boosters, and Testing
Mendocino Coast Clinics offers drive-through vaccine clinics every Tuesday from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the white tent at 205 South Street in Fort Bragg for anyone aged 12 and up. No appointment is needed. First dose, second dose, and boosters are all available. Parental consent is required for anyone under 18 to receive a vaccine.
COVID vaccines are available by appointment for children ages 5 to 11. Call (707) 964-1251 to schedule your child’s vaccine.
COVID testing for people who do not have symptoms is available at the white tent at 205 South Street from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays. No appointment is needed. These tests are shipped to a central lab for processing, and results are usually available from 72 to 96 hours after the tests are received at the lab.
COVID testing for people who have symptoms is available Monday through Friday at the white tent at 205 South Street from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. No appointment is needed. If you have questions, please call Mendocino Coast Clinics at (707) 964-1251.
The Adventist Health team has Moderna and the J&J vaccines all available through the Primary Care team located at 721 River Dr., Suite A in Fort Bragg. To make an appointment, call the Adventist Health offices at 707-961-4631 and press option 3 to set a time and date available to receive yours.
Garden Club’s 13th Annual “Sidewalk Gardens to Bragg About”
Any time from May 1 — May 20, please nominate a beautiful yard — your own or another’s — if it is in the Fort Bragg city limits, can be seen from the sidewalk, and is a pleasing-to-the-eye, well-kept space.
From May 23 — 28 Fort Bragg Garden Club members will judge the gardens based on visual appeal, plant variety and health, design, and maintenance. A new category on the score sheet this year is “environmentally friendly” when plants that are edible, native, pollinator-friendly, or drought-tolerant are in evidence. A gift certificate to a local nursery will be given to the first, second, and third place winners, and to the Fort Bragg Bee City USA’s Annual Pollinator Garden. Bernie Norvell will choose his favorite for the “Mayor’s Choice Award.”
If you have a yard to nominate, please provide the address. Send an email by May 20 to info@ fbgardenclub.com or call and leave a message or text (707)397-5824. More information can be found at www.fbgardenclub. com.
Writers of the Mendocino Coast Launches Borders Anthology
This year’s annual publication celebrates the work of over thirty WMC members. Seventeen of these authors will read short excerpts from their writings Sunday, May 15th at 3:00 p.m. “We have so many talented writers in our community, poets and prose writers alike,” said Editor Nona Smith. “This anthology gives readers the opportunity to sample the writing of people they know, local writers who saw this year’s theme as an opportunity to reminisce about preCovid travel experiences or explore other meanings of the word, such as the borders that exist between socioeconomic classes and the peri-normal world.”
This event is free and open to the public. To receive a Zoom link email writersmendocinocoast@ gmail.com.
Garden Club Pop-up Boutique
Join Fort Bragg Garden Club for its Annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 14 from 10 — 2 at the Amerigas parking lot at 300 South Main Street. There will also be a PopUp Boutique with some choice items for your home. All proceeds will benefit the Garden Club’s scholarship fund and other community projects.
Fort Bragg Food Bank The Fort Bragg Food Bank is desperately seeking volunteers during our curbside distribution, 11-4 Monday-Friday and 11-5:30 on Wednesdays. www.fortbraggfoodbank.org.