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Got shots? Flu season looms

The Visiting Nurses Association and the American Lung Association are bringing flu and pneumonia shots to Sunnyvale this month.

Nurses will be on hand to administer the shots from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at the Longs Drugs at 576 E. El Camino Real, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 23, at the Longs Drugs at 1165 W. El Camino Real, and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. the same day at the Longs Drugs at 1675 Hollenbeck Ave. Shots will also be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Nob Hill supermarket at 111 E. El Camino Real. Shots cost $10 for flu and $25 for pneumonia.

Influenza can be life-threatening for the elderly and those with chronic illnesses, including asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, diabetes, heart disease or severe anemia. People with diseases or who are undergoing treatments that depress the immune system are also at risk.

Flu and pneumonia kill more than 80,000 Americans each year. Nearly 550,000 people suffered from the flu in Santa Clara County last year.

Additional dates for flu shots are scheduled in November. For more information, call the American Lung Association at 998-5864.

County agrees to fix expressway's drainage

The perennial wet and slippery driving conditions on the Central Expressway near Mathilda Avenue will soon dry up, since the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved funding for the project at its Sept. 29 meeting.

Planners estimate the $380,000 project will be completed in mid-December.

Since expressways are maintained by the county, city residents and commuters have been lobbying Supervisor Pete McHugh to take action on the matter.

"The county must address hazardous conditions on the expressways to protect the driving public," McHugh said. "Central Expressway is an important and integral part of the Valley's road system."

Fadi Saba, McHugh's transportation and environment aide said the emergency portion of the project currently under construction, the section between Fair Oaks and Mathilda Avenues, should be completed within two weeks.

The slippery conditions became a hazard for drivers when a drainage system failed to do its job.

The project approved by the board of supervisors will install a subdrain system to mitigate the conditions.

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This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, October 7, 1998.
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