Children will have an opportunity to learn about healthy eating and the importance of working together to plan and prepare health meals during a Cooking Class for Kids to be offered Friday, Sept. 27, at Jefferson Community Health & Life. The program is open to kids in grades 3-6 and their adult partners. During each class, participants will prepare a simple healthy meal together and then enjoy the meal as a group. The class is sponsored by Jefferson Community Health & Life and Nebraska Extension – Jefferson County.

The class will be offered from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The registration fee is $15 per team. Pre-registration with payment is required by Friday, Sept. 20.

Aprons will be available for the children to wear during the class, and available for them to purchase after the class if they choose for an additional $5.

For more information or a registration form, call Lisa Edeal, RDN, LMNT, at 402-729-6846.

Let us help you make sure your child is safe in the car!

 A child safety seat check up event will be held Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Fairbury Elks Club, 525 G St. The free event will offer child safety seat checks by certified child passenger safety technicians. Child safety seat checks are free.

Checks will be offered from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Please make an appointment by calling Lana Likens at 402-729-6855, and leave a message, including a number where you can be contacted.

Walk ins will be accepted the day of the event as time is available.

It is important for the child to arrive at the event in the safety seat they are using, or seat belted as they normally ride in the vehicle. The check will determine if your child is riding as safely as possible. If available, please bring your safety seat instruction book and your vehicle owner’s manual. These are not required, but are helpful.

We encourage families with children of all ages to attend. A new Nebraska law requires all children under age 8 to ride in a correctly secured federally-approved child safety seat. Children are required to ride rear facing until age 2. The law required children ages 8-18 to ride secured either in safety belt or a child safety seat (booster seat), whichever fits properly for safety.

Partners in the event include Jefferson Community Health & Life, Safe Kids Gage Thayer Fillmore Jefferson and Saline, Blue Valley Community Action and the Fairbury Elks.

For more information on the event, call Lana Likens at 402-729-6855.

Martinez Combative Arts to Instruct Martial Arts Classes at JCH&L Burkley Fitness Center

FAIRBURY – Free demos will be offered Sept. 4 for new martial arts classes at the JCH&L Burkley Fitness Center, instructed by Martinez Combative Arts. Classes begin Sept. 11, and will be held weekly.

The cost for classes will be $35 per month for Burkley Fitness Center members and non-members. Non-members will also be required to purchase a guest pass for each class ay or a multi-pass punch card. All classes have testing and promotions. Students will have additional costs for uniforms, testing fees, belts and arm bands.

Classes to be offered are:

¨ Kids Hapkido—5-12 years old; self defense class  —4:30-5:15 p.m.

¨ Kids Muay Thai—basics of the art, balance, hand-eye coordination —
5:30-6:15 p.m.

¨ Adult Muay Thai—develops power, speed, cardiovascular endurance and fighting spirit  — 6:30 p.m.—7:15 p.m.

¨ Adult Hapkido– self defense — 7:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

For more details, contact the Burkley Fitness Center at 402-729-6139.

Tony Martinez, Martinez Combative Arts

A wound clinic will be offered monthly at JCH&L beginning Wednesday, Sept. 11. Dr. Edmundo Rivera, a specialist in the area of wound care with the Lincoln Surgical Center will be the physician specialist.

If you have a wound that is slow in healing, you may benefit from the wound clinic. The clinic will treat all types of chronic, nonhealing wounds, including diabetic ulcers, surgical wounds, pressure ulcers, traumatic wounds, burns and others. The clinic will help determine why a wound isn’t healing, and use a variety of clinical treatments, therapies and support services to treat chronic wounds. Our goal is to facilitate your healing process.  A variety of outpatient wound treatment services are available to assist in treatment plans as ordered by the physician – including dressing changes and wound debridement by JCH&L Sports Medicine and Rehab Services and outpatient nurses.

“JCH&L is pleased to be able to offer a wound clinic for our area residents. We understand that wounds which aren’t healing are a health concern and sometimes require advanced treatment to get you on the path to healing,” said Chad Jurgens, CEO. “Our goal is to provide the help that is needed.”

Dr. Rivera joined the Lincoln Surgical Group, P.C., in August 2015. He is a surgeon with the American Burn Association, is board certified in surgical critical care and general surgery, and completed fellowships in surgical critical care and burns. He completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Southern California, his MD from Creighton University School of Medicine, and completed an internship and residency in general surgery at Creighton University Medical Center.

Dr. Rivera also sees patients at wound clinics at CHI-St. Elizabeth’s, Thayer County Health Services and Fillmore County Hospital.

Visit with your family medicine provider about whether a referral to Dr. Rivera would be beneficial to you. For more information or to make an appointment, call Jefferson Community Health & Life Outpatient Services at 402-729-6851.