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Health Fair Addresses Latino Community

Posted: July 16, 2012

Berla Gregg takes a blood sample from Eufemia Labra with a blood glucose meter during a diabetes screening while her children Alan, 9, and Karen, 7, watch at the Futuro Latino health fair on Saturday at the Covenant Presbyterian Church on West Mosby Road in Harrisonburg. (Photos by Michael Reilly / DN-R)
Sherlin Lopez Rojas, 4, throws a bean bag during a game set up by Safe Kids of the Central Shenandoah Valley at the health fair.
An informational display in Spanish warns about the Virginia Department of Health’s fish consumption advisory due to the mercury contamination of South River and the South Fork of the Shenandoah River.
Health professionals demonstrate the Colombian Zumba dance fitness program on Saturday at the Futuro Latino health fair at Covenant Presbyterian Church.

HARRISONBURG — A smile transcends language barriers, but so does a wince.

That was readily apparent Saturday as Candida Gomez received a free tetanus shot at Harrisonburg’s largest...



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