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Jul 20, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

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Ross Hearing Aid Centers, 3333 U.S. 60 East, in the Wal-Mart Super Center, offers free hearing tests for senior citizens from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Monday-Saturday at the center. Free hearing aid cleaning and check are also offered. For appointments, call 304-523-3161.

Cabell, Wayne and Putnam WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Program in West Virginia offers the following hours:

Cabell -- 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. two Tuesdays a month. Call 304-529-4674 or 800-953-1009.

Wayne -- 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. alternating Tuesdays. Call 304-272-3951 or 800-303-1899.

Fort Gay -- 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. alternating Tuesdays; and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday. Call 304-648-5300 or 800-303-1899.

Lincoln -- 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every third Friday of the month. Call 304-824-3330.

Putnam -- 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 304-757-4200 or 800-526-4201.

WIC provides individual nutrition counseling, group classes, infant formula and nutritious foods for pregnant women, breastfeeding women and children up to age 5. A family of four can earn up to $628 per week and still qualify for WIC. For more information, call the above listed number for your area.

Ebenezer Medical Outreach, Douglass Center, 1448 10th Ave., provides free primary care, medications assistance and referral for the low income who are without Medicaid and Medicare.

Services are available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 304-529-0753.

Cabell-Huntington Health Department offers immunizations, pregnancy testing, HIV testing and counseling, emergency contraception, hepatitis testing and immunity testing during walk-in clinics from 8 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

For immunization clinics: Parent or legal guardian must accompany child and bring record of his/her immunizations.

TB skin tests are offered from 8 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays and Fridays.

Evening immunization clinic and TB skin tests are offered from 4 to 6 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays.

Sexually transmitted disease clinic is offered on a walk-in basis at 2 p.m. Tuesdays and 3 p.m. Thursdays.

Tuberculosis clinics, family planning clinic and breast and cervical cancer screening program are offered by appointment. Call 304-526-3380.

The West Virginia Children's Health Project, a mobile doctor's office on wheels, provides complete medical care for children ages newborn through 18.

The mobile clinic, operated and staffed by Valley Health Systems of Huntington and Marshall University School of Medicine, visits the same site at the same time each week. The current schedule is:

Tuesday -- Wayne County, East Lynn Elementary School, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.; Dunlow, Cabwaylingo Presbyterian Church, 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday -- Wayne County, Crum Elementary School, 9 to 11:30 a.m.; Tolsia High School, 12:30 to 3 p.m.

Thursday -- Lincoln County, Atenville Elementary School, 9 to 11:30 a.m.; Ranger Elementary School, 12:30 to 3 p.m.

For information or to make appointments, call toll-free 800-944-PEDS.

Lawrence County (Ky.) Health Department offers immunization, well-child clinics, family planning, Pap smear clinic, diagnostic clinics and WIC by appointment. The department is open from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 to 3:30 p.m. weekdays. Also scheduled:

Tuesday -- family planning supply pick-up in afternoon; VD clinic.

Friday -- family planning supply pick-up, hypertension and general walk-ins.

Greenup County Health Department offers medical and environmental services, counseling, screenings and clinics by appointment. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and until 6 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month. Clinic hours are 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m.; 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 6 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month. There is a $1-$3 fee for most services, excluding family planning. Call 606-473-9838 or 437-9839.

Blood centers

American Red Cross offers donor hours the first and third Monday of each month at King's Daughters Medical Center's Outpatient Services Center, 23rd Street, Ashland. Donations are accepted by appointment. Call 800-448-3543.

Tri-State Regional Blood Center, 1111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Huntington, offers the following donor hours: 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the last Friday of each month. For appointments, call 304-526-2999 or 800-409-5498.

Charleston Donor Center, 3100 MacCorkle Ave. SE, has these donor hours: 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday; and closed Monday and Tuesday. For appointments, call 800-409-5498.