Gail Pinsker, a long-time Santa Clarita Valley resident and education advocate, has been named community liaison officer for the Wm. S. Hart Union High School District. The appointment was approved by the district Governing Board at its Wednesday evening meeting and is effective immediately.

In an effort to get people out of their cars and take a stroll towards better health, this season’s traditional drive-through flu shot clinic at College of the Canyons will be a walk-through event.

The October 29 event, officially called a Point Of Dispensing (POD), is sponsored by the City of Santa Clarita, the L.A. County Department of Public Health and the college along with the L.A. County Sheriff and Fire Departments.

The Hart High girls golf team, led by sisters Jamie and Amanda Corr, beat West Ranch by 43 strokes in a match at Woodley Lakes Golf Course in Van Nuys.

The Corrs each shot 1-over 38s to pace the Hart girls to a 206-249 win over their Foothill League rivals.

Hart’s Nikki Prichard shot 2-over, 39, and Brenna Carlson was 4-over at 42.

Sarah Hong and Jackie Kang led West Ranch with a pair of 8-over par, 46s.

Nobody is too old to get protection from pertussis, tetanus, measles, mumps and rubella and certainly teens and parents of teens have heard about the new HPV vaccine recommended for young people up to age 26 as a protection against cervical cancer and genital warts.

With thousands of students headed back to school, health officials have focused on how we are doing reaching teenagers and getting them in for vaccines.