PHOTO PROVIDED Penn State Extension Educator Laurie Welch speaks to the commissioners about the programs she offers related to health and nutrition while Extension Client Relations Manager Ethan Howard looks on.

LOCK HAVEN — Penn State Extension representatives were on-hand Thursday to offer the Clinton County Board of Commissioners a presentation regarding some of its nutritional services offered to residents.

Laurie Welch, food, family and community educator with the extension office, told the board she works in both Clinton and Lycoming counties, providing a variety of health-related classes that can focus on nutrition and physical health.

“We do a lot of nutrition and health (lessons) across the lifespan,” she said. She noted she’s also held these classes for county employees as well.

Some of the courses include:

— Everybody Walk Across PA, a virtual walking program that’s state-wide. “It’s free and it’s just for fun. We give helpful tips and recipes and we run it in the fall and spring,” Welch said.

— Dining with Diabetes, a class that’s been held throughout the year for about two decades. Welch said the class is continually revised to meet new recommendations and is taught both in-person and virtually. “We try to reach out twice a year in person,” she noted, saying she held a class in the spring at the Ross Library.

— LIFT Program, which Welch said stands for Lifelong Improvements in Fitness Together and is geared towards older residents.

— Let’s Cook Class, which are taught in-person and virtually and offer a way to learn new recipes and stay healthy.

— Build Your Bones series, a virtual and in-person program for Osteoporosis education to help ensure strong bones as you age.

Welch said Penn State Extension has also partnered with the Alzheimer’s Association for roughly a decade to provide in-person and virtual series to educate the public about the disease. Classes, which are free, include 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s and Dementia, Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia and Dementia Conversations and Healthy Living.

Other programs offered involve Health Insurance Awareness and financial education.

Commissioner Angela Harding noted the county’s emergency service personnel are often responding to lift assists for its aging population, and asked if information about the LIFT program and Build Your Bones series could be shared with local ambulance services and fire departments.

Welch said she could work to get that information to those services.

“I know that’s a problem in our community,” she said, noting they’re trying to meld both classes together to help promote strength training and build strong bones as you age.

In other business, the board:

— Approved an insurance renewal policy with Brotherhood Mutual Holding Company for Children and Youth’s Reach Out Mentoring Program, at a premium cost of $2,992 for the 2025-2026 coverage period.

— Approved support of a grant being submitted by Roads to Peace for funding under the 2025-2027 Stop Violence Against Women grant.

— Accepted the retirement of Tina Lesser, Clerk II in Magisterial District Judge Kibler’s office, effective Oct. 2. Lesser has worked in the office for 22 years, having begun her position on April 2, 2003.

— Promoted Shawn Carr from Network Security Engineer to IT Director, effective Sept. 15, at a salary of $71,431.50, based on the 5 percent increase due to promotion policy established by the Salary Board on Jan. 2.

— Approved a transfer of Penny Croak from 1st Deputy Prothonotary/scanner/microfilmer in the Prothonotary Office to Clerk I in Magisterial District Court in Judge Kibler’s office, effective Sept. 15, with no change in salary.