BANDON Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative presents its annual meeting, which includes a health fair by Curry General Hospital.

The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 17, at Bandon High School on Ninth Street, west off Highway 101.

The health fair will be held in conjunction with the cooperatives annual meeting and free chicken barbecue luncheon. The luncheon is to be served by the Bandon High School freshman class.

The electric cooperative will include election of board members and reports by the executive staff. The meeting will culminate with door prizes and a pie contest and auction sponsored by the Curry County 4-H Leadership Association.

General registration for the fair, health and science exhibits will be set up in the gym across the street from the meeting and dining hall.

The fair will highlight research projects of three Gold Beach High School students Asha Swem, Carolyn Floyd, and Korri Thiessen who helped put their schools science program on the list of the worlds top 10 this year.

Swem focused on improving cellular communication to improve overall health and prevent disease.

Floyd studied a low-cost, low-impact method of water purification.

Thiessen studied decreasing the death of human cells, with an eye toward curing such diseases as degenerative heart disease and Alzheimers.

Other health fair offerings will include appearances by McGruff the Crime Dog; and informational exhibits by Mercy Flights, The Brookings Police Department, Curry County Home Health/Hospice, South Coast Diabetes and Coos County Diabetes Coalition. MINDS Clubhouse of Gold Beach will sell plants and birdhouses.

Additionally, the Curry County Council on Alcoholism will demonstrate impaired vision and equilibrium with special drunk driving goggles.

Visitors also can check their health with blood pressure readings offered by Tidepool Medical Group, free coupons for cholesterol checks at Southern Coos Hospital, and glucose testing for diabetes from the American Red Cross.

Curry General Hospital helped coordinate the health fair. For information about the fair, phone (541) 247-3187.

For information about the annual membership meeting, call Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative at (541) 332-3931.