SEASIDE This is the fifth year that youth from around the county will have the opportunity to join the 4-H After School cooking class offered in Seaside.

Youth will be cutting, chopping, learning nutrition and competing in an Iron Chef cook-off.

The after school classes will run from-2:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays for four weeks from Feb. 12 to March 5 at the Bob Chisholm Community Center.

The classes are taught by a local chef and Oregon State University Extension faculty and staff. The class is for middle school youth in sixth through eighth grade with space is being limited to 12 youth. To sign up, call 503-325-8573.