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Weight loss competition promotes group participation in getting healthy

Concerns over their health lead two Campbell County principals to start a weight loss competition.

“Lose it 4 U,” is a joint effort between Valley View Elementary School, Coordinated School Health and Castleton’s Fitness.

It began with a conversation at a meeting. Valley View Elementary School Principal Steve Rutherford and Alternative School Principal Ronnie Lasley attended training on evaluating teachers together. Lasley has issues with his heart. He and Rutherford began to discuss their concerns about their personal health.

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Jellico adopts rental agreement for community center

At its meeting last Thursday, Jellico’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a rental agreement for the community center.

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LaFollette Medical Center kicks off getting to great campaign

Last Thursday LaFollette Medical Center kicked off its “Getting to Great” campaign.

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EMS station in LaFollette resumes around the clock operation

After reviewing population statistics, the 911 board decided to resume around the clock operation at the EMS station in LaFollette.

For the past few years, this station hadn’t been operating from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.

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Public Records for week of April 26, 2012

Records.

Editor’s Note: Readers are cautioned that some names may be the same as or similar to other members of the community.

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Little Theatre aims to provide teenagers with positive outlet

On May 19, the Little Theatre will host a play, “A Wish for Campbell County,” at the Community Center at West LaFollette at 7 p.m.

The 25 Campbell County High School students in the junior chamber who prepared the play will perform it on the Dottie Roger’s stage.

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Children’s Center to host abuse awareness luncheon

Friday at the LaFollette Church of God, the Campbell County Children’c Center will host a child abuse awareness luncheon.

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Lawson reflects on her battle with cancer

Ovarian cancer has no symptoms.

“It’s called the silent killer,” Debbie Ayers Lawson said.

Lawson was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the fall of 2010. She has been in remission for a year. Now that she looks back on it, she says she is grateful she had cancer, and thanks God for it.

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Missing cabinets returned

Forty-year-old cabinets have been a point of contention for the LaFollette City Council this month.

As the new library building was being renovated, former project manager Paul Begley tore the cabinets out. They had been part of the building since it was built in the 1970s, and weren’t in good shape, Begley said.

Council member Hansford Hatmaker also felt the cabinets were in poor condition, and told Begley to dispose of them.

“If somebody loaded them up, I wouldn’t take them,” Hatmaker said.

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TBI releases annual crime report

As law enforcement departments across the state work to combat crime, they are being watched.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation watches local law enforcement, tracking their progress on investigations through the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System known as TIBRS.

Each year the data supplied to the TBI by law enforcement is compiled into an annual report that reveals what type of crime is on the rise and the decline across Tennessee.

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