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- County health officials sound off to the Charleston Daily Mail about "a bill that would require the county commission's approval on pending smoking bans."
- The Gazette catches the details from the first budget presented by new Secretary of State Natalie Tennant, who said "her office needs about $1.2 million to replace about 38 Internet-based computer programs that can no longer be upgraded."
- Tennant also had a live online chat Thursday with The Gazette, which offers a transcript.
- The state Bureau of Senior Services tells Public Broadcasting "they will not ask the Legislature for increased funding this year, given worsening economic conditions," but "that’s not good news for senior centers which are struggling to maintain vital services for a growing number of elderly shut-ins." With audio and video.
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If Kanawha Health Board president Brenda Isaacs was so concerned about public health, she wouldn't have (in her role as head school nurse) devised Kanawha County Schools' policy of sending lice ridden students back into schools because "Lice are not a health hazard".
Actually, lice are not a public health hazard. They are a social health hazard. The presence of lice is unrelated to general physical health and unrelated to any cleanliness issue.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's the line the pro-lice apologists trot out every time.
Tell that to the parents whose children come home with lice they've gotten from filthy classmates.
Tell that to the parents that have to douse their kids' heads with chemicals constantly because little Johnny came to school with lice for the 15th time this semester.
It's amazing though, that the kids that always have lice are dirty and usually live in filthy homes. No cleanliness issues there though.
Schools are worried that sending kids home with lice will cut into attendance numbers which effects their federal funding.
That's the number one reason the policy was changed.
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