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July 3, 2007  RSS feed

DON'T SIZZLE
Doctors advise a little precaution to prevent sunburn and long-term skin damage
Medical professionals advise taking some precautions to save your hide before going outdoors to celebrate the Fourth of July. While this message won't be the hottest on the block, sun protection could save your life. It has long been known that exposure to ultraviolet rays causes premature aging and skin cancer. More...
Police investigating missing medical supplies
Two EMS employees charged
By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com

Two Upstate Carolina Medical Center (UCMC) employees who work in the Emergency Medical Services department have been arrested in the wake of a Cherokee County Sheriff's Department investigation of missing medical supplies. Roger Shane Grier, 34, of Lawndale, N.C., has been charged with possession of stolen property more than $1,000. Brian "B.J." Martin, 27, of 412 E. More...

DSS takes children following drug arrests
By TARA JENNINGS Ledger Staff Writer tara@gaffneyledger.com

Two children were placed in emergency protective custody after police arrested a woman on drug charges, a report at the Gaffney Police Department states. More...

 Local News
• DHHS: new broker system brings efficiency, accountability
While some providers and politicians dislike the changes made to the state's Medicaid transportation system, the state's health agency believes the new method will bring much needed accountability to how patients are transported to and from medical facilities. More...
• article has image PREPPING FOR THE FOURTH-
• Hetty Hill project closer to reality
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 LifeStyles
• article has image Happy Birthday, America!
IN CONGRESS, JULY4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, More...
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• CERTIFIED
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 Sports
• Former player named new golf coach
Last year, Todd Coggins was an unpaid Gaffney High jayvee golf coach. Not anymore. Gaffney High athletic director Phil Strickland announced that Coggins has been hired as the new Gaffney High golf coach. Coggins was a member of the Gaffney High golf team and also played collegiately, Strickland said. More...
• article has image Post 109 outlasts Union
• article has image Gaffney gets mixed reviews at team camp
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 Obituaries
• Laura Ellen Huffstetler
Retired co-owner of Huffstetler Oil Company
GASTONIA, N.C. - Laura Ellen Northey Huffstetler, 87, of 3119 Union Road, died Monday, July 2, 2007, at her residence. A native of Cherokee Falls, S.C., she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Lillie Jenkins Northey. Ellen was a member of Robinson Memorial Presbyterian Church. More...
• Frances A. Grubb
• Mildred Cody
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 Inside Report
• article has image INSIDE REPORT
A Republican failure
WASHINGTON - I asked one of the few conservative Republican senators who stuck with President Bush on immigration to assess how Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell handled the issue. Asking not to be quoted by name, he replied: "If this were a war, Sen. McConnell should be relieved of command for dereliction of duty. More...
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