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SEVIER COUNTY – For the seventh consecutive year, Vulcan Materials Company has sponsored the Make a Break Thru for CF Sporting Clays tournament. This year, one of Vulcan’s regular volunteers, Danny Sisk, Plant Manager at Clarksville, advised Cure Finders that his son had been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.
Here are highlights from the past week in the Tennessee State Senate. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns about matters being considered by the General Assembly. You can also get information about the General Assembly, including the text of bills and floor and committee calendars, by accessing the legislative web site at www.capitol.tn.gov. Please bear in mind that this update is principally related to actions of the State Senate.
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK – Effective today, management of the Laurel Falls II fire just west of Gatlinburg, TN and the Stony Ridge Fire just north of Cherokee, NC has been transferred to an Interagency Incident Management Team (IIMT), according to Bob Miller, management assistant for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The IIMT specializes in directing and providing logistical support to large incidents, especially fires. An official IIMT report today stated that the Stony Ridge fire was 50 percent contained and the Laurel Falls fire was 25 percent contained.
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