Counties join anti-fat project in West Virginia pilot
Marion and Jackson counties participate in a CDC funded pilot to develop community physical activity nutrition and obesity prevention programs. The effort notes WV adult obesity rose from 15 percent in 1990 to 23.2 percent in 2000 and highlights high overweight and obesity rates among children in 27 rural counties from 1999 2002.
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Jackson Counties
Centers For Disease Control
Kristy Blower
West Virginia Bureau of Public Health
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Virginia requires scoliosis screening in public schools
Virginia will require public schools to adopt screening or information programs for scoliosis in grades five through 10. Each school division must examine students or provide parents with information or a screening program, with additional information for nonselected students. The measure, developed after medical input, aligns Virginia with 21 states mandating some scoliosis protocol.
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Virginia
State Board of Education
Gwen P Smith
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Joe O’brien
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Scoliosis signs prompt Virginia school screenings
The Associated Press reports Virginia school divisions adopt scoliosis screening and education. Visual signs include uneven shoulders and hips, a protruding shoulder blade, and a head not centered. Screeners in grades five through nine or ten use scoliometers and forward-bend tests to flag cases for physicians.
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National Institute of
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New Kent County
Jane Walsh
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Chris Knighton
Chantilly High School
Fairfax County
Mezzatesta questions Ethics Commission fine in Charleston
Former House Education Chairman Jerry Mezzatesta questions a $2000 fine after the Ethics Commission approved a conciliation agreement ending ethics complaints. His lawyer says no admission of wrongdoing and insufficient proof. The commission also issued a public reprimand over alleged grant solicitation and false filings.
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Jerry Mezzatesta
State Ethics Commission
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Lew Brewer
Ethics Agency
Mezzatesta
Ben Bailey
Ethics Commission
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Brewer
Sunday Gazette-Mail
House Education Committee
Hampshire County
D-Hampshire
David Stewart
Dee Braley
State Office of Special Education
Hampshire County Board of Education
Virginia residents file more tax returns online
Virginia taxpayers are filing federal returns electronically in record numbers with higher average refunds. Seventy two percent of about 1.2 million returns filed by Virginia residents through mid year were e filed, up from 67.5 percent last year. The average refund is $2436, nine percent higher than last year.
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Virginia
IRS
Government Accountability Office
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Memphis
Gloria Wajciechowski
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