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Lack of resources at root of dental pain
Before Jessica Creel celebrated her 21st birthday Monday, she went to the dentist Friday. “I have to go or I won’t be seen at all,” the mother of two said before the appointment. Virginia adults on Medicaid do not qualify for dental services, but before a 21st birthday they can still use Medicaid at the […]
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Editorial: Staunton has bigger issues than fluoride
Title of Editorial: Staunton has bigger issues than flouride [sic] It’s not that we don’t believe Kenneth Case has an issue with the city’s water supply. Case asked Staunton City Council last week to discontinue adding flouride [sic] to city water, citing its dangers. He is a mouth cancer survivor. t’s an argument that’s been […]
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Staunton: Resident voices concern over fluorine in water
STAUNTON — A local resident called on city officials Thursday to halt fluoridation of the city’s drinking water. Resident Ken Case, speaking during the City Council meeting, disagreed with state officials and the American Dental Association that small amounts of fluorine in drinking water is beneficial and argued that the city, at least temporary, stop […]
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Fluoride Issue Heads To Court
HARRISONBURG – You might think the fluoride issue in Timberville ended when Town Council voted last month to continue adding the chemical to its water supply. You’d be wrong. Resident Mike Gray filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in Rockingham County Circuit Court on Feb. 12, the same day council took the vote. […]
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Timberville: Fluoride To Stay
Mayor Don Delaughter found himself in a position Thursday that he had hoped to avoid. “I was afraid this would happen,” he said after Town Council split on a vote of whether Timberville should continue to add fluoride to its water. “It’s a difficult decision for me. … I do believe in fluoridation, and I’m […]
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Timberville. Editorial: Is Fluoride Dangerous?
[F]luoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face. … It’s incredibly obvious, isn’t it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That’s the way your hard-core Commie works. Gen. Jack D. Ripper Strategic Air […]
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Timberville: Fluoride Fight Goes On
Following the General Assembly’s rejection of a bill that would have asked Timberville residents whether the town should continue adding fluoride to its water, a local group is taking a different tack in the battle over fluoridation. Instead of trying to stop fluoridation of the town’s water outright, those opposed to it are working on […]
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Timberville: Town To Revisit Fluoride Issue
The rejection of a bill that would have allowed residents to vote on the fluoride issue got mixed reviews from Timberville Town Council members. The House of Delegates voted down a proposal Tuesday by Del. Matt Lohr, R-Broadway, that would have posed the question this fall of whether the town should continue to add fluoride […]
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Timberville: Delegates Vote Down Fluoride Legislation
HARRISONBURG – The House of Delegates on Tuesday kicked back to the Timberville Town Council a decision whether to continue using fluoride in the town’s water supply. The House defeated a bill introduced by Del. Matt Lohr, R-Broadway, that sought to give Timberville residents a chance to vote on a nonbinding referendum on the issue […]
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Timberville: Fluoride Vote ‘In Limbo’
Town Council had wanted residents to decide whether Timberville would continue fluoridating its water, but a legal roadblock has the measure in limbo. Following a couple of months of impassioned debate, council voted 4-2 in October to put the issue before residents this year as a referendum. However, at the November meeting, Town Attorney Mark […]
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