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Free physicals for Panthers

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 3:50 pm

Panther Boosters will be providing an opportunity for Centralia Student Athletes to get a free sports/activities physical for the 2013-14 school year on Wednesday, May 22nd, from 2pm-5pm in the Centralia High School gym.  

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  • Krinos recalls Tahini

    Posted on May 14, 2013 at 7:31 pm

    Krinos Foods, LLC. of Long Island City, New York is voluntarily recalling its TAHINI sesame paste, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances,

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  • Nestlé Pizza recalls frozen pizzas due to possible foreign matter contamination

    Posted on May 7, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    Nestlé Pizza Company, a Little Chute, WI establishment, is recalling an undetermined amount of frozen pizzas that may be contaminated with extraneous materials and are the subject of a recall administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FSIS announced today. The following products are subject to USDA recall: [Label <http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&amp;_Events/Recall_031_2013_Release/index.asp#labels> ] California Pizza Kitchen© Limited Edition Grilled

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  • Medicare advice available

    Posted on April 25, 2013 at 3:30 pm

    For three years, Boone County Council on Aging has helped local residents seeking to understand Medicare. That help has come through a partnership with CLAIM, the official state health insurance assistance program. CLAIM leads a network of volunteers and organizations dedicated to providing help with Medicare issues. Today, Boone County Council on Aging and CLAIM have announced the extension of that service for an additional three years. Boone County Council

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  • Young girl teams with dispatcher, saves mother’s life

    Posted on April 23, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    Six year old girls saves mother's life by dialing 911

    “My mommy, my mommy’s on the floor and she can’t, she can’t get up.” November 30, Alyssa Webb, six, had come home from kindergarten to find her mother Kayla McQueen unconscious on the floor and called 911 on her mother’s smart phone. Audrain County Dispatcher Tiffany Schrader talked Webb through the process of helping her direct emergency medical assistance to their home. “Is your mother awake?” asked Schrader as the

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  • Louisiana firm recalls meat, poultry, and deli products due to Possible listeria contamination

    Posted on April 16, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    Manda Packing Company, a Baker, La., establishment, is expanding its recall to include approximately 468,000 pounds of roast beef, ham, turkey breast, tasso pork, ham shanks, hog head cheese, corned beef, and pastrami due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. Various weights of the following products are subject to recall: Roast Beef: Manda Supreme Roast Beef Four

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  • Breaded chicken products recalled due to undeclared allergen, misbranding

    Posted on April 12, 2013 at 1:30 pm

     Tyson Foods Inc., a Russellville, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 127,000 lbs. of uncooked breaded chicken tenderloins and uncooked chicken tenderloin fritter products because of an undeclared allergen and misbranding. The product contains soy, a known allergen not declared on the label. The following products are subject to recall: [View Labels <http://www.fsis.usda.gov/images_recalls/026_2013_labels.pdf>  (PDF Only)] 20-lb. packages of “SPARE TIME Uncooked Chicken Tenderloin Fritters” bearing the establishment number “P-5839″ inside the

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