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Gaston County commissioners proclaim health and safety observances, honor volunteer firefighters; resident objects to park rental fees
Summary
At their Oct. 8 meeting, the Gaston County Board of Commissioners proclaimed World Polio Day and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, declared Fire Prevention Week and honored long-serving volunteer firefighters. Citizen Kenneth Edwards urged the board to stop charging volunteer coaches to rent county baseball fields.
The Gaston County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 8 adopted proclamations marking Oct. 24 as World Polio Day and October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, declared Oct. 6–12 Fire Prevention Week and recognized scores of volunteer firefighters for decades of service.
Vice Chair Bob Hovis opened the meeting and introduced the board. Commissioner Kathy Cloninger read a proclamation recognizing World Polio Day and noted Rotary International’s global eradication campaign and local ties to polio care. A Rotary representative thanked the board and recounted personal experience supporting vaccination efforts overseas, urging continued vigilance and routine childhood vaccinations even though polio cases…
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