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Expo your 1-stop shop to boost learning, aid family

Families in home education and the world of schooling profit from the annual home education expo and curriculum fair. (Photo Ginger Sumerlin) Exhibitors from around the United States are gathering in East Ridge this weekend to supply a growing need for educational resources among families in the region. Nearly 80 providers ranging from booksellers, universities […]

Since fluoride ‘advantageous to health,’ dentists want all to take

Drs. Robert and Mandy Shearer, dentists in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., supported water fluoridation at a May public meeting of the local water board. But they have maintained good relations with patients by avoiding a strong push for fluoridation, another compulsory government program that angers many people. (Photo Soddy-Daisy Smiles advertising mailer) Area tooth doctors favor mass […]

Soddy-Daisy’s fluoride sellers keep toxic ingredient levels secret

Darrell Burchard is plant operator of the Sale Creek, Tenn., water treatment facility that routinely injects clean well water with an acid, fluoride, that critics say has pernicious effects on human health. (Photos David Tulis) David Collett responds to an open records request, but a North West Utility District fluoride vendor of fluoride hides vital […]

Soddy-Daisy tries to make roadblocks avoid offense to constitution

Jeff Gann, acting police chief in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., says the town conducts six to 10 roadblocks a year. (Photo David Tulis) A Soddy Daisy roadblock July 2, a Friday night, was designed to comply with a court ruling and constitutional protections that seek to reduce the offense of roadblocks against travelers’ fourth amendment rights. The […]

The case for compulsory fluoridation as water board weighs risks

Fluoridated water is part of a bleak world of industry, compulsion, mass centralized systems, social confusion and toxic perils. Pure water is an ideal pursued by the reasonable and free man. (Illustration by David Dees) Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., residents should have a choice whether to ingest fluoride – and the chemicals that accompany it. Their water […]

To hold police accountable, don’t give them immunity

A police officer stops a traveler to enforce the state’s commercial motoring regime on members of the public. (Photo wrcbtv.com) How could that happen in this country? In the wake of the tragic deaths of Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Eric Harris, Freddie Gray, and others at the hands of police officers, it’s a question that many Americans are […]

Vacation Bible schools try to fill gaps

These website screengrabs show pitches of Chattanooga churches for VBS customers. Churches such as Mile Straight Baptist in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., offer summer Bible schools and camps to encourage conversion and Christian growth. (Photo David Tulis) Around town are billboards and canvas banners for churches providing Vacation Bible school. These gatherings last anywhere from three to […]

4 reasons to halt fluoride injections in Soddy-Daisy water

Steve Roark, the award-winning operator of the Soddy-Daisy water treatment plant, has long believed fluoride is a jeopardy to the public and to the North West Utility District for which he works. (Photo David Tulis) While the science about the benefits of fluoride remains in debate, four simple reasons exist for elimination of the chemical […]