115th Year, 45th Issue Thursday, June 17, 2004 Sparta, North Carolina

New hat (86K)
Car Seat (89K)

Playing it Safe

Pam Caudill, pastor at New Direction Youth, helps Julian Castillo with a new hat as (left photo, from left) Carol Choate, Caroline Choate, Julian's dad Francisco and Shelly Williams look on.

In the photo at right, Officer Donnie Brown of the Sparta Police Department demonstrates the proper use of a child safety seat to Vanessa Pruitt of Glade Valley. Brown is nationally certified as a child safety seat technician. Brown and Justin Bowers of Surry County EMS performed 18 inspections last Saturday in the parking lot of the Cash and Carry building on Main Street in Sparta, and gave away six child safety seats to replace ones that were recalled or damaged.

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