Teen Health Awareness Day is on Thursday, April 15, 2010 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Whitfield County Health Department on Professional Blvd. in Dalton, GA!

This event is for Teens, Pre-Teens AND Parents! This FUN Event will Include:

• Health Education
• STD Testing
• HIV Testing
• Access to All Whitfield County Health Dept. Clinics
• Local Healthcare Provider Information
• Information on what is available for Teens in Dalton!

There will be games, give-aways, fun inflatables, free water bottles for the first 200 attendees, and attendees can register to WIN a GUITAR HERO!

Participating agencies will be Amerigroup, North Georgia Health District, Boys and Girls Club, Visions of Hope Youth Advocates, Family Support Council and Dare. For more information call 706-281-2326.

Several dogs at an Ellijay, GA home were exposed to a raccoon that has now tested positive for rabies.

On Sunday, March 14, 2010, a dog brought a live raccoon into a residential yard located on Henry Evans Road off Clear Creek Road in Ellijay. The property owner's Pomeranian-mix adult female dog began to attack the raccoon and suffered minor injuries. During the attack, another Pomeranian-mix puppy female was bitten above the right eye. The owner of these two dogs killed the raccoon on-site.

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Travel Reimbursement

All employees required to use their personal vehicle for official agency business and incur reasonable travel-related expenses will be reimbursed for these expenditures in accordance with the following provisions.

 

All travel reimbursement requests should be completed and submitted to the accounting department with a supervisor’s authorization by the end of each month in which the travel event occurred.  There will be an additional 30-day grace period beyond the last day of the month the travel event occurred in which to submit these reimbursement requests.  Any requests received after the 30-day grace period will require substantive justification for the delay and will be subject to the approval of the District Administrator.  NGHD will reimburse employee agency mileage in accordance with the current IRS recommended mileage reimbursement rate.

 

Determination of Business Miles Traveled

Employees may be reimbursed for the mileage incurred from the point of departure to the travel destination. If an employee departs from headquarters, mileage is calculated from headquarters to the destination point.

 

If an employee departs from his/her residence, mileage is calculated from the residence to the destination point, with a reduction for normal one-way commuting miles. For the return trip, if an employee returns to headquarters, mileage is calculated based on the distance to such headquarters. If an employee returns to his/her residence, mileage is calculated based on the distance to the residence, with a reduction for normal one-way commuting miles."

 

If it is unreasonable to come to your headquarters prior to your planned destination, then leave from your residence.  Example: a 9:00am meeting - leave from your residence; a 2:00pm meeting - report to your headquarters first.  Please indicate on your travel form in the explanation for trips section what time your meeting is to begin. When completing the travel form, you should list your origination and destination in terms of the name of a city as opposed to a county name.

Influenza is unpredictable and officials do not know the likelihood of a future wave of H1N1 flu. However, vaccination is the most important step in protecting against influenza.

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Fannin County Environmental Health officials announced today that a skunk from the area has tested positive for rabies.

According to Shannon Bradburn of Fannin County Environmental Health, a resident on Daves Road off Highway 60 in Morganton heard his dogs yelping on the night of December 25 and he went outside to investigate. The resident saw a skunk attacking his female dog and her two puppies, so he retrieved his gun and killed the skunk.