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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014 • Vol. 6, No. 11
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Community turns out in support of Smith
The community turns out for the June Smith Benefit Night at Chick-fil-A in
Fort Oglethorpe. Smith is the wife of City Councilman Johnnie “Red” Smith.
The generosity of Chick-fil-A and donations from the public will help with travel
expenses to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., for June’s cancer
treatment. From left are Johnnie “Red” Smith, June Smith, Chick-fil-A manager
Candy Vann and City Council members Paula Stinnett and Earl Gray.
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Catoosa County Sheriff Gary Sisk
had hoped to buy 20 new police cars
this year. Instead, he’s buying nine.
His department asked for $5 million in SPLOST funds for new vehicles that would be distributed each
year. He got $2 million.
“That doesn’t meet what we had
proposed in our SPLOST
proposal,” he told
Catoosa County
commissioners during
their most recent
meeting. “We’d planned
on getting 20 vehicles
this first year, but we
Gary
understand everyone
Sisk
has to do their part.”
Of the $421,600 his
department was supposed to receive
this year, Sisk said only about 74 percent has come in. That means he has
a budget of approximately $312,000
for new vehicles this year.
The commission approved the
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Intersection improvements near Heritage
High, Middle schools one step closer
By Rachel
Sauls-Wright
Community News Assistant Editor
Relief is on the way
for drivers used to sitting
in traffic along Poplar
Springs and Three Notch
roads near Heritage Middle and Heritage High
schools.
But that relief likely won’t be here until
school starts in the fall
— of 2015.
At its most recent
meeting, the Catoosa
County Commission
approved an agreement
between the county and
CTI Engineers to oversee
an improvement project
from design through construction. The group recently completed a traffic
study of the intersections.
“There’s obviously a
lot of congestion,” said
Greg Wilson, the lead
engineer on the project.
“The results [from the
traffic study] gave us
information on what the
main traffic movements
are.”
He said the firm plans
to widen Three Notch
Road between the two
Poplar Springs intersections with one portion
going up to three lanes
and another to four
lanes.
“That allows southbound traffic to continue
through that intersection
without stopping,” he
said.
There will also be a
continuous turn lane on
Three Notch Road going
eastbound.
“We’re trying to keep
traffic moving that’s not
turning at these intersections such as Talley Circle,” Wilson said.
Construction will not
include any roundabouts
and is expected to take
place while students are
out of school during the
summer of 2015.
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Catoosa County BOE OKs
2014-2015 school calendar
By Katie Ward
Hamilton
Staff Writer
Like many who spend
the weekend catching up
on things, Catoosa County
public school students will
spend two additional days
on instruction next year.
The Catoosa County
School System Fiscal Year
2015 school calendar recently approved by the
Board of Education begins
with the first day of school
Aug. 18 and ends May 22.
“Due to declining state
revenues, we reduced our
instructional calendar in
the 2010-2011 school year,”
explained Superintendent
Denia Reese. “I am pleased
that Governor Deal and
our legislators are reducing the austerity cuts in
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The calendar also
includes 27 holidays
of no school: Sept.
1, Oct. 13-14, Nov.
24-28, Dec. 22-Jan. 2,
Jan. 19, Feb. 13 and
16, March 30-31, April
1-3 and May 25.
the fiscal year 2015 budget.
This will allow Catoosa
County Public Schools to
plan the calendar with two
additional instructional
days for students.”
Inclement weather
make-up days are slated
for Feb. 13, 16 and 17.
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Catoosa BOE recognizes Connell
Woodstation Elementary School principal Ernie Ellis, Catoosa County School
System Superintendent Denia Reese, Shining Star Award recipient WSES paraprofessional Michele Connell and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Kim Nichols, from
left, mingle after Connell’s award presentation. “It is a pleasure to recognize you
as Catoosa County Public Schools’ Paraprofessional Shining Star,” said Reese.
“You nurture and support the learning needs of students, and you help teachers
prepare materials and organize their classrooms for instruction. From your nominations, we know that you are a shining star because you put your heart and soul
into serving children, even under very difficult conditions. You come in early, you
stay late and you always give 120 percent with a smile on your face. One nomination described you as ‘a rock at Woodstation Elementary School.’”
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‘Superheroes Wanted’ in Relay for Life
By Katie Ward
Hamilton
Cindy Simmons, PA-C
Staff Writer
One hundred new
cancer cases are diagnosed every six months
at Battlefield Imaging at
Hutcheson on the Parkway in Ringgold.
Alarming as these statistics may sound, there is
hope in the fight against
cancer. Every spring,
thousands of people
across the United States
participate in Relay for
Life, which raises money
for research in order to
find a cure.
Catoosa and Walker
counties are teaming up
this year for the “Superheroes Wanted” Relay for
Life being held April 25
at Saddle Ridge School in
Rock Spring. Four hundred survivors wearing
their purple survivor
T-shirts will celebrate life
with the teams walking
the track. For the survivors still battling cancer,
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I am a 55 year old female and have had a recurring bladder
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A bladder infection is much more common in women than in men.
Some of the symptoms include a burning sensation when urinating,
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a bad smell, and passing only small amounts of urine at a time. For
some people there may be fever and/or pain in the lower abdomen
on one or both sides. A bladder infection can be quite uncomfortable
and does have the potential to be serious. Some symptoms to be
particularly aware of that are associated with more severe infections
like pyelonephritis are nausea and vomiting, high fevers and severe
back pain. Immediate medical attention is needed for these types of
infections. However, for most people, an uncomplicated bladder infection clears up quickly and is harmless if treated.
Generally, there is no apparent reason why bladder infections recur
or keep recurring. It is possible that there could be a slight variation
or abnormal urinary tract shape causing some women to be more
susceptible to bladder infections than others. Other causes may be
bacteria entering the urethra during sexual intercourse or a change in
estrogen levels during menopause. Pregnant women are also more
prone to infections.
Clockwise from left are Relay for Life organizers Jason McDade, Cynthia Wilson, Battlefield Imaging Director Barbara Marshall and Margaret Lamb. The next
planning meeting is March 20 at 5 p.m. at Saddle Ridge School.
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In most women, antibiotics will cure an uncomplicated bladder infection. However, for recurring bladder infections it may require a long
term use of a low dose of antibiotics as well as lifestyle changes.
If applicable, vaginal estrogen replacement may be helpful. Some lifestyle changes include drinking plenty of liquids, urinating frequently,
wiping from front to back after urination or a bowel movement, gently
washing the skin around your vagina and anus daily, taking showers
rather than baths, and not using diaphragms or spermicides as a
form of birth control. It is also said that drinking cranberry juice will
reduce your risk of bladder infections.
Call your doctor if you have symptoms of a bladder infection or if
symptoms return after you have finished treatment.
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cadets will transport
them from the parking lot
on golf carts to the school
entrance.
The event begins with
a 5:30 p.m. cancer survivor dinner. Prizes will be
awarded to survivors in
the form of restaurant gift
certificates, car cleaning
supplies and more. The
relay itself runs from
7 p.m. to 7 a.m. with
walkers taking turns traversing the Saddle Ridge
campus.
“To see survivors
walk around the track,
it makes it all worth it,”
said Battlefield Imaging Director Barbara
Marshall. “Everyone is
somehow affected by
cancer. It’s our privilege
to go out and raise as
much money as we can
and celebrate with the
survivors.”
Instead of candles
burning inside luminary
bags, this year the event
will incorporate glow
sticks for safety reasons.
The luminaries pay tribute to lives lost in the
fight against cancer as
well as those who have
survived.
“Our goal is to raise
$55,000,” said Marshall,
though adding that
she’d like to see $155,000
raised. “The name of the
game is to have as many
Walker County Schools Superintendent Damon Raines, himself a cancer survivor, is issuing a challenge to
area schools. He wants all 15 Walker
County public schools to have at least
one Relay for Life team and asked
Catoosa County Schools to begin rallying troops as well.
Damon
Raines said he wants Walker
Raines
County schools to raise more money
than rival Catoosa County schools. So, he is hosting
McTeacher Nights in which Walker County school
educators raise money for Relay for Life at local
McDonald’s restaurants.
Catoosa Sheriff Gary Sisk, right, and Chief Deputy Kelly Holcomb attend a
recent Ringgold Kiwanis Club meeting.
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teams as possible. We
want to fill up Saddle
Ridge with teams and
survivors. We want the
survivors to say, ‘Wow,
look at all these people
that care about me.’
There’s a lot of people
out there battling cancer. It’s truly emotional.
The Relay for Life truly
changes lives.”
To learn more about
the Catoosa/Walker
Counties’ Relay for Life,
visit relayforlife.org/catwalkga, find “Relay for
Life of Catoosa/Walker
County, Ga” on Facebook
or email cynthia.wilson@
cancer.org. The next planning meeting is March 20
at 5 p.m. at Saddle Ridge
School.
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Hamilton at kward@
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Hamilton
Staff Writer
The World Wide Web,
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with others these days.
And it’s Danielle Phipps’
job to help businesses
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people.
“Once you start a business, it’s hard to get off
the ground,” said Phipps,
marketing coordinator
for Local First GA, a new
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Christi’s Classy Cakes in Fort Oglethorpe is
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wares. Door prizes will be awarded and coffee and
water will be served. The expo runs from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. at at The Colonnade.
Local First GA is still accepting early enrollment
through March 14. Members pay $100 for a full
day and $50 for a half day booth rental. Twenty-five
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From left, sophomore Alex Smith, as the tin man; junior Tyler Vaughan, as the scarecrow; junior Grayson
Parker, as Dorothy; and senior Eric Jackson, as the cowardly lion, are off to see the Wizard of Oz. The production will take place March 21-22 at 7 p.m. nightly. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $7 for adults.
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McDowell brings out brilliance in students
need to do to be productive adults?’ We always
have fun together. I look
for the positive in them
always.”
Her class may read together one day and bake
together the next. They
visit restaurants to learn
table manners. Through
community-based instruction time, the
students work at Bi-Lo,
O’Charley’s, Bojangles’,
Tractor Supply Co. and
Animal Medical Center to
gain employable skills.
“Everyone can do anything that they put their
mind to,” said McDowell.
“My students can do anything. They are smarter
than people realize.”
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By Katie Ward
Hamilton
Staff Writer
Upon meeting Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High
School ninth-grader Deven Robinson, he’ll probably ask you what year
you were born. Before
you’ve had time to blink,
he will have told you your
age, what year you graduated from high school and
what year you attended
kindergarten.
As you sit stunned trying to recall those events
in your own life, he can
tell you which interstate
to take in order to get
wherever you’re headed
next … anywhere in the
country.
But what might surprise you most is that
Deven has autism.
“It’s very interesting
to watch him,” said his
proud teacher Kay McDowell. “He connects
your birthday to the milestones in your life by figuring it out in his head. …
He likes to Google maps
and look at interstates
and what routes to take to
go to different places.”
For her work with Deven and other students
of various abilities, she
has been nominated for
Ninth-grader Deven Robinson works with Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School teacher Kay
McDowell, who recently found out she is a Golden
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Fort Oglethorpe Waffle House
a hotspot for area veterans
By Katie Ward
Hamilton
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Staff Writer
Joseph Floyd holds a photo of himself at age 22 taken in Vietnam. Sitting next to
him is the monkey he found in the jungle there.
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“Scattered,” “chunked”
and “covered” are words
typically heard at Waffle
House. But at the Fort
Oglethorpe location, they
often take on a different
meaning.
That’s because the
conversations of the veterans who often gather
there may be “peppered”
with them. The veterans
said they like to hang out
to talk about their war
days, make new friends
and keep watch over the
waitresses.
One such veteran is
Joseph Floyd, who can
often be found there at
night sipping coffee. In
the U.S. Army for seven
years, he went to Vietnam in September 1968
with Company D 3rd Battalion 60th Infantry 9th
Division and served there
until 1969.
Many locals may already know how Floyd
spent that time hiding out
in the jungle watching out
for the enemy, and how
he found one friend in
the jungle: a pet monkey.
Floyd often has personal
poster-size photos from
Vietnam with him that
he likes to show off to
other customers. His time
in the country was also
spent taking photos to
share with people when
he returned.
“I don’t ever meet a
stranger,” the 67-year-old
said.
Some may know him
from his volunteer work
at VFW Post 3679 or the
Sixth Cavalry Museum.
Others may have encountered him on the street
— he sometimes picks
up trash on his way to
the Waffle House to help
clean up Gilbert-Stephenson Park.
“I decided if I made it
out of Vietnam, I would
live my life to the fullest
and be a good person,”
said Floyd, whose conversations have at some
point “capped” most
late-night Waffle House
diners’ meals.
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Catoosa County Board of Education Chairman Don Dycus, at front left, holds the plans for the newly purchased school property for transportation services. Next
to him, Catoosa County School System Superintendent Denia Reese holds plans for the new building too. On the far right, Catoosa County Board of Education
board member Melvin Bridges holds more plans.
Catoosa County Public Schools purchases Ringgold property
Staff Report
Catoosa County Public
Schools has contracted to
purchase approximately 4
acres and a 30,000-squarefoot building on Cassidy
Lane in Ringgold to
relocate the system’s
transportation department. The transportation
department is currently
located on the Ringgold
High School campus.
“We have been looking
at property and buildings
for three years,” said
Superintendent Denia
Reese. “This facility will
improve safety for our
bus mechanics, and it
will also improve our
efficiency because we
can decrease the time for
inspection and repair so
our buses will be back on
the road quicker.”
On March 15, 2011, the
voters overwhelmingly
approved the ESPLOST
IV referendum. Acquiring, constructing and
equipping a transportation facility to house and
repair buses was included
in the projects presented
in the referendum.
“The property is centrally located in Ringgold,
and it will provide secure
parking for our buses,”
she said. “The building is
modern with up-to-date
features including overhead wrenches, a drainage system in the floor,
covered parking, loading
docks, an inside wash bay,
a paint room with equipment and room to store
parts and equipment.”
Another advantage is
the ability to maintain two
fuel tanks, she said. The
system currently has a
fuel tank in Fort Oglethorpe and one in Ringgold.
“When the 2011 tornado destroyed our
fuel tank in Ringgold, I
learned it is very important for us to have two
fuel tanks on opposite
sides of the county so we
can return to operations
quickly after a disaster,”
said Reese. “In addition
to improving safety for
our mechanics, this move
will improve safety for
RHS students and parents because there will
be less traffic. Also, when
the buses are moved from
the Ringgold campus
additional property will
be available for Ringgold High School and
Ringgold Middle School.
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the up-to-date features
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In Your
Community
Catoosa Weekly wants to
know about your upcoming
church, school and club
events. Please submit event
information, including date,
time and location, at least
one week in advance of each
Wednesday’s publication to
Catoosa@timesfreepress.com.
■ Battlefield Civitan Club
meets the second and fourth
Wednesdays of every month
from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
Rosewood Assisted Living,
14 Fort Town Drive in Fort
Oglethorpe.
■ Boynton United Methodist
Church, at 4246 Boynton
Drive in Ringgold, hosts
a Zumba class Saturday
mornings at 9 a.m. Females
only. Cost is $5 per class to
pay the certified instructor.
For more information visit
BoyntonUMC.org or call 706866-2626.
■ Boynton United Method-
ist Church hosts a Pilates
class with certified instructor
Denise McGaughey Tuesday and Thursday from 6-7
p.m. Cost is $33 per month;
flex-passes also available.
For more information visit
BoyntonUMC.org or call 706866-2626.
■ Boy Scout Troop 52 meets
every Monday night at 7 p.m.
at First Presbyterian of Fort
Oglethorpe, 1 W. Harker
Road. Cub Scout meetings
begin at 6:30 p.m. Call 706866-2521 for more information.
■ Catoosa County Chamber
of Commerce hosts Networking at Lunch the second
Thursday of each month from
11:50 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The
Colonnade at Benton Place,
264 Catoosa Circle in Ringgold.
■ Catoosa County Library,
at 108 Catoosa Circle in
Ringgold, presents Children’s
Storytime every Tuesday evening at 6 p.m., Wednesday
mornings at 11 a.m. and on
alternate Saturdays at 11 a.m.
■ Creative Discovery Muse-
um, at 321 Chestnut St. in
Chattanooga, hosts Chattanooga Gas Free Family Night
the second Thursday of most
months. For more information
visit cdmfun.org.
■ Fort Oglethorpe Downtown
Development Authority meets
the third Monday of each
month at 6 p.m. at City Hall,
500 City Hall Drive.
■ Fort Oglethorpe Historic
Preservation Commission
meets the third Tuesday of
each month at 6:30 p.m.
■ Fort Oglethorpe Kiwanis
Club meets every Friday at
noon at the Hutcheson Medical Center cafeteria.
■ Georgia Recovery Project
offers support groups for individuals and families on Tuesdays from 12:30-2:30 p.m.
or from 6-8 p.m. The groups
meet at the Catoosa Learning
Center at the Benton Place
Campus, 36 Muscogee Trail
in Ringgold. To RSVP, contact Tracy Elleman with the
Georgia Recovery Project at
706-225-9262 or taelleman@
gmail.com; specify day or
evening preference.
■ The Georgia Winery’s
green wine, Shamrock City,
is back. This wine is the
highlight of the Georgia Winery’s St. Patrick’s Day Happy
Hour. This event takes place
Saturday March 15, from 1–5
p.m. Live bagpipe music by
Michael Whinery, is also featured. For more information,
contact taylor@georgiawines.
com or call 706-937-WINE.
■ Greater Chattanooga
Aspies has a support/social
group for adults with an official diagnosis of high-functioning autism or Asperger’s
syndrome that meets the
third Tuesday of every month
from 6-8 p.m. For more information visit meetup.com/GC-As.
■ Jim Ricketts and Crystle
Elam are performing at the
Philidelphia Baptist Church at
1065 Pine Grove Rd. Friday,
March 14 at 6:30 p.m.
■ Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe
High School is offering open
studio art classes beginning
this month for students and
meets every Tuesday at
12:15 p.m. at Ringgold City
Hall, 150 Tennessee St.
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p.m. each evening. Classes
are encouraged to attend
are $15 per night or $45 per
with their parent/caregiver.
session, including supplies.
Sessions include learning
Payment in advance insures
about dietary elimination of
that supplies are available
cow’s milk, soy, wheat, eggs,
for use. Reserve a spot and
nuts and shellfish while also
get a complete list of classes learning about nutrition and
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register for this free event,
LaFayette Road, that is coor- call Erlanger’s HealthLink at
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in the area. For help with
resume building, interview
■ The 6th Cavalry Museum
prep, understanding online
is hosting a Volunteer Fair
submittals or more, contact
Thursday, March 20 from 2–7
the church office to set up a
p.m. For more information,
meeting at 706-866-0232.
call the museum at 706-8612860.
■ Authentic Intimacy’s 10week study, “Passion Pur■ Seniors and Friends of
suit”, published by Moody
Fort Oglethorpe meets each
Publishers and written by
Wednesday from 10 a.m. to
Dr. Juli Slattery, author and
1:30 p.m. at Constitution Hall
formerly a host on Focus on
on Forrest Road. The all-volthe Family Radio, and Linda
unteer group offers games,
Dillow, Bible teacher and aucrafts, blood pressure/blood
thor is being held Thursdays
sugar checks, bingo and refrom 6:30-8 p.m. at Rock
freshments. For information
Bridge in the Remco Center
or transportation call Peggy
behind Cracker Barrel in
Stanfield at 706-866-1369.
Ringgold. Call Jeannette Fox
at 423-774-2739 to register
■ United Daughters of the
and obtain more information
Confederacy Catoosa Chapabout the workbook.
ter #1987 meets the second
Thursday of each month
■ Ringgold Kiwanis Club
from 5:30-7 p.m (greet and
meets every Tuesday from
eat); 7 p.m. regular meeting
7-8 a.m. at First Baptist
at Park Place Restaurant,
Church of Ringgold, 7611
2891 LaFayette Road in Fort
Nashville St. A breakfast is
Oglethorpe.
served and guests are welcome. For more information
call Jack Deaton at 423-4132219.
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Collier Construction
finds new way to give
Staff Report
After brainstorming
new ways to give back to
the community in 2014,
local general contractor
Collier Construction is
developing a service program called Collier Cares.
Through this initiative,
the company will dedicate a minimum of one
day per month to volunteering in the Chattanooga area.
Although Collier has
historically participated
in a number of volunteer
projects — building the
camel track at the Chattanooga Zoo, working on
repairs to the eagle and
sandhill crane enclosure
at the Chattanooga Arboretum and Nature Center
and participating in the
Tennessee River Rescue
— there has never been
a great deal of structure
surrounding the selection
and scheduling process.
“Traditionally, we’ve
considered service projects on a case-by-case
basis,” said company
President and CEO Ethan
Collier. “My hope is that
by working the time into
our schedules now, we’ll
be able to take on more
service projects and
complete them more efficiently.”
Collier Cares is intended to serve local
nonprofit organizations,
rather than individuals,
he noted.
Applicants should understand that Collier does
not plan to purchase the
materials or equipment
needed to complete projects. However, the team
is not opposed to taking
larger projects into consideration.
“This is our way of
finding out what local
organizations need and
then deciding how we
can help,” Collier said.
“I certainly don’t want
to discourage anyone
from submitting multiple
ideas or even a project
that might be a bit more
intensive. There’s always
a chance we may decide
to tackle a larger project
by working on it for a few
consecutive months.”
To apply to be helped
through Collier Cares,
email your name, title,
organization and proposed project(s) to colliercares@collierbuild.
com.
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