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DAUPHIN COUNTY AARP Driver Safety classes for 55 and older will be of fered at the following loca tions:

• Livestock at fair allowed inside unfinished building
LEBANON - With the Lebanon County Fair to begin Saturday, a new livestock show building at the fairgrounds in North Cornwall Twp. will be used without the required fireproofing.

• Early reaction varies on tax agency choice
LEBANON - Over the last year, angry taxpayers and municipal officials have had much to say to the Lebanon County Earned Income Tax Bureau's executive board about embezzlement by the bureau's former director and alleged financial mismanagement.

• Officials turn to greener future
At least two local municipalities are trying to reduce their carbon footprints by teaming up with a college and seeking a $20,000 grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection.

• Arson fire not cause of death, police say
LEBANON - The man whose body was found in a burned-out apartment July 14 probably was dead before the fire, police said.

• Deaths trigger heroin warning
Heroin use was a contributing factor in some deaths in the city of Lebanon over the past week, which the county coroner said Tuesday was prompting him to issue a warning about the drug.

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• The numbers add up
In the South Annville Twp. home of Fred and Dixi Weaver, the letters to re member are "SPS -- self-praise stinks." So you will not find Fred and Dixi's son, Bradley, bragging about being this year's valedictorian at Annville-Cleona High School, or about his success at math competitions around the state or that his math teacher said he might be the most outstanding student he's known in the past 17 years.

• Father might face death penalty
LEBANON - Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing his infant daughter and are considering charges against the baby's mother.

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• HEALTHY OUTLOOK
LEBANON - Eric White has Crohn's disease and high blood pressure. What he doesn't have is health insurance, so he isn't getting the medical care he should be receiving.

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• On campus
Michael Mease of Myerstown has graduated from St. Francis University with a bachelor's degree in management information systems.

• Man pulled from potty, waist deep in waste
LEBANON - Shannon Hunter told rescuers who came to cut him out of a portable potty Sunday that he was there because he had to go to the bathroom, authorities said.