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NASHVILLE - The official Christmas season is short this year—only four weeks from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas Day. There’s no time to waste to catch the holiday spirit: go straight to www.picktnproducts.org for all sorts of Christmas tree history, educational fun and games-- and of course, a directory of Christmas tree farms across Tennessee.

 

Along with the statewide tree farm listing, the Pick Tennessee Products Web site features tips on proper selection and care of natural trees whether cut or balled and burlapped for post-holiday planting. The Web page also offers a link to the national Christmas tree farm site.

 

Among the things visitors will find at the national natural tree site is information about where the White House tree is coming from this year.

 

NASHVILLE – Governor’s Highway Safety Office Director Kendell Poole joined local and state law enforcement agencies today to launch a special enforcement effort along Highway 28 in Marion and Sequatchie Counties called Operation 28. Since 1996, 40 people have died and more than 600 have been injured in crashes along a 30 mile stretch of Highway 28 in Marion and Sequatchie Counties. Operation 28 is part of a special high visibility Click It or Ticket enforcement effort across the state. Law enforcement agencies in Tennessee will be cracking down on those not buckled up, particularly along on rural roadways. 

 

 

CHATTANOOGA  – The Tennessee Department of Transportation is now providing a live look at the work to clear a major rockslide along U.S. 64 in Polk County. A live time-lapse camera is now available on TDOT’s U.S. 64 Rockslide web page (http://bit.ly/1Tlc8m). 

 

On Tuesday, November 17, crews with contractor Charles Blalock & Sons, Inc. worked to mobilize equipment to the site while TDOT geotechnical engineers and representatives from Blalock spent the majority of the day ascending and investigating the upper reaches of the rock slope around the perimeter of the slide area. The inspection was conducted to identify critical areas of the rock slope where the contractor will first need to remove loose rock and unstable debris.

 

NASHVILLE - Spend less time in the kitchen and more time with friends and family, while surrounding yourself with Tennessee’s natural wonders during this season of thanksgiving. 

 

Tennessee State Park officials are pleased to announce that all eight state park restaurants will be open Thursday, Nov. 26, serving their annual Thanksgiving Day feast. Thanksgiving turkey and all the traditional trimmings, along with an assortment of desserts, will be available beginning at 11 a.m. until closing at state park restaurants across Tennessee. Selections and prices will vary depending on location, ranging from $10.95 to $14.95 (excluding drink and gratuity). Group reservations are recommended.

NASHVILLE – Enrollment in CoverKids, the state- and federally-funded program for uninsured children, will suspend after Nov. 30, 2009, as the program reaches its budgeted capacity.

 

 

“These funds will go a long way in helping farmers in priority areas restore and protect rivers and streams from runoff and sedimentation that affect water quality,” said Governor Phil Bredesen. “I’m pleased that the Department of Agriculture is partnering with local conservation organizations to help identify worthy projects and distribute funding.”