7am News, Sports and Obits

Latest WGIL news
Click to play or
Right click and "Save Target As" to download
Click for Galesburg, Illinois Forecast
Home - Cancellations - Community Events - Contact Us - Mornings - News - Obituaries - Pictures - Programs - Special Events Audio - Sports - Weather
Dental Grant Given to Knox Co Health Department
A two year, $100,00 grant will help expand the dental clinic at the Knox County Health Department.

Administrator Heidi Britton Thursday night told the county board of health the award was technically unofficial but they expect the official notification soon.

Britton says besides adding two new chairs in the dental clinic, the improved facility will be a good recruiting tool.

"I think we also found out that a lot of dentists aren't even aware that you can work in such state of the art operatories, so it's really just bridging the gap between dental schools and the rural america that have beautiful dental operatories, so I think there's going to be lots of excitement in oral health, and there's so much support for it."

$70,000 will come in the first year to help pay for construction costs and $30,000 will be distributed in the second year for equipment.

Britton added, it would also be a good way to remind people, while the clinic sees mostly children, adults are welcome on Fridays.
03 11 11 by Newsroom
News management powered by Xpression News

Click here for the WGIL News Archive

Click here for national news

The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.