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titleStreet naming system started by surveyor/titleDear Action Line: Thanks for the street-numbering column Saturday. Its photocopied and in each glove box. Now please explain how those streets were named. — J.C., Tulsa. br br Tent town: Tulsa began as a train terminus for west-tracking St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad. When rail crews laid the last set of rails Aug. 7, 1882, they walked southeast across the tracks, on a boot-worn path through tall grass, to a line of tents and wood-sided tent-cabins along the right of way. The line is First Street and the pathway is Main Street. br br A city is born: An out-of-print Department of Public Works fact sheet, History of Street Naming in Tulsa, says our street numbering and naming system was born Aug. 11, 1901, with the arrival of federal town-site surveyor J. Gus Patton.brbrbrbr

titleWaynesboro evaluates tax relief/titleWAYNESBORO � After receiving an overview of real estate tax-relief options, City Council directed city staff to look at the effectiveness of an existing tax-relief program that serves the disabled and elderly. p At a Monday night work session, council decided to wait to see whether a proposed tax-relief amendment will pass the General Assembly. p .brbr

titleNutrition-savvy kids healthier, more aware/titleWhen 10-year-old Marie Grandguillotte goes grocery shopping with her mother, she reads the food labels. She looks for calories and ingredients and knows to avoid fat and cholesterol. /p p Reading the food labels was a little bit confusing, but after a while I got used to it, said the fifth-grader from suburban Doral, Fla. /p p Nutrition experts and the Food and Drug Administration think there should be more kids like Marie. They advocate teaching children to read food labels themselves instead of relying on mom and dad. /p p Since I find parents are not doing a bang-up job (teaching nutrition), I think its important to empower the children with their own information, said Miami registered dietitian Ronni Litz Julien. /p p The FDA partnered with the Cartoon Network earlier this year to launch a public education campaign encouraging children ages 9 to 13 � or tweens � to read the nutrition facts on food labels.brbrbrbr

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