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March 19, 2010

Anonymous The Joplin Globe Fri Mar 19, 2010, 08:12 AM CDT

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*Jon Harden has joined PILR Technology Services, of Duenweg, as a sales associate.

Harden formerly spent 15 years with Jack Henry & Associates Inc. He is married with three children, plays fiddle in country bands and is a Kansas City Chiefs fan, according to a release from PILR.

PILR Technology Services delivers “custom software, networking solutions, computer repair and service, phone systems, Web design and hosting, digital signage, and a host of other technology products and services,” according to the company.

1.2 million Graco high chairs recalled

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Graco Children’s Products Inc. on Thursday announced a voluntary recall of approximately 1.2 million Harmony high chairs because they pose a fall hazard to children, according to a March 18 news release.

“The screws holding the front legs of the high chair can loosen and fall out and/or the plastic bracket on the rear legs can crack causing the high chair to become unstable and tip over unexpectedly,” the news release said.

Graco has received 464 reports of screws loosening or brackets cracking on the high chairs, resulting in the chairs tipping over. These incidents resulted in 24 reports of injuries including “bumps and bruises to the head, a hairline fracture to the arm, and cuts, bumps, bruises and scratches to the body.”

The high chairs were manufactured in the U.S. between November 2003 and December 2009 and are no longer in production. They were available for purchase from December 2003 through March 2010.

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Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr wants the city to distribute weather radios to all Joplin homes that don’t have one. That’s 11,000 radios. Do you think that’s a good use of $300,440?

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