The federal government has given the state of Tennessee millions of dollars for ad campaigns promoting highway safety.The federal government has given the state of Tennessee Tennessee, state, United States Tennessee (tĕn`əsē', tĕn'əsē`), state in the south-central United States. millions of dollars for ad campaigns promoting highway safety. Where has the money gone? Well, $40,000 of it was spent on bobblebead dolls of forward Scott Hartnell Scott Hartnell (born April 18, 1982 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers. Playing career He was the sixth overall pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators. that were given away to fans of Nashville's National Hockey League National Hockey League (NHL) Organization of professional North American ice-hockey teams. The league was formed in 1917 by five Canadian teams; the first U.S. team, the Boston Bruins, was added in 1924. It today consists of 30 teams in two conferences and six divisions. team, the Predators. The state also paid $22,000 for plastic fangs and ponied up $100,000 to sponsor the Predators' "Smashville" season theme. |
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