Kingsport Senior Center sprayed for bed bugs – Kingsport Times News

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According to Heather Cook, Kingsport director of marketing and public relations, the issue was detected Thursday on the first floor of the facility located at 1200 E. Center St. Thats where the Kingsport Senior Center operates, offering Wellness programs, games, an exercise room, classes and other activities for people 50 years of age and older.

The Senior Center closed early Thursday, and a city-contracted pest control business sprayed the first floor the next morning. It remained closed the rest of that day and the next. The Senior Center is always closed on Sundays.

Cook said the Renaissance Center has never had past issues with bedbugs, and last weeks discovery has now been resolved. No other operations in the facility were altered.

The building, which is managed by the Office of Cultural Arts, also houses an art gallery on the second floor, 350-seat theater and a variety of rooms available to rent for meetings and parties. It formerly served as John Sevier School and was renovated in 1991.

In March 2015, the Rogersville Senior Center and H.B. Stamps Public Library, which share a building, were closed for a few days to spray for bedbugs. According to the Tennessee Department of Health, bedbugs are not as common as other pests.

The adult bedbug is about a quarter-inch long and reddish brown. Young nymph bedbugs are smaller and light in color. Bedbugs are flat, allowing them to fit into small cracks and crevices, and they usually bite at night. They are often transported in clothing, furniture and luggage.

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