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Westwood Elementary’s 31st year of Round-Up
The Westwood Round-Up is right around the corner. Come on out to Westwood Elementary School on Saturday, March 15, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is something fun for everyone in the family. The community is invited.
The event will include pony rides, inflatables, carnival games, face painting and bead making, among other activities. Dalton High football players will be on hand to help out with the football toss. At 1 p.m. there will be a Tae Kwon Do demonstration with the team from Seo’s Martial Arts. There will be round the clock Bingo games.
Food such as pizza or a chicken plate will be available, as will snow cones, popcorn and Cokes. There will also be a bake sale. Students have worked hard to create quilts that will be auctioned.
All-inclusive armbands are available at the front door for $20 or you may purchase individual tickets at the door. The event will be held rain or shine.
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Agenda for Thursday's meeting of the Whitfield County Board of Education
The Whitfield Board of Education has called a special meeting for Thursday.
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Brochu a finalist for S.C. superintendent job
Katie Brochu was one of 99 candidates who applied to head up Richland School District Two in Columbia, S.C. According to the school district’s Web site, there are more than 24,000 students enrolled, and the budget is more than $322 million.
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County moves to condemn property
The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners has started condemnation proceedings on two tracts of land totaling 1.4 acres off Carbondale Road near land the county bought for an industrial park.
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Coker hosts student book signing.
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Whitfield County actions
Whitfield County Board of Commission member Harold Brooker initially asked that the freeport exemption rate be accelerated to make Whitfield County more economically appealing to existing and prospective businesses. On Monday, he asked for that vote to be tabled.
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Stormwater group disbanded
Dalton Utilities sent a letter earlier this month to other members of the group canceling the meeting scheduled for March 4. The letter said that both Whitfield County and Murray County governments were unwilling to go forward and without their participation it did not make sense to continue.
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Alleged molester given bond
Christopher Drake, 33, of 45 Johnson Road, was charged Monday by the sheriff’s office with aggravated sexual battery, sexual battery against a child under 16 (two counts) and child molestation (three counts).
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Police called to fight on ball field
A supervisor with the Dalton Parks and Recreation Department reported several men fighting at Al Rollins Park near a playground Monday evening, but when police arrived any participants had left, authorities said.
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Dalton band marches in Savannah parade
The DHS band marched at the 1965 inauguration of president Lyndon Johnson and in the 1987 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Hadley says Georgians want government that works
R.J. Hadley, the former chief of staff for Rockdale County, is running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Johnny Isakson.
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Agenda for Thursday's meeting of the Whitfield County Board of Education
