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Area Arrests for March 16
• Harold Lee Brock, 51, 201 Oak St., Tunnel Hill, was charged Friday by the Tunnel Hill Police Department with DUI and open container of alcohol in the vehicle.
• Ulises Quintana Sanchez, 22, 1011 W. Crawford St., Dalton, was charged Friday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with first degree forgery and identity theft.
• Robert David Brewer, 47, 190 Sumner Circle, Chatsworth, was charged Saturday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with possession of methamphetamine.
• Bryan Lee Cooper, 46, 2909 Gaylord Way, Dalton, was charged Saturday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with possession of crack cocaine and possession of tools for the commission of a crime.
• Victor Arizmendi Dorantes, 29, Underwood St., Dalton, was charged Saturday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with possession of crack cocaine.
• Gary Lamar Head, 39, 817 Torino Drive, Chatsworth, was charged Saturday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with possession of methamphetamine.
• Cairina Suntana Lopez, 25, 228 Mary Ave., Chatsworth, was charged Saturday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with possession of methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
• Miranda Martin, 39, 3802-B Highway 52 Alternate, was charged Saturday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with possession of methamphetamine.
• Robert Shane Mize, 40, 618 Green Road, Chatsworth, was charged Saturday by the Chatsworth Police Department with probation violation, driving with a suspended or revoked license and DUI.
• Sonja Juliet Pellecer-Martin, 34, 1407 Mack St., Apartment 1, Dalton, was charged Saturday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI and failure to drive within a single lane.
• Joseph Van Sampson, 38, 140 Wildwood Lane, Chatsworth, was charged Saturday by the Tunnel Hill Police Department with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and improper tag.
• Jackie Lamar Spivey, 57, 159 Brown Road, Chatsworth, was charged Saturday by the Chatsworth Police Department with failure to drive within a single lane and DUI.
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Derby time
Owen Halman, 8, of Dalton, lines up his car “Fire Bullet” before a race during the Boy and Cub Scouts grand championship Pinewood Derby Saturday at First Presbyterian Church.
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Helpin’ and paintin’
With his bracket busted and interest in the men’s college basketball tournament waning, Pierce Montgomery spent Saturday re-painting the Dalton home of a Vietnam veteran who couldn’t do the work himself.
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DSC officials explain possible cuts
Dalton State College officials know the state budget cuts they planned for almost a month ago won’t be as deep as expected. What they don’t know is exactly which of the proposed cuts they’ll have to implement.
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Higher education funding is at center of debate
More than 4,000 students, including several at Dalton State College, have banded together to push back against proposed state cuts to higher education funding.
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Local officials view possible cuts at college with concern
Dalton State College plays a big part in plans by local leaders to grow and diversify the area’s economy, so they are viewing proposed cuts to the college with some concern.
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Young couple awaits Habitat for Humanity home
Luis Sanchez knows how the Gutierrez family feels as they watch their house being built by the Dalton-Whitfield Habitat For Humanity.
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Superintendent decision coming Monday night
The Richland 2 school board in Columbia, S.C., has chosen a superintendent — Whitfield County Schools superintendent Katie Brochu was one of three finalists — but won’t publicly say who it is until Monday, according to The State newspaper.
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Area arrests for March 21
Recent arrests from the Whitfield and Murray County jail reports.
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Marilyn Helms: Companies vary on correcting products, services
In the first half of my column on my Dalton State College quality management systems class quality “problems” project, I discussed the situations that companies did not resolve.
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“Do You Remember?” cast announced
Members of Dalton Dance Company will perform in Dalton Arts Project’s “Do You Remember?” spring concert — a look back at the music they grew up with as well as the music enjoyed by previous generations of teenagers (now parents and grandparents).
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