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Area briefs for June 17
The Whitfield County Republican Party will host a “Get to Know the Candidates” forum involving GOP Board of Commissioners District 2 candidates Harold Brooker and Karen Horne tonight at 7 in the administrative building at 214 W. King St. in Dalton. The meeting is open to the public.
For more information, visit www.whitfieldgop.org or contact the Whitfield County Republican Party by e-mail to whitfieldgop@hotmail.com.
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Soul Food is a free dinner ministry of First Baptist Church of Dalton serving all in the community who need a hot, nutritious meal. The church will offer this event today in the fellowship hall on the corner of Waugh Street and Thornton Avenue.
Dinner will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
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There will be an organizational meeting for the Scottish Society of Northwest Georgia tonight at 7 at the Western Sizzlin steakhouse on Cleveland Highway in Dalton.
The society is open to anyone of Scottish or Celtic heritage, or anyone who may interested in the Scottish culture, or just friends of Scots. For more information, call Bill Hayes at (706) 259-5169.
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The Highland Rivers Community Service Board will meet this morning at 10 in the Harris Arts Center at 212 S. Wall St. in Calhoun. The meeting is open to the public. The Executive, Finance and Corporate Compliance Committees will meet at 9 a.m.
Highland Rivers Center offers treatment and support services for adults and children affected by mental health disorders, developmental disabilities and addictive diseases. The agency serves Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk and Whitfield counties, and provides addictive disease services to citizens of Haralson County.
For more information or directions, call (706) 270-5000.
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The Downtown Dalton Development Authority is moving its monthly board meeting to June 25 at 7:45 a.m. The meeting will be in City Hall, 300 W. Waugh St. To be placed on the agenda, call (706) 278-DDDA (3332).
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The Technical Coordinating Committee for the Metropolitan Planning Organization for Dalton-Whitfield County will meet Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the North Georgia Regional Development Center offices in Dalton.
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ATLANTA — James Wickes, an English teacher at Dalton High School, has been named a 2008 Coca-Cola Educator of Distinction by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.
Wickes is one of 250 educators across the country chosen to receive the honor of “Educator of Distinction,” an award that recognizes outstanding teachers dedicated to providing education with an enhanced purpose.
“The Coca-Cola Educator of Distinction Award represents the noble and heartfelt dedication of the educators who win it. These teachers help shape the future of America by encouraging its future leaders,” said J. Mark Davis, president of the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.
Wickes receives a commemorative crystal gift from the Foundation and a plaque inscribed with a personal dedication written by Jose Trejo, a 2008 Coca-Cola Scholar and a senior from Dalton High School, who nominated Wickes.
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Tickets are on sale for Dalton Little Theatre’s next production, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.”
One Christmas Eve, young Edwin Drood disappears and everyone becomes a suspect in his murder. Based on an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens, it is up to the audience to piece together the clues and decide who did it.
Show times are July 3-5 and July 10-12 at 8 p.m. and July 6 and 13 at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $12 for adults; $10 for DLT members, seniors and students; and $8 for children under 12. Season tickets are accepted for this show. Tickets are $10 each for groups of 15 or more.
Reserved seats are available by prepayment by check or credit card. General admission seats, based on availability, may be purchased at the door.
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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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