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Sparks could fly at RDC reorganization meeting
The 10-county Coosa Valley Regional Development Center is hoping to stave off a battle with the five counties to the east by sending a special invitation to a July 16 reorganization meeting in Calhoun.
The board met in executive session this morning with attorney Mike McRae to discuss possible responses if the North Georgia RDC boycotts the session.
The two RDCs have been directed to merge, effective July 1, as the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission.
Russell Britt, local government representative for Gov. Sonny Perdue, told the board the merger is part of an initiative to improve the way the state delivers assistance for infrastructure, economic development and aging services.
Perdue and the state Department of Community Affairs are continuing to urge a peaceful transition, Britt said, but he warned that failure will have consequences.
"At the end of the day, we're going to play with the people who want to play with us," he said. "We'll try our best to get them to come along, but if they don't, their funding will dry up."
The Coosa Valley RDC — Floyd, Polk, Gordon, Chattooga, Catoosa, Bartow, Walker, Dade, Paulding and Haralson counties — is prepared for the merger but, so far, officials in Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield and Fannin counties are resisting the change.
The July 16 meeting is set for 11 a.m. at the Calhoun Depot, 109 S. King St.
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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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