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Raisin to speak at disabilities employment luncheon
Saul Raisin, a former professional cyclist and native Daltonian, will be the keynote speaker at the Whitfield-Murray Disabilities Employment Awareness annual awards luncheon on Wednesday. The event is at Cohutta Springs Adventist Conference Center at 1175 Cohutta Springs Road in Crandall beginning at 11:30 a.m.
“He will tell the story about the crash that almost killed him,” said his father, Jim Raisin. “His message is don’t give up hope if something similar has happened — things can get better for you.”
Raisin said his son is “still recovering.”
“A brain injury is a lifelong thing,” Jim Raisin explained. “He’s doing much better, and his friends also say they can really tell a difference in how far he’s come. He’s come a long way in the three-and-a-half years since the wreck, and the doctors are surprised with his recovery.”
Raisin has written a book titled “Tour de Life: From Coma to Competition” detailing his struggle following the career-ending bike injury during competition in 2006. He was named Best Young Rider during the 2003 Tour de Georgia. The Raisin Hope Foundation was established in 2007 to benefit people who have suffered traumatic brain injuries.
There will also be an auction conducted by auctioneer Nick Smith to benefit the awareness committee. For information, call the Dalton office of the Georgia Department of Labor at (706) 272-2303.
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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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