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Buy one, get one free books benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters
A book of 80-plus buy one, get one free gift certificates for local restaurants and attractions is available at The Cherry Tree in downtown Dalton. All proceeds support the local Big Brothers Big Sisters.
The book is $30 and includes restaurants and businesses from Dalton and Chattanooga that offer buy one, get one discounts. All restaurants offer buy one entrée, get one free. Some of the restaurants in Dalton are the Dalton Depot, Cornerstone Grill and Los Reyes. A sample of Chattanooga offerings includes Back Inn Café in the Bluff View Art District, the Station House at the Chattanooga Choo Choo and Taco Mac. Other buy one, get one free coupons include Groome Transportation, Chattanooga Symphony & Opera and Dalton Falls Mini Golf. For a full listing, check www.adventurescoupons.com.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Georgia Mountains is a nonprofit organization that helps children reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one relationships with mentors. To be a volunteer mentor, call (706) 278-0702.
The Cherry Tree is at 236 N. Hamilton 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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