Jan. 07– The most valuable pheasant in the Aberdeen area was shot, but there was no grand prize winner in this afternoon’s Million Dollar Bird drawing. He shot banded bird No. 24, and his number was drawn from a barrel by Aberdeen Mayor Mike Levsen. Roy Gruenstein of Aberdeen shot banded pheasant No. 73, the one stored electronically.
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Jan. 07– I.V. Foster resigned as the Duluth school district superintendent, the Duluth School Board announced during a special meeting Friday night. Foster was placed on paid administrative leave by the School Board on Dec. 19, when it also approved an investigation into allegations made against him.
Jan. 07– The Motor Vehicle Department of the Brazos County Tax Office will be closed Friday as new computer equipment is installed that will make motor-vehicle transactions more efficient. Kristeen Roe, the Brazos County tax assessor-collector, said tax offices statewide are being upgraded for the first time since 2005..
Jan. 07– The Albuquerque Public Schools board voted unanimously Friday to extend the contract of Superintendent Winston Brooks through June 30, 2015. Brooks will continue to earn an annual salary of $250,000. It was replaced with a plan to allow for the purchase of years of service in the state’s Educational Retirement Association.
PORT RICHEY Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer and Super Bowl XXXVII MVP Dexter Jackson will be signing autographs and taking pictures with fans Jan. 14 at B& L Sports Memorabilia in Gulf View Square. Alumni football coming to Brooksville. BROOKSVILLE Gridiron Alumni is planning several full-contact alumni football games in Brooksville.
Jan. 07– The Farm Service Agency announced in its January newsletter that Jerry Morgan was elected to represent farmers from Marks Creek, Rockingham, Hamlet and Wolfpit Townships on the Farm Service Agency county committee. The newsletter also reports that the 2012 Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program enrollment will begin Jan. 23 and will end June 1.
Jan. 07– Disappointed with their performance in the first half, Mountain View girls soccer coach Ivan Bandov made his feelings known at intermission. “I didn’t even see the goal,” Paly coach Kurt Devlin said. ” The quick score by Morgan Matthews off an Emily Andrew assist wasn’t the game-winner, though.
Whitfield Board of Education Chairman Louis Fordham said plans are for board members to continue talks about paying down debt and beginning new projects for the school system with proceeds from a 1 percent education SPLOST that could run up to five years. The board meets Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the central office at 1306 S. Thornton Ave. in Dalton.
Jan. 07– Brenda Degler can recall the good old days at the Boyers Junction Community Center. “We’ve been tax exempt since 1970,” said Douglas Hilbert of Rockland Township, the center’s vice president. ” Degler, also of Rockland Township and the center’s treasurer, added, “I’m just sick about it.”
Jan. 06– Until a year ago, 9- year-old Grace Fleagle, Chambersburg, was a familiar face at area horse shows. Grace has been involved with All State Miniature Horse and Donkey Club, showing her two miniature horses, Ebony and Onyx, at club events.
Jan. 07– CHESHIRE– It will be the end of this month at the earliest before the town’s Community Pool reopens, Town Manager Michael Milone said. The new synthetic covering, which was made to fit the dimensions of the pool, is being shipped this week from St. Louis where it was manufactured by Arizon Structures, Milone said.
Jan. 07– PLATTSBURGH– CVPH Medical Center here and Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington have initiated a historic working relationship to provide a vibrant heart-surgery program for residents across the region.
Jan. 07– BROWNSTOWN– A family with strong ties to Ewing plans to purchase property near the CSX railroad tracks and relocate the town’s depot to that property. Darlene Butt outlined those plans to members of the town council during their meeting Wednesday night at town hall.
Dec. 23: Daniel David Dean Henderson, Windom, first-degree controlled substance manufacture. Dec. 21: Jonathon Ray Bass, Lakefield, domestic assault; Robert Svoboda, Jackson, aiding an offender to avoid arrest, obstruct legal process, falsely reporting a crime.
The National Business Aviation Association issued the following news release:.
Jan. 07– ALBANY– State workers have been forced to wait up to 10 months before they know the worth of their total retirement benefit because the system is still swamped by a special 2010 retirement incentive. A longtime actor at the now-defunct New York State Theater Institute based in the Capital Region, Romeo put in his papers at the end of 2010..
The expanded website services of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is offering easier and faster service for people who use the Internet, rather than a telephone, to file and certify for Unemployment Insurance benefits.
The California Department of Insurance issued the following news release:. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced that John Finston will be joining the Executive Team of the California Department of Insurance as Deputy Commissioner for Corporate and Regulatory Affairs.
Jan. 07– The number of people hooking up to Scott Twp.’ s new sewer system is growing, but Ben and Michele Oakley are not among them. The couple, who have lived on Route 247 for more than 20 years, say they do not have the money to pay for the work necessary to hook their home and an empty home on the same property to the sewer line.
