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Festival of Owls draws many
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A large crowd attended the Sixth Annual Festival of Owls Feb. 29
- March 2 at the Houston Nature Center in Houston. Nature Center
Director Karla Kinstler is shown above with Alice the Owl. The festival
in Houston is the only one of its kind in the world.
Photo by JK Photography Jodi Kinstler
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Changes being made at District Court office due to state red ink
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District Court Administrator Darlene Kuhlers taped a sign on the Houston County Courthouse door letting people know district court offices will not be open Tuesday mornings, as of March 4. Photo by Charlie Warner
If you need to have something done at the District Court office at the Houston County Courthouse, don’t schedule it for Tuesday morning anymore. As of March 4, the court services office will be closed from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The half-day closure is due to state cutbacks.
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City council proposes zoning changes to accommodate CJC
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In an effort to move forward with Houston County’s proposed criminal justice center (CJC), the Caledonia City Council has made revisions in it current zoning ordinances. Those revisions were reviewed at the Feb. 25 council meeting and will be subject to public inspection during a public hearing scheduled for March 24 at 7 p.m.
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City will use same procedure for future hires for all departments
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“Although I’ve been happy with what has been brought forward in the past, I feel we need to handle all hires within the city in the same manner. All departments need to be treated the same,” Caledonia City Councilman Paul Fisch stated during the Feb. 25 council meeting.
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School board approves coaching hires
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The Caledonia school board offered Mrs. Jana Dittmer a part-time middle/high school speech and language teacher position for the remainder of the school year.
Dittmer, who previously retired from a similar position with the district, was asked to come back to fill in for a teacher from the Spring Grove district who needed to step away from the program due to health issues.
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School board reviews District #299’s goals
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“If we wrote goals that we could totally achieve they wouldn’t be that ambitious of goals,” said Caledonia Superintendent Mike Moriarty. “We’re making some progress but there is room to improve.”
Every few years, the school board reviews their goal statements in an effort to analyze where they’re going, what they hope to achieve and how their doing in terms of getting there. The board reviewed their goal statement Monday night.
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2008-09 calendar set for Caledonia Public Schools
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The school board approved the school calendar for the upcoming 2008-09 school year.
Highlights of the calendar include the first day of school being
September 2, 2008, and graduation will take place on June 5, 2009.
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Township elections will be held March 11
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On March 11, the residents of the 17 townships in Houston County will be observing the purest form of democratic government when they hold their township elections and annual meetings. Here is a list of polling places, times, and positions that will be filled for each township.
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