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• Woman charged with stealing from East Wenatchee Costco (The Wenatchee World)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 05:25:02 am
  EAST WENATCHEE — A Wenatchee woman accused of stealing from Costco and reselling $10,000 worth of items on eBay was charged in Douglas County Superior Court with first-degree theft and trafficking of stolen property. Dacia M. Schoengarth, 39, was charged Oct. 23 and pleaded not guilty Monday.
• Prosecutor finds hawk flying around house (The Augusta Chronicle)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 04:48:09 am
  While serving as prosecutor of the Toombs Judicial Circuit for more than 20 years, Dennis Sanders has encountered some strange things, but nothing like what he experienced in his home near Thomson on Nov. 17.
• Obituaries for Nov. 19, 2009 (The Union Democrat)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:07:27 am
  Sheila Lynn Haydn-Myer died Nov. 11 in the company of her family at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. She was 63.
• Walla Walla clinic takes H1N1 vaccine to Burbank students (Tri-City Herald)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 09:40:30 am
  BURBANK -- Isaac Garcia scrunched up his nose and braced for the pain to hit. But the silly face he
• 'No Child' law sees more students transferring to better performing schools (Everett Herald)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 06:13:28 am
  More than 620 students across Snohomish County have transferred to schools with higher test scores this fall because their neighborhood schools didn’t measure up to federal academic goals.
• A true fairy tale (The Augusta Chronicle)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 05:00:00 am
  A love of fairies and books prompted Lenna Cross to write her own story about the minuscule magical creatures. That untitled story, written last school year, recently won the 8-year-old from Martinez the first-grade state championship in the Young Georgia Authors Writing Competition.
• Columbia Elementary School board considers leasing land for cell tower (The Record Searchlight)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 07:34:29 am
  Columbia Elementary School District may have found a way to help solve budget woes - a cell tower in the school's backyard.The district's board of trustees will discuss the possibility of leasing property to AT&T Corp. for a cell tower at today's meeting.Superintendent Frank Adelman said AT&T approached the district about the tower to eliminate what is now a dead zone in its cell service.Adelman ...
• LEARN Hosts Local ‘Lights On Afterschool!’ Celebrations (Mid Valley News)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 09:45:47 pm
  In an effort to increase awareness of the benefits and effectiveness of afterschool programs in local schools, LEARN (Learning, Enrichment & Academic Resources Network) selected El Monte High School, Columbia Elementary School (El Monte), Whittier High School and North Park Middle School (Pico Rivera) to showcase its afterschool programs during the 10th annual national "Lights On Afterschool ...
• Acclaim and a Shame for Nov. 9, 2009 (The Facts)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 08:07:16 pm
  The Father of Texas continues to be the mother of all inspiration for history-themed events in southern Brazoria County. A pair of recent commemorations celebrated the birthday of Stephen F. Austin, who established the first Anglo-American colony in what eventually became Texas.
• Datebook for Oct. 30 to Nov. 4 (The Union Democrat)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 01:22:44 pm
  • Sierra Repertory Theatre will present “Little Women: The Broadway Musical” Friday through Dec. 13 in East Sonora.
• Madison school nurse ready for H1N1 vaccine's arrival (WAFF 48 News Huntsville)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 10:36:32 pm
  Area school systems will be administering the H1N1 vaccine. One local school nurse talked to WAFF 48 News about preparations for the vaccinations.
• No Child leaves questions behind (Columbia Missourian)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 05:13:11 am
  COLUMBIA — After only one year at Parkade Elementary School, Shelby Barnett transferred to Fairview Elementary School under the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act. This was two years ago, after Columbia's Title I schools began falling below the yearly test-score standards set by the federal government and parents began being able to transfer their children. This year, 39 students used No Child Left ...
• Shasta County kids take a look at farm life (The Record Searchlight)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 07:07:36 am
  Hundreds of city kids left their Shasta County classrooms behind Wednesday, trading desks and books for a close-up look at sheep and goats, cows and their calves. "I've learned that meat cows - well, a lot of cows have the same stuff," said Crystal Rangel, a third-grader from Columbia Elementary School. Crystal was trying to explain that cattle - whether they were raised for meat or milk - had ...
• Local schools are cool to longer school year proposal (KGET 17 Bakersfield)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 10:42:58 pm
  Students' summer vacations may be cut short next year. President Barack Obama is proposing to cut back on summer breaks, but it's getting a cool reception from local schools.
• Gateway district bucks transfer trend (The Record Searchlight)
  posted on September 27, 2009 at 04:35:28 am
  State cuts to education funding and dwindling enrollment over the past few years have kept area school districts fighting for every dollar they can get. To better compete for some of those dollars, this fall Gateway Unified School District is bucking a longtime trend and denying some of its students permission to attend school elsewhere in the county. "When they leave, that child loses the ...
• Schools plan film preview for parents (Columbia Daily Tribune)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 07:07:14 pm
  Columbia elementary school counselors are planning meetings at which parents may view sexual-abuse prevention materials that will be taught to students this school year.
• Davis Schools Tracking Student Behavior Data (KUTV Salt Lake City)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 04:10:08 pm
  Four Davis School District schools hope to improve student behavior and academics by closely tracking students daily and turning the information into classroom and school data.
• Davis schools track student-behavior data (The Salt Lake Tribune)
  posted on September 13, 2009 at 07:14:27 pm
  Bountiful » Four Davis School District schools hope to improve student behavior and academics by closely tracking students daily and turning the information into classroom and school data.
• 4 Davis schools tracking student behavior data (Deseret News)
  posted on September 13, 2009 at 07:07:48 pm
  Four Davis School District schools hope to improve student behavior and academics by closely tracking students daily and...
• Martinez Gold Shop robbed (The Augusta Chronicle)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 06:49:52 pm
  Columbia County authorities arrested two people and are looking for two more in connection with today's armed robbery of a Martinez jewelry store.
• School leaders urge cautious approach on Obama's talk to kids (The Record Searchlight)
  posted on September 6, 2009 at 05:07:45 am
  A controversy that erupted over President Barack Obama's plan to speak to schoolchildren Tuesday morning has spread into Shasta County. Education leaders in many parts of the county discouraged teachers early Friday from showing the speech - which has been described by the White House as a motivational talk on doing well in school - to their classes after handfuls of parents called schools ...
• Our World: Civic efforts in need of help (The Wenatchee World)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 10:03:57 pm
  You can tell the quality of a community by how people respond when faced with an opportunity to help, especially when the chips are down. Time and time again, we witness people in North Central Washington rising to the occasion, which proves what we already know: There’s no better place to live.
• News of record (The Wenatchee World)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 10:03:46 pm
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• Man accused of threatening mother with ax (The Wenatchee World)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 10:03:36 pm
  LEAVENWORTH — A 45-year-old Leavenworth man was arrested Thursday on charges stemming from a threat against his 75-year-old mother, said Jerry Moore, chief of administration for the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office.
• Car fire spreads to garage (The Wenatchee World)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 10:03:26 pm
  LEAVENWORTH — A man living on the Chumstick Highway “barely got out of the garage” without getting burned when a car fire spread from a car to a garage about 10 a.m. Thursday.
• Golden Apple Band completes camp (The Wenatchee World)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 10:02:56 pm
  Wenatchee High School Golden Apple Band members have just completed a two-week band camp at Columbia Elementary School in Wenatchee.
• Almost 100 laid-off teachers will return to classrooms (The Record Searchlight)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 06:06:49 am
  After record teacher layoffs announced in March, many of those who received pink slips will be returning to their classrooms for the start of school next week. Of the roughly 158 teachers who were laid off in June, close to 100 will be brought back. Many school district administrators said they were able to preserve positions through a combination of federal stimulus dollars and early ...
• School ads irk some (The Record Searchlight)
  posted on August 9, 2009 at 07:12:10 am
  It's described by many superintendents as a "gentleman's agreement." Generally, when districts advertise, the unwritten rule is to promote your own schools and leave others alone.
• Churches step up to help kids (Pharos-Tribune)
  posted on August 8, 2009 at 02:09:19 am
  With another school year quickly approaching, four local churches are planning to give away backpacks and school supplies.
• Obituaries for August 7, 2009 (The Union Democrat)
  posted on August 7, 2009 at 11:43:09 pm
  Anna May (Schmerbauch) Cutts died Aug. 4 at her Sonora home after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was 78. Mrs. Cutts was born to Lawrence and Anna Iverson Schmerbauch in the attic bedroom of their farmhouse in Norwich, N.D., where she lived until she was in the third grade.