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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
VOL. 23 NO. 172
Nov. 15 is tentative date for town vote on police grant
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Students going to Philadelphia instead of Washington DC to save money BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
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CONWAY — The town is lining up dates for a special town meeting police department officials are hoping will allow them to accept a $241,000 federal grant. “Those tentative dates are October 24 for the town meeting and November 15 for voting,” chief Ed Wagner told the police commission see GRANT page 8
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CONWAY — Eighth graders at Kennett Middle School will get a little brotherly love next spring. Due to the current economy, the annual eighth grade trip is being scaled back from the pilgrimage to Washington D.C. to Philadelphia in 2012. The move will save roughly $300 per student, but one school board member believes the district is short-changing the children by not going to the nation's capital. Kevin Richard, principal of the Kennett Middle School, explained the decision to down-
Klement: “Philadelphia is a poor second choice to Washington DC.” size the trip at last week's Conway School Board meeting. He said Washington DC is simply too cost-prohibitive given the economy. It would cost roughly $660 to $700 per student to go to DC as opposed to $360 to go to Philadelphia. "The eighth grade parents met over the summer to discuss if Washington DC was still see TRIP page 8
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Members of Material Girls, a local quilting club, made 103 quilts — one for each bed in the new county nursing home, Mountain View Community. Residents moved into the new 85,000-square-foot facility last week. (DAYMOND STEER PHOTO)
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