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Wed
16
Oct

2013 property tax statements arrive

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By Angela Guillory
Property owners should be receiving their 2013 tax statements in the mail this week if they haven’t already. The Cass County Tax Assessor Collector mailed out tax statements last week for all property in Cass County. The tax office collects for all the taxing entities in Cass County.  
Property owners in Queen City Independent School District should be aware that their 2013 consolidated tax statement does not include property located within the Queen City School District. 
Wed
16
Oct

County saving big with API

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Inmates must now pay up front for release, monitoring
By Robin Aaron
Community Supervision and Corrections Department Director Catherine Betts presented information at an earlier Commissioners Court meeting on Sept. 23 about the county’s Alternative to Incarceration Program (AIP). 
The agenda item at the Sept. 23 meeting was for clarification of changes to adult probation Alternative Incarceration Program since the county had contracted with a new vendor, Recovery Healthcare.  Read more in our e-edition:  http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Atlanta1//Magazine36818/Full/index.aspx?id=36818
 

 

Tue
08
Oct

Making it out ‘ALIVE’

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Faith-based local rehab making life transformation its mission

 
By Robin Aaron
 
To meet 27 year-old Bridgett Turney, one might never guess the lifetimes that lie behind her eyes or the comeback story that her life has become. 
One might never imagine how drugs had once reduced the blond, brown-eyed young lady they see before them to an emaciated state, living in a tin shed and begging God to help her or take her life. To look at her now, it would probably never occur to anyone... 
 
Read more in this week's edition of the Atlanta Citizens Journal. 
 
Wed
02
Oct

Atlanta’s hospital one year later

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Community’s medical facility gets a check up as it prepares to wraps up first year of operation
By Robin Aaron
Nearly one year after CHRISTUS St. Michael Hospital took over operation of Atlanta Memorial Hospital, the administration and the Atlanta Hospital Authority Board of Directors reports that the facility is showing new signs of life and expanding its reach into the community.   
The Citizens Journal was invited for a walking tour and conversation with Hospital Administrator Thomas McKinney, MHA. According to McKinney, the mission of the CHRISTUS St. Michael Health system and the community of Atlanta have been a wonderful fit and the transition has now reached a new phase of development. 
Wed
02
Oct

APD searching for suspects in two local robberies

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Atlanta Police are seeking two suspects in connection with a robbery that occurred Sept. 28 and another assailant that committed an armed robbery at Domino’s Pizza on Sept. 25. Both cases are under investigation. 
Atlanta Police Dept. are on the lookout for two men they believe to have committed an aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon at an Atlanta residence on Sept. 28.
The crime was reported at 5:26 a.m.  Read more in our e-edition:  http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Atlanta1//Magazine35824/Full/index.aspx?id=35824
 
Wed
02
Oct

Court awards food supplies bid to CBM

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By Angela Guillory
Commissioners accepted a bid submitted by CBM Managed Services during the Sept. 23 court session for food supplies for the jail. 
Commissioners received and opened three bids on Sept. 9 for food supplies in the jail division for FY 2014. Bids were received from Ben E. Keith Foods of Ft. Worth, Five Star Correctional Services of Dallas and CBM Managed Services of Sioux Falls, S.D.
Wed
02
Oct

Queen City ISD hosts technology conference for area teachers

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Teachers from Northeast Texas school districts recently attended a SMART Board User’s conference hosted by ComputerLand Network Technologies of East Texas and Queen City ISD.  
SMART Boards are interactive white boards that help teachers and students intuitively interact with computers and each other during class. In today’s world of increasing technology, it’s important for teachers of all grade levels to stay abreast of new innovations and incorporate those innovations into the classroom in an exciting and effective way.  Read more in our e-edition:  http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Atlanta1//Magazine35824/Full/index.aspx?id=35824
 
Wed
02
Oct

Construction underway at Linden City Park

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By Angela Guillory
Linden Area Parks Development Board received a Resource Conservation and Development grant. Linden Area Parks Development Board Chairman Glenn Lanier announced to parks board members in July that the Linden City Park had been approved for a grant. 
On Sept. 27 board members meet to accept a $650 check for the Linden City Park from the Northeast Texas Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Area President Pearlee Wells.  Read more in our e-edition:  http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Casscounty1//Magazine35828/Full/index.aspx?id=35828
 
Wed
02
Oct

Monumental shift in health care kicks off

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AUSTIN - The new health insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act began Tuesday, Oct. 1. The exchange will allow Texans to choose from a variety of pricing and coverage options. 
Amanda Fredriksen, director of advocacy, AARP Texas, said among those expected to benefit are older workers, especially in the wake of the Great Recession.
“That’s because so many folks who are 50 and older who don’t have access to job-based insurance have been really either priced out of the market or shut out of the market because they’ve had pre-existing conditions that have allowed insurers to deny them coverage,” Fredriksen said.   Read more in our e-edition:  http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Atlanta1//Magazine35824/Full/index.aspx?id=35824
Tue
01
Oct

Atlanta Police investigating search for robbery suspects

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Two local robberies have local law enforcement busy

Atlanta Police are seeking two suspects in connection with a robbery that occurred Sept. 28 and another assailant that committed an armed robbery at Domino’s Pizza on Sept. 25. Both cases are under investigation.

Atlanta Police Dept. are on the lookout for two men they believe to have committed an aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon at an Atlanta residence on Sept. 28.

Read more in our e-edition:  http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Atlanta1//Magazine35824/Full/index.aspx?id=35824

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