Cited for 25 violations: Colfax day care under probation after inspection
By Jeslyn Lemke, Gazette Reporter
A day care in Colfax was cited for 25 violations of state law just days after its director was fired for mismanagement.
Little Angels Childcare, managed by the Colfax United Methodist Church, is now struggling to raise more than $7,500 within the next two weeks to pay off bills owed for the last few months. The day care will need another $2,000 after this for other debts. Read more….
No doubt about it; summer is over
Youngsters loaded with supplies to start the new school year pile out of Colfax district buses and head for their classrooms at Jennings Elementary and Junior High Tuesday for the first official day of school. Teachers and students launched the new year with the help of a fall-like day with rain, another sure sign summer was over. School officials anticipated an enrollment of 430 students at Jennings during two days of registration last week. First official count will be issued next week.
Sports
Canadian racer Cory Johnson and navigator Gary McNeil spit muddy water out of the slough channel as they take a corner in their number 55 boat Liquid Addiction.
Before a record-breaking Webb’s Slough crowd and national TV film crews, Canadian sprint boat racers Cory Johnson and Gary McNeil claimed the top spot in two separate race classes Saturday. Read more….
Opinion
Tuesday, President Obama officially declared the nation’s combat mission in Iraq finished.
The last of the American combat troops have left the county. Still, 50,000 American troops remain. These troops are to provide security support and training for the Iraqi police and military.
The seven-year conflict has been controversial and expensive. The cost to America has been billions of dollars with more than 4,400 troops killed. Many thousands more were wounded and injured. International coalition forces also suffered in the conflict. Read more….
