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Cotter 8th grade, Bluffview lead in reading, math
Most local schools showed slight improvement this year
The results are in, and Cotter Junior High School 8th graders
lead the pack of Winona area schools on the 2001/2002 Basic Skills
Test.
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 Studio art show next weekend
Is there an artist living next door to you?
Find out on April 27 and 28, when nine local artists will open
their home studios to display their best works in an intimate,
informal setting during the Bluff Country Studio Art Tour. Six
stops are in Winona, one in Fountain City, one in Rollingstone
and one in Dakota.
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School closing criteria nearly ready
The District 861 task force for developing school closing
criteria met Wednesday to discuss public feedback to their rough
draft of criteria and evaluate if or where new suggestions fit
in with the current list.
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Professionals search for ways to reach troubled kids
Winona County 6th, 9th and 12th graders candidly answered
45 pages of intimate questions in the CFL survey, painting a
grim picture of the overall well-being of our youth. According
to the survey, students in Winona County are, in general, engaging
in more risky behaviors like alcohol and drug use, sexual activity
and smoking than the Minnesota average, and for many, the problem
seems to come from some place far deeper than the thrill of taking
risks. What many students gave to researchers was a glimpse
of a troubled adolescence, leaving professionals with the challenge
of addressing these haunting statistics and the teens who made
them.
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ANGEL: 2 year old, female black longhaired Chihuahua.
If you blink, you may miss this teeny little dot of a dogher
ears constitute the largest portion of her body, and most cats
tower over her! Angel is extraordinarily cuddly, and would be
in seventh heaven if you could forever hold her in your lap.
A saintly little sweetheart with huge brown eyes who will bring
you everlasting happiness throughout eternity.
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Pets
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Jefferson School held its annual Springtime Follies
on Friday, two shows to standing room only crowds. Here first
graders display their tallents, and their poodle skirts.
(Photo by Cynthya Porter)
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