The 11 a.m. race at Winkler Park is $30 through Sept. 13, then $35; the dog festival runs 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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In her Aug. 24 board report, Superintendent Jennifer Griffin described Senior Sunrise at Hickory High and first-day kindergarten at Oakwood and Jenkins.
The Aug. 19 downtown show, sponsored by CareVet of Conover Pet Veterinary Hospital, also crowned smallest, largest, waggiest-tail, look-alike, costume, and most paw-triotic pets.
The Aug. 17 Board of Commissioners meeting lasted 28 minutes and covered firefighter gear, a $375,000 stream-debris grant, Hickory City Schools capital, and purchase of the former Western Steer property in Newton.
City-funded awards may cover service contracts and honoraria, not salaries, buildings, or political or religious advocacy; 15 copies of each request are required.
FryeCare’s Dr. Michael Simhachalam is team physician and Dr. Reid Russell is team orthopedic surgeon under a partnership announced Aug. 13.
Qualifications are due Sept. 14 at 5 p.m. for Preliminary Engineering Reports tied to EDA Disaster Supplemental grants of $250,000 to $20 million.
The city’s Aug. 12 notice cites about 900,000 square feet of new manufacturing and research space, hundreds of jobs, and a mid-September groundbreaking.
A $957,612 Commerce CDBG award also previously bought Ashure a walk-in cooler and freezer and funded other Newton nonprofit and Wi-Fi work.
Superintendent Jennifer Griffin relayed Chairman Eric Davis’s report that proposals arrived June 25 and July 7; process and timeline were set for discussion Sept. 2–3.