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Several local school districts have levies, bond issues on November ballot

A desire for new school buildings. A wish to renovate existing structures. Striving to maintain existing facilities and services.

Several school districts are asking their voters to approve either bond issues or levies on the Nov. 8 ballot to fund plans that they say are critical to their schools’ future.

The most ambitious plan is in the Nordonia Hills City School District, which hopes to consolidate its six aging structures with three new schools. There would be one kindergarten- through fourth-grade school building where Lee Eaton is now, which would replace Northfield Elementary, Rushwood and Ledgeview elementary schools. In

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Garden club hands out $3K in scholarships | News

The Sutter Buttes Garden Club said it recently awarded four scholarships to area high school graduating seniors.

Along with other accomplishments, the students all achieved a grade point average above 4.0 and each received “exemplary” letters of recommendation from their instructors, principals, and employers, the club said.

“It is with much pride and pleasure that the Sutter Buttes Garden Club is able to award these fine young students for their excellence in high school,” Kathy Covert said in a statement. “The club’s focus for scholarships includes the fields of agriculture, horticulture, conservation, forestry, landscape, environmental science, and any other related

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