Archive - Jun 21, 2012 - News Article

VC schools face first consequence of “No Child Left Behind”

June 21, 2012

Valley City schools’ graduation rates and Adequate Yearly Progress have not met with the standards set forth by the “No Child Left Behind” Act for two years now, and the district is facing the first in a long line of consequences.

The consequences, called “Program Improvement,” begin after students fail to meet the benchmarks in two years, and PIs increase for every year the school continues to fall short of the act’s requirements.

Everyone invited to Relay

June 21, 2012

The public is invited to camp out, play games, eat food and rally against cancer at this year’s Barnes County Relay for Life. The event will kick off Friday at 6 p.m. and will last through the night, ending at 6 a.m. Saturday.

Team developer Carol Grenz said that while it’s too late to coordinate a team, anybody is welcome to Relay at any time throughout the event.

Light ‘em up: Labor Club to allow smoking after 2-month ban

June 21, 2012

Smokers savored their cigarettes inside the Labor Club on Tuesday after the bar decided to reverse its two-month-old ban on smoking.

The Club went smoke free on April 1, and since then bar owner Kerry Anderson said the Club took a 40 percent hit in sales.

“It’s all business,” Anderson said. “We gave it a fair shot and it lasted for two months of the worst sales I’ve ever had in the history of my business here. It was worse than I ever expected to be. So all these people who tell you to go smoke free and business will pick up, it’s false in the bar business.”