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Director's Report March, 2007 March 2 Attended Main Street/DTSB luncheon and information session. About 25 people from various City departments and HPC were in attendance. Attended Botanical Society Board meeting for the adoptions of the By -Laws. March 3 Dropped off Botanical Fund Raiser forms to Mishawaka Library March 5 Toured Marquette Primary School with members of Landmarks Committee with Principal Carla Killelea. Mailed out 38 Advisory Board Letters. March 7 Landmarks Committee meeting at HPC. Contacted Derek Dieter, Buddy Kirsits, Dr. Zimmerman, and Charlotte Pfeifer as requested. Quarterly NNN-Memorial Hospital at 5:15pm meeting with Karen Ainsley, Ted Foti and Mike(Memorial Hospital) , Chuck Leone, Wayne Doolittle (Chapin Park), Bill Hostetler (River Bend). Memorial Hospital Building/Operating Rooms project is expected to wrap up in three and a half years. After that then a stand along Children's Hospital will be built and funding solicited from Community. The Fire Station #2 will be used for the neo -natal team and for training of rescue teams. Old Pizza Hut will be torn down and space used for parking. There are no current plans for the Kagel's site. Karen Ainsley reported that the Portage Avenue Residential project is completed and that they are now concentrating on Cottage Grove. March 8 Attended the Marquette Montessori informational session at 5:30 presented by Assistant Superintendent Pat O'Connor. March 9 Contacted Bill Latoza as possible speaker for Southhold-left voice mail message. March 12 Attended Finance Committee meeting of the Northern Indiana Center for History. Also attended the School Board meeting at 5:30 to hear presentation concerning the primary magnet centers' grant and the Marquette Montessori Program. The item was removed from the Agenda. March 13 Met with school board member concerning the Primary Magnet grant and was informed of the additional transportation coats, plus the grant is a matching grant and the SBCSC didn't have the required twelve million dollars needed to match the grant funding. Also met with Shari Crase at the Palais Royale and set the menu for the Southhold Awards. March 14 Met at Good Shepherd Montessori with Linda Riley, Tim Klusczinski to study and tour a seasoned Montessori program and facility with Greg Kil and headmaster Dan.