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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Barrow it Journal
Barrow County’s Legal Organ Georgia’s Best Weekly Paper, 2012
Vol. 5 No. 31
32 PAGES 3 SECTIONS plus inserts
A publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. WINDER, BARROW COUNTY GEORGIA 30680
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German industry reps meet in Winder
By Susan Norman
snorman @ barrowjournal. com
Rep. Terry England hosted a meeting Tuesday
in Winder that brought together local and state
educational and economic development offi
cials with representatives of German business
and industry.
The purpose of the meeting at the Winder
Cultural Arts Center was to explore how the
Barrow County School System and Lanier
Technical College, through their innovative
joint campus opening in 2014, could prepare
students for jobs with international companies.
The media was not invited, but afterward
Rep. England spoke with a Barrow Journal
reporter.
“Some opportunities have come up with
some German companies that have an interest
in Georgia, but also have an interest in educa
tion as well and any workforce that’s available,”
he said. “We talked about ideas that would
make this area into a region that international
companies would want to come to and how the
career academy and Lanier Tech could become
an integral part of making that happen.”
Attending the meeting were representa
tives of the German American Chamber of
Commerce, the German-American Cultural
Foundation, United Soft Plastics Inc., ZF
Friedrichshafen, and Siemens Infrastructure
& Cities. Colleges represented at the meet
ing in addition to Lanier Tech were Southern
Polytechnic State University and the University
of North Georgia. Also represented were the
Georgia Department of Education, the Technical
College System of Georgia, the Barrow County
Board of Education, the Barrow County Board
of Commissioners, the Barrow County School
System, and the Barrow County Chamber of
Commerce.
The county’s mayors apparently were not
invited.
Rep. England said representatives of German
businesses and industry explained that their
primary interest when expanding to new sites
is the availability of a well-trained or easily
trainable workforce.
“They look at the United States as a ripe
area for expansion because we have a lot of
people and a good educational system that can
train the workforce in engineering or high-end
manufacturing type stuff,” he said.
While German companies appreciate tax
incentives, they said they care even more about
the quantity and quality of the workforce.
“They are used to doing things themselves
but need the people who can do it,” Rep.
England said.
Among the workforce training ideas dis
cussed was “dual immersion” classroom
instruction in which students as early as pre
kindergarten are educated in two languages
so that they become bilingual and are able to
compete globally for jobs.
See Germans on Page 2A
Barrow Briefs:
Juneteenth
Festival set
The City of Winder will
host the second annu
al Juneteenth Festival,
sponsored by the Northeast
Georgia Black Leadership
Council, June 8, from 11
a.m. until 5 p.m.
The event will feature
food, arts, crafts, bounce
houses, singing, dancing and
a variety of music.
For more information,
contact Ruthie Wallace at
770-315-4170.
Winder to host
farmers market
The Winder Downtown
Development Authority is
now taking vendor applica
tions for a local farmers mar
ket.
The market will be held in
the front of the historic train
depot on Porter Street begin
ning Saturday, June 1, and
running throughout the end
of August. The market will
be held every Saturday morn
ing from 8 a.m. until noon.
The market will also fea
ture handmade and hand
crafted items. Vendor appli
cations are available at the
website www.winderdown-
town.com or by calling
770-867-8808.
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10A
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1C
Classifieds
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SUN SETS ON HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Members of the Class of 2013 at Apalachee High School took part in their last official activity as
a high school student Thursday with graduation. See more coverage of AHS and Winder-Barrow
High School’s graduation in today’s Community section beginning on page 1C.
Photo by Jessica Brown
GRADUATION WEEK
Members of the Class of
2013 graduated last week at
Apalachee High School and
Winder-Barrow High School.
(LEFT) WBHS senior Justice
Teague, with his father Scott
Gomes, share the excite
ment as they celebrate the
graduation ceremony of the
class of 2013.
Top photo by Jessica Brown,
left photo by Michelle Stewart
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Memorial Day
service planned
By Chris Bridges
cbridges @ barrowjournal. com
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
1187 and its Ladies Auxiliary is
sponsoring the annual Memorial Day
ceremony at Rose Hill Cemetery
Monday.
The Memorial Day program will
begin at 9 a.m. with patriotic music
followed by the memorial service.
The public is invited to attend.
Rose Hill Cemetery is located on
Candler Street in Winder.
The program is open to anyone
wishing to honor Barrow County’s
veterans who have paid the ultimate
sacrifice for our country’s freedom,
VFW Post 1187 commander Ed
Grealish said.
See Memorial Day on Page 2A
No charges in
airport episode
Issue is just latest in
string of complaints
By Susan Norman
snorman @ barrowjournal. com
No charges are being filed against a
Barrow County property owner over
his alleged threat to shoot down a
helicopter on May 10. That chop
per happened to be carrying former
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue at the
time.
Barrow County District Attorney
Brad Smith said the comments of
Kenneth Joseph Shook, 65, to a
Barrow County sheriff’s deputy did
not support a charge of “terroristic
threats” as the deputy’s initial report
indicated, because the threat was not
intended to be made to the alleged
victims — a Lawrenceville pilot and
Perdue.
“It’s not what you say but the intent
of why you said it that makes it ille
gal,” Smith said. “There is nothing to
show his intent was to terrorize the
pilot.”
See Helicopter on Page 3A
Woman indicted in
death of Auburn man
By Michelle Stewart
mstewart@ barrowjournal. com
Tonyia Jade Christian, 43. of
Duluth has been indicted by the
Barrow County Grand Jury in the
death of Matthew Lewis Sell, 41,
of Auburn.
The charges stem from a May
23, 2011, accident that occurred
on Ga. Hwy. 8 at Hwy. 324.
Christian was driving a 1999
Chevrolet Silverado eastbound on
Hwy. 8 and turned into the path of
an oncoming motorcycle.
The Harley-Davidson was being
operated by Sell, who died in the
crash.
Christian is charged with sec
ond-degree homicide by vehicle
and failure to yield the right of
way while turning left. Through
her attorney of record, James
Rogers, she waived arraignment
and entered a plea of not guilty
on May 7.
Warrants on the above charges
were issued May 13, and Christian
is currently free after posting a
$25,415 bond.
RETURN TO THE GRIDIRON
Winder-Barrow High School football coach David Wagner and the
Bulldoggs wrapped up spring practice last week with a team scrim
mage. WBHS has now moved into the summer portion of its preparation
for the upcoming 2013 season, which kicks off in August.
Photo by Jessica Brown