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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Barrow it Journal
Barrow County’s Legal Organ Georgia’s Best Weekly Paper, 2012
Vol. 5 No. 33
36 PAGES 3 SECTIONS plus inserts
A publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. WINDER, BARROW COUNTY GEORGIA 30680
500 COPY
Barrow Briefs:
Juneteenth
Festival Sat.
The City of Winder
will host the second annu
al Juneteenth Festival,
sponsored by the Northeast
Georgia Black Leadership
Council, Saturday, 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 informa
tion, contact Ruthie Wallace
at 770-315-4170.
Summer events
scheduled at
Statham Library
Readers of all ages will dig
into adventures of all kinds this
summer as the Statham Public
Library presents “Dig Into
Reading” during its Summer
Reading Program.
Children will explore the
world through stories and
special performances each
Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
The program is open to
young readers preschool
through young adult with priz
es for each reading level com
pleted. Gift cards from Target
will be given to the top three
readers in the juvenile category
and money will be given to the
top three readers in the young
adult category at the closing
celebration Tuesday, July 9.
All programs are free of
charge. For more informa
tion, call the library at 770-
725-4785, visit the Website at
www.prlib.org/statham or fol
low them on Facebook.
Vendor space
still available
Vendors are still being
sought for the Winder Farmers
Market, which will run on
Saturdays throughout August.
The market is held each week
from 8 a.m. until noon. The
market will also feature hand
made and handcrafted items.
Vendor applications are
available by calling 770-
867-8808 or at the website
www.winderdowntown.com.
To become
a subscriber,
call 770-867-
6397 for rates.
The Barrow
Journal is
delivered each
Thursday
by mail.
Index:
Church News
9B
Community
1C
Classifieds
10-11B
Legals
3-11C
Obituaries
10-11A
Opinion
4A
Op-Ed
5A
Pets of the Week
9A
Public Safety
6-7A
Sports
1B
Contact:
Phone:
770-867-6397
Fax:
678425-1435
Mail:
77 E. May St.
Winder, Ga. 30680
Web: www.baiTowjoumal.com
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A Barrow Welcome Home..
HE’S HOME
(TOP) Sam Walley is applauded by many members of the community at Winder First
Baptist Church while City of Winder Mayor David Maynard (BELOW) greets Walley.
Photos by Jessica Brown
Walley greeted
with open arms
By Susan Norman
snorman @ barrowjournal.com
In a moving tribute to his military service and per
sonal sacrifice last year in Afghanistan, Georgians
of all ages lined the 120-mile route that wounded
warrior Samuel Walley took home to Winder May
30.
More than 1,000 people turned out in his home
town, but that was just the culmination of several
other tributes along the way as hundreds of people
stood at the roadsides — sometimes 2-3 deep — to
salute Winder’s hometown hero.
“People lined the road all along the way, some
times a few here and a few there, to a cou
ple of hundred in Social Circle and Monroe and
Madison,” said Michelle Walker, who volunteers
with AM VETS Riders Chapter 12, which organized
the homecoming.
See Walley on Page 12A
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WELCOME HOME HANDSHAKES
Sam Walley probably had to shake more hands in one day Thursday than he had in
his whole life. Walley was saluted with a true hero’s welcome. Photo by Jessica Brown
Connell: Budget
problems now
at crossroads
By Susan Norman
snorman @ barrowjournal. com
Facing a possible $3.4 million funding gap
for the fiscal year that starts in October, Barrow
County’s manager said last week that it is time to
“fundamentally rethink” the role of local govern
ment.
Jock Connell on May 30 sat down with a
Barrow Journal reporter to talk about the budget’s
significant challenges. Expenses are expected to
be $1.4 million higher, but property tax revenues
$1.8 million lower.
“I’m convinced this will be the most difficult
budget process they have seen in many a year,”
Connell said. “We don't need to fool ourselves.
There is no magic bullet. There is no revenue
stream that somebody just thought of, no sack of
money that some account has got money in, that
we can pull money out of.”
See Budget on Page 2A
BCSS hires three
new administrators
By Susan Norman
snorman @ barrowjournal. com
The Barrow County Board of Education on
Tuesday night voted to hire three new administra
tors and eight new teachers.
Mindy Higgins, an elementary school principal
in Indiana, is the new principal of Bethlehem
Elementary School. She has a master's degree
in educational administration from Ball State
University, was a second grade teacher for eight
years, and has been a school administrator for
five.
Ralph Neeley, the Union Grove High School
athletic director in Henry County, is the new assis
tant principal and athletic director at Apalachee
High School.
Prior to becoming athletic director in 2008, he
coached boys" basketball and tennis.
See Hires on Page 2A
CELEBRATION BEGINS
The Bethlehem Christian Academy base
ball team reacts after the final out of the
state championship series. The Knights
swept David Emanuel Friday for the
GISA Class A title in only their second
full season of varsity play. See com
plete coverage in today’s sports section
beginning on page 1B.
Photo by Jessica Brown
WBHS graduate to compete in local Bulls and Barrels Rodeo
By Michelle Stewart
mstewart@ barrowjournal. com
Karri Kiley, 20, a 2012 graduate of
Winder-Barrow High School, knows
what she wants and she’s going after it.
She started trail riding when she was
three and her life since then has been
spent working with horses in one capac
ity or another.
She attended barrel racing camp at
age 10, and at age 12 Kiley discovered
a local English riding farm, Bella Terra
stables. Owner Melissa Basta let her
clean the stalls and feed the horses to
work off lessons. Learning a lot from the
job, she worked there until she was 18.
During that time, Kiley won a room
full of ribbons from age 12-19 in English
style competition. Competing in cross
rail jumping in the hunter/jumper cat
egory, which is judged by riding style
and control, she competed at places such
as Chateau Elan, Conyers Horse Park
and Will’s Park in Alpharetta.
During her four years at WBHS, Kiley
was a starting pitcher for the Lady Doggs
softball team. She would play softball
three weekends a month and do her
equestrian events one weekend a month.
Her senior year of high school she
started training at Jenkins Stables in
Rutledge for barrel racing. By December,
Kiley had thrown down her ball and
glove and said, "I’m done. I want to do
what I love — my horses.” Kiley was
also offered a softball scholarship, but
chose to move forward with horses.
After receiving a barrel racing horse.
Dash, as a graduation gift, she has been
devoted to barrel racing for a year and
a half BORN TO RIDE
Karri Kiley and her horse, George, participate in the Abraham
See Rodeo on Page 8A Ba | dwjn Agricultural College Rodeo in Tifton.
