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Barrow County’s Legal Organ Newspaper
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Barrow County’s Only Mid-Week Newspaper
VOL. 8 NO. 11 24 PAGES 2 SECTIONS, PLUS INSERTS A PUBLICATION OF MainStreet Newspapers, [nc. WINDER, BARROW COUNTY GEORGIA 30680 50? COPY
Barrow
Briefs
Chamber to spotlight
local non-profit groups
The Tuesday. Jan. 12,
membership meeting of the
Barrow County Chamber of
Commerce will highlight the
non-profit organizations in
the area.
If you are a member or
volunteer with a non-profit
group, you are invited to set
up a table to promote the
organization and share what
plans you have for 2016.
The membership meetings
are the second Tuesday of
each month and the January
meeting will be held at River
Hills Church on Argonne
Road from 11:45 a.m. to 1
p.m.
Lunch is $15 for members
and $20 for non-members.
Contact Missy Milner at
mmilner@barrowchamber.
com if you would like to
reserve a display table for
your organization.
BCSS seeks input
on attendance zones
The Barrow County School
System will host two pub
lic forums on proposed new
attendance zones for elemen
tary and middle schools in the
Winder-Barrow Cluster.
The forums will be held
Monday, Jan. 11, and
Thursday, Jan. 14.
Both forums will begin at
6 p.m. in the cafeteria of
Winder-Barrow High School,
located at 272 North 5th
Avenue, school system offi
cials said.
Inside:
Index:
Church News
10A
Classifieds
6B
Legals
7-12B
Obituaries
11A
Opinion
4A
Op-Ed
5A
Pets of the Week
10A
Public Safety 6-
-7A.12A
Sports
1-5B
Contact Info:
Phone: 770-867-6397
Mail: 77 E. May Street,
Winder, Ga. 30680
Fax: 706-621-4115
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Quacking in
a New Year
This pair of ducks seem to be enjoy
ing the sunny weather as well as
the new year. Barrow Journal pho
tographer Jessica Brown captured
these images in a subdivision in
Winder recently.
Speed limit decrease approved in Winder
By Al ex Pace
Journal Reporter
The Winder City Council is
working to slow traffic on a
neighborhood road. The coun
cil approved an ordinance to
lower the speed limit on Buena
Vista Street at its Jan. 5 meet
ing.
Several residents in the area
are concerned about the road’s
safety, according to Debbie
Steward, who spoke about the
issue at the council’s Jan. 4
work session. Steward said
a vehicle previously drove
through her yard, causing sub
stantial damage.
Steward asked for the instal
lation of a speed bump on
the road to slow traffic on the
street. The council discussed
plans to look into a speed bump
or an electronic speed sign.
The council approved an
amendment to the ordinance,
lowering the speed limit on the
road from 35 miles-per-hour to
25 mph.
See Winder on Page 2A
Healan to be
sworn in Thurs.
Michael Healan will be offi
cially sworn in as a member
of the Winder City Council
during a special meeting Jan.
7 at 6 p.m. Re-elected council
members will also be sworn
in at the meeting. The coun
cil will also vote to elect its
mayor pro-tem. The meeting
will take place at the Winder
Community Center.
BOE spends
$12,000 on
renovations
for seating
By Al ex Pace
Journal Reporter
Physical changes to the Barrow
County Board of Education’s
meeting room seating cost the
school district $12,000. The board
discussed the renovations at its
Jan. 5 work session.
The board previously requested
changes to the seating, which had
a tall piece on the desk in front
of board members. But assistant
superintendent of system opera
tions Joe Perno said the project
involved more than just removing
that piece.
“They had to take off that piece
that was sitting up higher and put
in a whole new top,” said Perno.
Perno said the vendor, Wheeler
Wood Works, had to install a new
top, glass and cabinets for the
computers and stain the new piece
to match the existing wood.
“I didn’t know we were stain
ing and replacing,” said board
member Connie Wehunt. “It just
sounds like a lot of money to me.”
The $12,150 expense came out
of the general fund budget.
The board previously voted to
allow staff to approve projects
that cost between $10,000 and
$24,999, as long as they were
reported at the board meeting.
Other similar expenses reported at
the Jan. 5 meeting included:
•$10,800 to AAF McQuay
International for a water source
heat pump at Apalachee High
School.
•$10,000 to ArtsNow for devel
oping curriculum support.
•$11,700 to Frontline
Technologies for yearly AESOP
dues. AESOP is a substitute plac
ing program.
•$18,000 to AngelTrax for bus
video systems for 10 buses.
•two payments of $21,300
to Piedmont Regional Library
System for support services.
•$10,100 to Howard Industries
for fiber iBoss upgrade and iBoss
Reporter.
•$10,900 to Northeast Georgia
RESA for a contract service Mac
class for special education.
•$18,200 to Gravitt Electric.
Inc., for power installation in 42
classrooms at several schools.
•$19,500 to Allan Vigil Ford for
a Ford Escape for the maintenance
department.
•$14,200 to Riverside Publishing
for ITBS scoring.
Barrow Journal is once
again county legal organ
The Barrow Journal has been designated the
legal organ for Barrow County beginning Jan.
1, 2016.
Any public notices, foreclosures, public sales,
local government hearings, budget notices and
other legal notices that need to be published
should be sent to the Barrow Journal.
Contact information for legal advertising in
the Barrow Journal is Betty Small at 706-621-
4629 (phone), 706-621-4113 (fax) or by e-mail
at legals@barrowjournal.com.
The Barrow Journal’s mailing address is 77
E. May Street. Winder, Ga. 30680. Legals will
begin being published in the Wednesday, Jan. 6.
2016 edition.
The Barrow Journal also offers a full online
electronic edition of its newspaper. This is an
exact digital copy of the print edition. This allows
for quick public notice verification even if you do
not have a copy of the print edition.
The Barrow Journal is Barrow County’s only
Georgia Press Association affiliated newspa
per and has been recognized with the coveted
General Excellence award five times.
Legals begin on page 7B in today's edition.
SCHOOL BELLS RING AGAIN
Students in the Barrow County School System returned to class Tuesday
following Christmas break. While class was not in session, many stu
dents, especially athletes, stayed busy with basketball games. Bethlehem
Christian Academy students also returned to class Tuesday of this week.
Photo by Jessica Brown
