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Barrow County’s Only Mid-Week Newspaper
VOL. 8 NO. 12 36 PACES 3 SECTIONS, PLUS INSERTS A PUBLICATION OF MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. WINDER, BARROW COUNTY GEORGIA 30680 50? COPY
Barrow
Briefs
Human Life Concert
planned Jan. 16
Come Alive Ministries of
Barrow County, a non-prof
it Pregnancy Care Center, is
hosting its annual Sanctity
of Human Life Concert on
Saturday, Jan. 16.
The concert will be held
at Church of Winder locat
ed at 546 Treadwell Road
in Bethlehem beginning at
6:30 p.m.
The evening will feature
local groups, church choirs,
praise and worship teams
and solo artists. There is no
charge to attend with a love
offering being taken to bene
fit Come Alive Ministries.
For more information, call
770-867-3000.
Several apply to
be county manager
More than 40 applicants
have applied for the vacant
Barrow County manager’s
position.
Advertising for the job
ended Dec. 31, 2015, and
44 resumes were submitted.
The Carl Vinson Institute
of Government is assisting
the Barrow County Board
of Commissioners with the
search and are handling the
resumes.
Interviews for the county
manager position could begin
by the end of the month.
Despite the high salary for
the county manager posi
tion, Barrow County has had
trouble maintaining some
one. Jimmy Terrell has been
serving as interim county
manager.
Inside:
Index:
Church News
10A
Classifieds
4-5 B
Legals
6-11B
Obituaries
11A
Opinion
4A
Pets of the Week
10A
Public Safety
6-7A
Sports 1
-3B,12B
Contact Info:
Phone: 770-867-6397
Mail: 77 E. May Street,
Winder, Ga. 30680
Fax: 706-621-4115
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AT YOUR SERVICE
Murphy sits next to her veteran, Faith Tyler, during a morning outing in
Auburn last week.
Good cause: Auburn group
trains PTSD-therapy dogs
Story by Alex Pace
Jessica Brown
W hen Army veteran Faith Tyler begins to
feel anxious, her sidekick Murphy puts
her at ease. Murphy is Tyler’s therapy dog. The two
were partnered together through Operation Atlas, an
Auburn-based group that matches veterans with ser
vice dogs. Tyler, who left the military as a disabled
veteran after three years of service, said when she
saw service dogs with veterans, she thought they had
a physical disability SCOUT, (|| TRA|N|NG TO
See Therapy Dogs on Page 3A BE A SERVICE DOG
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PROVIDING A SERVICE
From left, trainers Becky Chapman, Victoria Walker and veteran Faith Tyler
and dogs Onyx, Scout and Murphy during a chilly morning in Auburn
recently.
Annual MLK
parade, service
set for Monday
By Chris Bridges
Journal Editor
The annual Martin Luther King Jr.
Holiday will be observed in Winder
with a march through downtown fol
lowed by a noon service at White Oak
Springs Missionary Baptist Church.
This year’s theme is “A dream com
bined with action can shape the future
and inspire a new generation.”
The guest speaker will be the Rev.
Rodney Lackey, pastor of Antioch
Baptist Church of Gainesville. Lackey
is a native of Monroe and was previ
ously the pastor at Browns Hill Baptist
Church. He is retired from the United
States Air Force and attended Beulah
Heights Bible College in Atlanta.
White Oak Springs will also host a
gospel concert on Sunday at 6 p.m.
The annual MLK Day march through
downtown Winder will last approxi
mately 40 minutes and will begin at
10:45 a.m. The march will begin in the
parking lot of Quality Foods on Broad
Street.
Those who need transportation to
the parade starting point can meet in
the parking lot at White Oak Springs at
10 a.m. Church vans will then be used
to transport those to the parade starting
point.
The program following the march at
the church will last approximately two
hours, organizers said.
HONORING DR. KING
Participants walk through down
town Winder during last year’s
local MLK Day events.
Photo by Jessica Brown
Inside Today:
•Four arrested on drug,
gun-related charges in Winder.
— Page 6A
Absentee balloting begins
for presidental primary
By Chris Bridges
Journal Editor
Georgia’s 2016 presidential primary is official
ly Tuesday, March 1, but voting is now underway
as citizens were able to begin requesting absentee
ballots on Tuesday of this week.
Any registered voter can request an absentee
ballot be mailed to them, elections supervisor
Monica Franklin said. Registered voters can
request an absentee ballot by mail, fax or email.
In-person advance voting will begin Monday,
Feb. 8 and continue through Feb. 26. All advance
voting will take place Monday through Friday
from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the Barrow County
Elections Office. Saturday voting will also be
offered on Feb. 20 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Franklin said Barrow County voters can verify
their registration and their polling location by
visiting the “My Voter Page” at sos.ga.gov.
Voters will have to select either a Republican
or Democratic ballot. Voters are not required to
register with one party in Georgia.
See Vote on Page 2A
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LIVING UNDERGROUND
Garrek Bell, a sixth grader at Bear Creek Middle School, wanted to know
“How cool is living underground?” Bell competed in the Barrow County
School System science and engineering fair last week. See more coverage
of this year’s science fair on page 9A in today’s edition. Photo by Alex Pace
