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Barrow County’s Legal Organ Newspaper B * Wednesday, February 3, 2016 arrow It Journal m/m/m/ harrn\A/iniimal mm Rarm\A/ O.nnnh/’c Orth/ hHiri-\A/&e*U l\le>\A/cnaner www.barrowjournal. com Barrow County’s Only Mid-Week Newspaper VOL. 8 NO. 15 24 PAGES 2 SECTIONS, PLUS INSERTS A PUBLICATION OF MainStreet Newspapers, [nc. WINDER, BARROW COUNTY GEORGIA 30680 50? COPY Barrow Briefs Statham Legion to host Valentine’s event The American Legion Post 163 in Statham will host a Valentine’s dinner and dance on Saturday, Feb. 13. The event will be at Post 163 at 1633 Atlanta Hwy., SE, in Statham. A pork chop dinner will be served at 6 p.m. for $10 per plate. A dance will be held at 8 p.m. with tickets costing $8. The Big Don Band will provide musical entertain ment. Chamber to host annual awards dinner The Barrow County Chamber of Commerce will host its 69th annual dinner and celebration on Saturday, Feb. 6, at Chateau Elan Winery and Resort. A reception will begin at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Individual tickets are $90 per person. Various sponsorships are also available. A cash bar will be available at the event, chamber officials said. The dress is business attire for men and cocktail dress for ladies. To RSVP, contact Missy at the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce office at 770- 867-9444 or by e-mail at mmilner@barrowchamber. com. Inside: Index: Church News 10A Classifieds 4-5B Legals 6-11B Letters 5A Obituaries 10A Op-Ed 5A 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 ‘Like us’ on Facebook www.barrowjournal.com Mailing Label Below Early voting begins Monday Georgia Presidential Primary 2016 By Chris Bridges Journal Editor Barrow County voters can begin casting their ballot in per son for the 2016 presidential pri mary on Monday as early voting begins. Advance voting will contin ue through Friday, 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. Barrow County elections supervisor Monica 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 bal lot. Voters are not required to reg ister with one party in Georgia. There will be 12 candidates on the GOP ballot and four on the Democratic ballot. Georgia’s actual primary day is Tuesday, March 1, one of several days involved in a “Southeastern Conference” event. Absentee balloting actually kicked off this year’s presidential primary in Georgia. In Barrow County, requests for absentee bal lots began on Jan. 12. Franklin said last week her office has mailed 72 absentee ballots and had received 25 completed bal lots back. Some requests were from military personnel stationed overseas and a couple from citi zens temporarily living out of the country. Most Influential... - * L ■> h m RESPECTED STATEWIDE State representative Terry England of Barrow County, shown in his Atlanta office, was recently named one of the state’s 100 most influential people by Georgia Trend Magazine. Photo by Jessica Brown England s respect, ability to get the job done expands far beyond Barrow County By Al ex Pace Journal Reporter T erry England’s influence has long been known locally. Now, Georgia Trend magazine recent ly announced that England was select ed as one of its 100 Most Influential Georgians for the second year in a row. England, who lives in Auburn with his wife Cindy, was born and raised in Barrow County. Terry and Cindy were high school sweethearts and are members of the First Baptist Church of Auburn. England graduated from Winder-Barrow High School in 1984 and later attended the University of Georgia. He later decided to leave UGA and begin working with his family’s construction business. England’s father owned a construction company, and England worked alongside him. He later began doing carpentry work and started farming. England said he had been inter ested in agriculture throughout his life and enjoyed growing produce. “Ag is my passion,” said England. “I enjoy growing stuff and helping people grow stuff.” The Englands purchased Homeport Farm Mart in 1998 and worked in the farm supply retail industry for several years. England said he enjoyed his time at Homeport working with the commu nity. “I enjoyed working with folks,” said England. Homeport was named one of the top young retailers of the year by the National Retail Hardware Association in 2002. See England on Page 12A Winder Police to receive pay raise By Al ex Pace Journal Reporter The Winder Police Department is getting a raise this month. The Winder City Council approved an increase in its pay schedule at its Feb. 2 meeting. The council’s public safety committee recently met to discuss the pay increases for the department’s employees. All full-time employees in the department will receive a raise beginning Feb. 11. See Winder on Page 3A REMEMBERING... Melissa, Wyatt, Callie and Buddy Christian are pictured on vaca tion in 2010. Buddy Christian was an Athens-Clarke County police officer, who lost his life when he was shot through the window of his squad car by a fleeing crim inal in 2011. His wife, Melissa, a native of Barrow County, is planning her family’s annual tribute to her husband on March 22. See page 2A for full story.
