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Newspaper Page TextBarrow County’s Legal Organ Newspaper B * Wednesday, February 10, 2016 arrow It Journal m/m/m/ harrn\A/iniimal mm Rarm\A/ C.nnnh/’c Orth/ hHirt-\A/&e*U l\le>\A/cnaner www.barrowjournal. com Barrow County’s Only Mid-Week Newspaper VOL. 8 NO. 16 24 PACES 2 SECTIONS, PLUS INSERTS A PUBLICATION OF MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. WINDER, BARROW COUNTY GEORGIA 30680 50« COPY Barrow Briefs Piedmont CASA to host Feb. 20 event Piedmont CASA will host the fourth annual Heart for Children, Heart for Chocolate International Gala on Saturday. Feb. 20, at the Jefferson Civic Center. Piedmont CASA trains and supports volunteers to help local abused and neglected children. This year’s event will fea ture a dinner buffet, chocolate creations and a live and silent auction. Musical entertainment will be provided by Line 6 from Auburn, a classic rock band. For event sponsorship or to purchase tickets, contact Annette Bates at 706-367- 6375 or by email at annette@ piedmontcasa.org. Statham Legion plans Valentine’s dance 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 during this Saturday’s event. Inside: Index: Church News 10A Classifieds 4-5B Legals 7-11B Letters 5A Obituaries 10A Op-Ed 5A Opinion 4A Pets of the Week 10A Public Safety 6-7A Sports 1 -4B.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 Locals show support of state cannabis growth By Katie Cofer and Alex Pace Journal Reporters Area residents strongly support grow ing medical cannabis in Georgia. In an online Mainstreet News poll, more than 83 percent of people said they support allowing the state of Georgia to regulate the production of cannabis oil for medical use in the state. Fourteen percent are against it and two percent are undecided. The results track other state wide polls that show over 84 percent support medical cannabis production in Georgia. Local state representatives are also showing their support. Many have signed a bill that would allow in-state growth of medical cannabis. And many local families are already using the cannabis oil for medical pur poses, despite no legal way to get the oil in Georgia. Last year, the Georgia General Assembly passed House Bill 1 (Haleigh’s Hope Act). The law allows people with certain conditions (cancer, seizure disorders, ALS, mitochondrial disease, MS, Parkinson’s and sickle cell) to use medical cannabis with a low THC count. See Cannibas on Page 2A BATTLES EPILEPSY Winder’s Erin Cleveland has been giving her daughter Lainey can nabis oil to help with her Aicardi Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy that only affects girls. To fol low Lainey’s story, visit Facebook. com/lovin- glaineybug. Chamber of Commerce awards night... CHAMBER RECOGNITION (Left) Lynn Stevens received this year’s Citizen of the Year award. Chamber of Commerce president Tommy Jennings presented Stevens with the award. Stevens is a member of the Barrow County Board of Education. Winder-Barrow High School principal Al Darby (right) was named the recipient of the Community Service Award. The annual Chamber of Commerce banquet was held at Chateau Elan. (Below) The WBHS JROTC presented the colors Saturday evening. See page 3A for more coverage. Photos by Wesleigh Sagon BOC approves industrial rezoning Several neighbors voice concerns at hearing By Alex Pace Journal Reporter The Barrow County Board of Commissioners approved a contro versial industrial rezoning at its Feb. 9 meeting. The BOC approved rezoning 17.096 acres at 697 Patrick Mill Road SW, Winder, from master planned development (R-3) to light industrial (M-l). Johnson Holdings, LP, wants to purchase the property for the expansion of its Progress Container and Display facility. The group originally requested a heavy industrial (M-2) rezoning, but coun ty planning staff recommended “down zoning” to M-l. Several neighbors requested the rezoning be denied. Fourteen prop erty owners on Patrick Mill and Roxey Maxey roads presented the BOC with a petition, citing sever al violations of the county’s noise ordinance and Unified Development Code (UDC). Four neighbors spoke against the request at the meeting, voicing concerns about stormwater runoff, chemicals and noise from the facil ity. See BOC on Page 8A SPELLING W-l-N-N-E-R After 11 rounds of competition, Rachel Baker was named the Barrow County School System spell ing bee cham pion. Baker is a student at Westside Middle School. See page 8A for more coverage. Photo by Alex Pace

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Barrow journal (Winder, Ga.) 2008-2016, February 10, 2016, Image 1