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Wednesday, July 13, 2016
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VOL. 8 NO. 38 24 PACES 2 SECTIONS, PLUS INSERTS A PUBLICATION OF MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. WINDER, BARROW COUNTY GEORGIA 30680 50« COPY
Barrow
Briefs
Heath Expo
planned Aug. 18
The Barrow Health and
Wellness Expo will be
Thursday, Aug. 18, at the
Winder YMCA from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Sponsorships and
exhibitor booths are still avail
able and may be reserved by
contacting the Barrow County
Chamber of Commerce at 770-
867-9444.
To be a gold sponsor, the cost
is $1,500 and a silver sponsor
is $600. Chamber members
may reserve an exhibitor booth
(8x10) for $250 or an over
sized space (8x20) for $425.
Non-member exhibitor booths
are available for $450. Outside
booths may be reserved for
$100. Exhibitors will set up
from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and the
Expo will be open to the public
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There
will be ticket drawings for
prizes and a "Taste of Barrow”
will be available with the pur
chase of a $5 wristband.
Local restaurants will be
offering samples from their
menus.
Diabetes Support
Group to meet
The Diabetes Support
Group’s meeting will be
Monday, July 18, at 6 p.m. in
the third floor conference room
at Barrow Regional Medical
Center on N. Broad Street in
Winder. The speaker will be
Toni R Miles, MD, PHD, from
the University of Georgia,
College of Public Health. The
speaker for the Aug. 15 meet
ing will be Cheryl Williams
from Longstreet Clinic. The
Diabetes Support Group meets
the third Monday of each
month.
Inside:
Index:
Church News
10A
Classifieds
4-5B
Legals
6-11B
Obituaries
11B
Pets of the Week
10A
Public Safety
6-8A
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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Winder approves FY2017 budget
By Cliris Bridges
Journal Editor
It’s official: the City of Winder
has a budget for the new fiscal
year.
City council members unani
mously, and without discussion,
approved a proposed budget
Tuesday night at an increase of
$1.8 million from 2016. The bud
get calls for $40.9 million in
revenues with $37.1 in general
expenditures and another $3.8
million in other expenses such as
debt payment services.
Some of the highlights of the
FY2017 budget include:
•$1 million in water and sewer
capital projects with funds from
Barrow County Special Purpose
Local Option Sales Tax.
•An addition of one city
employee, bringing Winder’s
total to 163.
•Four new vehicles for the
police department and computers
for patrol cars.
•$32 million for water and
sewer work and upgrades, includ
ing $800,000 for the ongoing
McNeal Road project.
ALCOHOL LICENSES
The city council also approved
four alcohol license requests for
new business owners at Tuesday’s
meeting including locations at 72
McNeal Road, 113 South Broad
Street, 56 South Broad Street and
243 North Broad Street, Suite A.
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FIGHTING THE CLOCK
AND THE CALENDAR
Road work continues
around the area of the new
Russell Middle School.
With the new school year
set to begin Monday, Aug.
1, city and school officials
don’t expect upgrades in
the area of McNeal Road
and Chandler Street to be
finished by the start of the
new school year as once
hoped. The Winder Police
Department and Barrow
County Sheriff’s Office will
help with traffic in the area
which will be extremely
congested with the new
RMS being close to Winder-
Barrow High School.
Photos by
Jessica Brown
In Bethlehenv
Road work
on tap if
SPLOST is
re-approved
By Cliris Bridges
Journal Editor
Barrow County officials are
in the process of putting a
Special Purpose Local Option
Sales Tax referendum on the
November ballot.
If voters approve another
round of SPLOST collections,
Bethlehem officials will use
its portion mostly for addition
al road repair, mayor Sandy
McNab said this week.
McNab attended a meeting
with county and other munic
ipal officials last week and
updated Bethlehem council
members at their July meeting.
"They are going to try and
get it on the November ballot,”
the mayor said. “This way, if
it doesn’t get approved, there
will still be time for another
vote before this one expires in
2018.”
The current SPLOST,
approved by Barrow voters in
2011, expires June 30, 2018.
Bethlehem is set to collect
$531,576 from the current
SPLOST.
McNab said if the SPLOST
continues the mayor estimates
Bethlehem will use future
funds for needed road repair
along with any needed drain
age work.
The mayor said he would
continue updating the council
on future SPLOST meetings
with county officials.
Also at Monday’s meeting,
Bethlehem officials approved a
business license for Clear Lee
Washed, a window washing
operation.
Open House
set for new
RMS location
An open house is sched
uled for Friday, July 29, from
10 a.m. until noon for the
new Russell Middle School
facility. The new location, at
the corner of Candler and
McNeal, will be open for the
2016-2017 school year, which
begins Monday, Aug. 1.
Auburn officials approve
19-acre rezoning request
By Sli aron Hog'an
Journal Reporter
The Auburn City Council approved a rezon
ing request for 19 acres on Mount Moriah Road
at its July 7 council meeting.
The application, submitted by Ricky and
Pamela Wright, requested a rezoning from C-2,
General Business District to R-100, Residential
Family District.
See Auburn on Page 3A
READY FOR
THE WORLD SERIES
Practice makes perfect:
Madison Maney and
the Barrow County
10-and-under All-Star
softball team continued
preparing last week
for its trip to the World
Series in Mississippi.
See today’s sports sec
tion for more coverage
of the local All-Star
softball team.
Photo by
Jessica Brown
