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32 Pages 3 Sections, Plus Preprints A Publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. Winder, Barrow County Georgia 50« Copy Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Barrow
Briefs
Springfest
carnival
continues in
Winder
The SpringFest Carnival
will continue through Sun
day, June 4, at Jug Tavern
Park in Winder.
Regular unlimited ticket
prices are $20.
You may purchase tickets at
the Winder Customer Center,
45 East Athens St., Winder.
A fireworks celebration
will be held Saturday, June 3,
at approximately 9:30 p.m. as
part of the SpringFest Carni
val Celebration at Jug Tavern
Park.
The Midland Avenue Park
ing Lot, across the street from
the former Bob’s Tire, will be
closed June 3.
There will be a road closure
for a brief amount of time
on East Midland Avenue and
Georgia Avenue for the dura
tion of the fireworks show
(approximately 10 minutes).
For more information, con
tact April Plank, City Clerk at
(678) 425-6805.
Junior
Ranger
camps set for
Barrow
A Junior Ranger Camp
will be held two different
weeks at Fort Yargo State
Park in Winder next month.
The camp will feature a mul
titude of activities ranging
from hiking to archery. Over
the three-day camp (guests
can choose from two series)
children will experience what
it’s like to be a State Park
Junior Ranger. The camp
dates are June 7-9 and June
21-23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Registration is required. Call
770-867-3489 for additional
information about the camps.
Index:
Church News
10A
Pets of the Week
3C
Classifieds
4-5C
Legals
6-11C
Obituaries
11A
Public Safety
7,9A
Sports
1-5, 8B
Opinion
4-6 A
Other columnists
2-3C
Mailing
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The ultimate sacrifice
SOLEMN DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1187 in Winder hosted its annual Memorial Day cere
mony Monday morning at Rose Hill Cemetery. More than 100 people attended the event as
men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces who have died in the line of battle, including 76
from Barrow County dating back to World War I, were remembered. See more photos of the
ceremony on Page 12A. Photos by Jessica Brown
Barrow County’s fallen soliders honored
during annual Memorial Day ceremony
More than 100 local
residents gathered
on a warm Monday
morning at Rose Hill
Cemetery in Winder
for the annual Barrow
County Memorial
Day ceremony, host
ed by the Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post
1187 of Winder.
State Rep. Terry
England (R-Auburn)
was the guest speak
er — giving remarks
on the day’s historical
significance — while
VFW post service
master Rick Etheridge
also gave remarks.
Carol Ann Gre-
alish, widow of the
late former post com
mander Ed Grealish,
gave remarks and
explained the signif
icance of the Miss
ing Man POW table.
Etheridge and Greal
ish also led a Laying
of the Wreath cere
mony. An opening
and closing prayer
were said by David
Garlick, youth pastor
as Calvary Baptist
Church in Statham.
Colors were post
ed by the Wind
er Fire Department
and Winder Police
Department.
The Barrow Bri
gade JROTC Cadets
from Winder-Barrow
and Apalachee high
schools were there to
assist.
Also, Etheridge,
Grealish and VFW
member Roger Ran
dolph read off the
names of the 76 Bar-
row County residents
who have died in the
line of battle dating
back to World War I.
Those wars includ
ed World War I, World
War II, the Korean
War, the Vietnam War
and the conflicts in
Afghanistan and Iraq
from 2001-present.
MISSING MAN TABLE
The symbolic Missing Man Table was on dis
play during Monday’s ceremony.
STRONG CROWD
More than 100 local residents turned out for Monday morning’s Memorial Day ceremony.
Schools
expect
$40M in
‘other’
spending
By Ron Bridg'eman
News-Journal Reporter
The Barrow County
Board of Education will
consider “other funds” that
are expected to spend about
$40 million in the next
school year at its regular
meeting next week.
The board heard summa
ries of the funds at its work
session Tuesday.
The board is expected to
approve the proposed funds
at its meeting next week,
along with the general fund
of $119 million. The gener
al fund includes about $3.6
million from the system’s
reserves.
The projected reserves as
of June 30 are $9.64 mil
lion. As of June 30, 2018,
that reserve fund is project
ed to be $6 million.
However, the school sys
tem may add between $1
million and $2 million to
the reserve fund after June.
The final approval of the
budget is expected at the
June 27 board meeting.
Two public hearings on
the budget are planned. The
first is a change. It will be
at 10:30 a.m. June 7; it
had been set first on June
8. The other is at 6 p.m.
June 15. Both will be in the
board room at the central
office.
The different funds are
expected to generate about
$35.1 million in revenue.
That amount includes
about $8.43 million in local
money.
Capital projects are
expected to cost about
$16.4 million and to gen
erate about $11.1 million.
The difference of about
$5 million is for capital
projects, construction of
the new Winder Elemen
tary School and the new
amphitheater plus debt ser
vice on the district's build
ings. That money comes
from the ESPLOST funds.
Debt service is nearly
$7.9 million for principal
and interest on bonds the
district has sold.
Other major spending is
the last part of the new
elementary school. $2.6
million; amphitheater, $1.7
million and technology
projects. $1.45 million.
Other categories include
buses, $874,080; mainte
nance projects, $608,514;
Russell Middle School,
$549,295; personnel,
See BOE on Page 2A
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Slight decrease in proposed Winder budget
By Scott Thompson
News-Journal Editor
Winder City Council is set
to vote next week on the city’s
proposed $39.5 million budget
for next fiscal year.
Council held a public hearing
Thursday as city finance director
Leslie Henderson presented the
budget, which would represent
a $379,000 — 2.3 percent —
decrease over the FY2017 bud
get. FY18 begins July 1 and runs
through June 30, 2018.
The drop in the proposed bud
get is largely due to lower gas
prices, Henderson said.
Highlights of the proposed
budget include:
•The $14.95 million general
fund - down from $15.27 mil
lion a year ago - could grow
in revenues as Henderson said
city officials believe there will
be an increase in local-option
sales tax collections due to con
tinued commercial and retail
growth within the city and Bar-
row County. Also, the city’s fire
tax revenues are projected to
increase due to annexations and
an increase in property values
in the city. However. Henderson
said, the city opted to budget
those two figures at last year’s
amount to avoid possibly run
ning short in revenues.
•Henderson said she expects
water fund revenues will remain
stable judging by consumption
trends, but there will be a likely
decrease in penalties charged
to customers. That’s primarily
because of a new mobile notifi
cation system implemented by
the city as well as its cutdown
on the number of days accounts
are allowed to remain delinquent
before disconnection.
•The golf fund is projected to
increase based on past trends
and due to improvements made
to the city-operated Chimneys
Golf Course and its clubhouse
- including a boost in inventory
for sale, Henderson said.
•In the solid waste fund, the
city has budgeted a $2-per-
month-per-customer increase to
cover the cost of leaf, brush and
other waste collection services.
•The proposed payroll bud-
See Winder on Page 2A