Newspaper Page Text
o
1 4 5 4 1
O
24 Pages, 2 Sections
A Publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. Winder, Barrow County, Georgia $1.00 Copy Wednesday, October 19, 2022
BARROW’S LATEST COMPREHENSIVE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN THE WORKS
“Moving freight and people safely and efficiently throughout the county,” was a mission statement Winder
councilman Jimmy Terrell (pictured on right) and president/CEO of the Barrow County Chamber of Com
merce Tommy Jennings (pictured on left) presented to other members of the Barrow County Comprehen
sive Transportation Plan Stakeholder Advisory Committee during its workshop Monday evening.
Winder-Barrow Homecoming
Parade and Pep Rally set Oct. 20
Submitted photo
Pictured: Winder-Barrow High School’s 2022 Homecoming Court (front row, from left): Michelle Mejia, Sam Ro
driguez, Abby Polk, Ema Clair Caine, Shelby Blake, Sarah Anne Hill, Marley Shook, Marleigh McCullers, Dayton
Power, Summer Collins, Kaylei Brown, Ansleigh Dubose, Melena Anderson; (back row, from left): Dylan Thayer,
Carson Royal, Robert Hill, Trey Garrett, Samuel Herr, Aidan Thompson, Jacob King, Conyer Smith, Brooks
House, Ryan Ford, Jacob Yother, Tyreeck Hall, Brett Boswell.
Winder-Barrow’s Homecoming Parade is Thurs
day, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. The parade will end at
the WBHS football stadium, where the WBHS
Homecoming Pep Rally will be held and the 2022
WBHS Homecoming King will be crowned.
The crowning of the Homecoming Queen will
be Friday, Oct. 21 at halftime of the football game.
The parade will begin going right out of Holly
Hill mall onto McNeal Road. At the end of Mc-
Neal, the parade will turn right onto Candler, then
left onto Green Valley Drive, right onto Langford
and go up by the high school on the gym side.
At the four-way, the parade will turn right onto
Fifth Avenue in front of the school, then right at
the stop sign, onto Marion and into the stadium
parking lot.
Three residential developments on
county planning board’s Oct. 20 agenda
By Morgan Ervin
Three residential com
munities are up for con
sideration by the Barrow
County Planning Com
mission during its next
meeting Thursday, Oct.
20, including two town-
home communities and a
single-family communi
ty proposed in the coun
ty’s medium-density
residential (R-2) zoning
district.
The first proposal is
a rezone and Future
Land Use Map (FLUM)
amendment request for
11.29 acres on Patrick
Mill Road to accommo
date a 53-unit townhome
community. The appli
cant seeks to change
the property’s character
area designation on the
FLUM from 316 Com
mercial Corridor to Sub
urban Neighborhood and
rezone from high-den-
sity residential (R-3) to
medium-density residen
tial (R-2), with a special
use request that would
allow for townhomes in
More townhome communities proposed in the county.
the R-2 zoning district. an additional 2,945-foot
The concept plan alleyway. County plan-
shows a new 1,105-foot ning staff recommends
road with townhomes ac- denial of both the FLUM
cessed from the rear by
See Planning, page 2A
11-year-old girl shot
and killed, woman
injured during
domestic dispute
An 11-year old girl was
shot and killed in a do
mestic dispute reported to
Barrow County Sheriff’s
Office Monday.
Around 8 p.m., deputies
were dispatched to 181
Celestial Run in reference
to a domestic disturbance
between Leonard Ahearn,
59, and Rachel Hollifield,
34, both of Winder. The
caller said she was on
the phone with Hollifield
when she heard gunshots
and then the line went
quiet.
Upon arriving on the
scene, Hollifield told
deputies Ahearn shot her
and then shot himself.
Hollifield had a gunshot
wound to her hands.
Hollifield also said
there was an 11-year-old
girl inside the residence
as well.
Upon clearing the
residence, Ahearn was
found alive with gun
shot wounds and the
11-year-old girl, Angel-
ique Ahearn, was found
deceased.
An investigation by the
BCSO Criminal Investi
gations Division revealed
Ahearn and Hollifield
were in an argument when
Ahearn retrieved a pistol
and shot Angelique, lo
cated Hollifield and shot
her, before turning the
gun to himself.
Hollifield and Ahearn
were transported to Ath
ens Regional Hospital,
where Ahearn was lat
er pronounced dead and
Hollifield is receiving
treatment and recovering
from her injuries.
The investigation is
still ongoing. Further
updates will be released
when available.
Credit: Barrow County
Barrow County’s Official Zoning Map adopted in 2019
County leaders seek
community input on
comprehensive plan
By Morgan Ervin
As B aiiow County finds
itself at a crossroads re
garding the direction of its
growth, formulating a via
ble comprehensive plan is
an opportunity for elected
officials to work with the
community toward smart
growth, building adequate
infrastructure, attracting
new industry and econom
ic opportunities, all while
protecting its small-town
character that brought so
many to the county and
that so many in the com
munity wish to preserve.
The Barrow County
Board of Commission
ers recently entered into
a professional services
agreement with Tunnell,
Spangler and Associates,
Inc. to determine the com
ponents of the county’s
2018 comprehensive plan
that should be modified
to reflect changing condi
tions in the county.
The project seeks to
create a visionary and
implementable plan for
Barrow County, which
will include reviewing the
existing plan and deciding
what is working well and
what should be reevaluat
ed.
See BOC, page 2A
MEET THE CANDIDATES
BETHLEHEM TOWN COUNCIL SPECIAL ELECTION
Eric Dailey
• Why are
you running for
election? What
in your back
ground makes
you a qualified
candidate for
this seat?
I am running to
make a difference
in the lives of
the people in the town of Bethlehem. ;
I have lived in the town of Bethlehem I
See Dailey, page 9A
Sharon Johnson
• Why are you
running for elec
tion? What in your
background makes
you a qualified can
didate for this seat?
I am running for
the Bethlehem City
Council seat that be
came vacant when
one of our coun-
cilmembers resigned after Susanne and
Scott Morgan threatened to sue the coun-
See Johnson, page 9A
Susanne Morgan
• Why are you run
ning for election?
What in your back
ground makes you a
qualified candidate for
this seat?
My name is Susanne
Morgan, and I’ve been a
resident of the Town of
Bethlehem for 22 years.
I’ve raised my family
here: my children at
tended and graduated from Bethlehem Christian
Academy. We attend Bethlehem Church. I am an
See Morgan, page 9A