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A Publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. Winder, Barrow County, Georgia $1.00 Copy Wednesday, November 23, 2022
STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT GRATITUDE
Credit: KES
Students wrote what they are grateful for on paper leaves to create a seasonal display at Kennedy Elementary
School, where students learned about gratitude as November’s “Character Strong Trait of the Month.”
LEADERSHIP BARROW GETS SCHOOLED
Leadership Barrow had History Day last week, which was kicked off with a lesson from Winder city councilman
and former Winder police chief Jimmy Terrell, on the rich history of Barrow County. Terrell also led the group in
tours of the Barrow County Historic Courthouse and the Barrow County Museum, which was formerly the coun
ty jail. The group then divided up for a road race scavenger hunt, where each group visited various landmarks
around the county, including a Buddhist temple in Auburn, the old Statham High School and the Manning Gin
House, among several others.
BOC approves industrial
warehouse at Patrick Mill
and Carl Bethlehem Roads
By Morgan Ervin employment/industrial
An industrial develop- center,
ment was approved by the The development will
Barrow County Board of consist of one 387,180
Commissioners Nov. 8, square-foot manufacturing
which includes a rezone of warehouse and distribution
35.29 acres on Patrick Mill facility with 68 truck stalls
and Carl Bethlehem Roads an 198 car parking spaces,
from agricultural (AG) and A 25-foot zoning buffer
medium density residen- and privacy fence will sep-
tial (R2) to light industrial arate the development from
(M1). adj acent residential proper-
The approval also in- ties,
eludes an amendment The property, which lies
to the Future Land Use within the Highway Corri-
Map (FLUM), reas- dor Overlay, will comply
signing the property’s with all required conditions
character area from ru- including special lighting
ral neighborhood to the and sidewalks.
MAILING LABEL A deceleration lane will
be added for all entrances,
including an entrance onto
the West Winder-Bypass,
which will require approv
al from the Georgia. De
partment of Transportation
(GDOT).
A traffic impact study is
also required as part of the
approval.
As a light manufacturing
development, it’s anticipat
ed to bring in an enhanced
tax base, numerous em
ployment opportunities and
will contribute to the coun
ty’s goal of economic de
velopment along the West
Winder-Bypass.
The BOC expects this
to be the first of several
developments of its kind
proposed near the West
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Submitted photo
Pictured: Michael Parks, parks and leisure director
for the City of Auburn, and Heather Desimpelaere,
Auburn Elementary school counselor.
Auburn donates
event proceeds
to local families
Volunteers from the City of Auburn’s Parks and
Leisure Commission recently donated $1,000
for families of Auburn Elementary to help fulfill
Christmas needs.
The funds were raised through donations and
contributions during the city’s annual AuburnFest
event.
The Parks and Leisure Commission sponsors
and coordinates the hayride during the event with
the money raised dedicated toward needy families.
The committee is comprised of Greg Nelson,
Bert Scouten, Kelly Carreiro, Keith Forrester, and
Nick Coffman.
Winder mayor
“dedicated” to
LOST agreement
“It was never the intent
of the council for the
LOST to go away. ”
Winder Mayor David
Maynard addressed citi
zens via a video message
Friday Nov. 18, with an
update on the status of
the city’s Focal Option
Sales Tax (FOST) agree
ment with the county
following a failed medi
ation Nov. 10.
“The negotiations
failed and we weren’t
able to reach an agree
ment,” Maynard con
firmed.
“I’m a little fearful.
I don’t want that to go
away, none of us do,
none of us ever did. It
was never the intent of
the council for the FOST
to go away.”
“I am dedicated to try
ing to continue the Focal
Option Sales Tax,” he
said.
Maynard spoke on the
resolution the Wind
er City Council passed
Aug. 2, which gave a
list of conditions for the
county to meet in order
for the city to continue
with FOST negotiations,
none of which the county
agreed to.
“Early on we felt like
it was appropriate to
use that as a tool to set
tle some other issues we
have going on with the
county, but at this point
in time, that’s not a re
alistic expectation,” said
Maynard.
The city’s position was
that the distribution of
FOST being based sole
ly on population, as it
has been for the last 10
years, is “really unfair to
the City of Winder and
the other cities,” said
Maynard.
“I believe most of this
sales tax is generated
within these cities and
should be returned to
those areas where the
businesspeople have
invested.”
Even the county’s
commercial districts,
Maynard said, were only
made possible by Wind
er’s water system. “The
county has very little,
very few, commercial
customers on their water
system,” he said.
“In an effort to try to
make this tax continue
and make it happen at our
next meeting, I will urge
our council to authorize
me to sign a certificate
to a distribution of this
FOST tax equal to what
it has, as equal to what it
is now, as it has existed
for the last 10 years.”
“I think that is not fair
to the cities, but you
know, like everybody
else I’m fearful that we
may lose this tax and
I think that would be
devastating to everyone
— the small cities, the
county, this city and the
citizens as a whole — I
think it would just be ter
rible to let that FOST go
away.”
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THANKSGIVING FUN FACTS
TURKEY TALK
• Gobbler or Tom: Male turkey
• Hen: Female turkey
• Poult: Baby Turkey
• Wattle: The loose skin hanging below the turkey's chin
• Snood: The red skin covering the turkey's beak
Both male and female turkeys have wattles and snoods, but they
are smaller and less distinctive on females.
• 16-22 pounds is the weight of the average gobbler
• 3-12 pounds is the weight of the average hen
• 25 miles per hour - the speed at which a turkey can run
• 55 miles per hour -the speed at which a turkey can fly
WHO KNEW?
• Only male turkeys gobble
• Turkeys sleep in trees
• A turkey's gender can be determined from its droppings.
BYTHE NUMBERS:
• 1621 -The first year AmericanThanksgiving was
celebrated.
• 46+ million turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving
(source: National Turkey Federation)
• 50 million pumpkin pies consumed on Thanksgiving
• 100,000 turkey related questions answered by the Butterball
Turkey Talk-Line each November and December
(source: Butterball)
• 3,000 calories in an average Thanksgiving dinner
• 4,500 calories in an average Thanksgiving meal with
appetizers and dessert (source: Calorie Control Council)