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StarNews for local news daily www.starnewsga.com “Not just what happened - but what matters ” 500 StarNews monthly publication/StarNews Online www.starnewsga.com no tn Main Library -UGA Georgia Newspaper Project 320 S Jackson St :om ark us! 770-214-9900 • P.O. BolT 5 G aple AUGUST 8, 2010 reet, Carrollton, GA 30117 VOLUME 16 NUMBER 7 NEWS BRIEFS West Georgia Wolves first game of the season will be August 28th The 2010 football season begins for the West Georgia Wolves on Saturday, August 28, when the Wingate (N-C.) Bulldogs visit Carrollton. Kickoff time is set for 7:00 p.m., University Stadium. Season tickets for the Wolves’ 2010 season are still available. For information contact UWG Athletics at 678-839-6533. Single game tick- See WOLVES page 41 Runoff elections on Tuesday, August 10th Runoffs for the Primary Elections will be held Tuesday, August 10th, 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Citizens may cast their vote at their regular polling precinct on runoff day, or at the county board of elections office as an early or absentee vote. On the ballot will be state offices of significance: Republican top candidates for governor, Karen Handel and Nathan Deal, along with Democratic candidates for Secretary of State and Republican candidates for attorney general and state insurance commissioner. INSIDE: Crossword page 45 Sudoku page 44 News Recap pages 4&8 Restaurant Inspections page 44 Sports beginning page 23 Marriages page 44 Mystery STAR! page 34 STAR of Month page 31 Business News pages 4.1-42 Edward Jones page 44 Opinion page 18 Obituary listing page 33 Questions arise concerning conduct of 5 of the 10 Temple police officers: former police chief says problem is “element here of handful of citizens” by Chuck Wanager pleasure of serving Temple resi- When Temple Police Chief Ed dents, he also took the opportunity Whitt resigned in February to work to address other issues, for a “larger agency,” he made pub- The people of Temple are by and lie a resignation letter in which he large “friendly, courteous and was critical of the city of Temple in kind,” he wrote, but there is “an ele- regard to his job. ment here of a handful of citizens Although he said he had had the See TEMPLE POLICE page 16 Murder suspects held without bond: no date yet for preliminary hearing by Chuck Wanager ice murder and felony murder. The A Carroll County grand jury met two are also to were also face in special session on August 4 and charges of aggravated assault, false decided to indict the two Carrollton' imprisonment and concealing the residents being held in the death of death of another. 21-year-old University of West No arraignment date has been set Georgia student Marcelle “Marti” for the two, according to superior Elliott on two counts of murder, court clerk Alan Lee. along with three other charges. ' The attorney for one of the two The grand jury returned indict- defendants in the death of 21-year- ments on both Joshua Clay and old University of West Georgia stu- Farrah “Casper” Strength for mal- See MURDER page 17 Veteran’s park continuing to grow Susan Mabry, executive assistant of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners, is shown above left presenting Norris Garrett, president of the Carroll County Veterans Memorial Park, with a check that was approved by the commissioners. The park was recognized recently by the Chamber of Commerce Environmental Projects Committee for a Beautification Award. The park committee continues to raise funds to expand and improve the appearance of the public park. County millage rate remains stable; meeting held up 2.5 hours waiting for district commissioners to show by Chuck Wanager Carroll County now has its new millage rate for the coming year — it hasn’t changed from 8.50 mills -- and is going ahead with a final mas ter plan and surveying and prelimi nary engineering work for Moore’s Bridge Park. That work includes landscape design and environ mental assessment. Approval was given on the two measures during the Carroll County Board of Commissioners’ meeting on August 3. Board members actu ally made their decisions quickly - once they got started. The meeting was delayed two and a half hours See COMMISSION page 34 County’s bond rating improves twice this year by Chuck Wanager Carroll County’s bond rating is on the rise again — this time nearing lofty status that most cities and counties seek. Recently, both Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s See BOND RATING UP page 17 Adequate Yearly Progress: 14 of 23 county schools met AYP; 2 of the 4 city schools met AYP by Prissi Sullivan Department of Education to deter- The Georgia Department of mine how the public schools are Education has released the performing academically according Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) to standardized test results, results for Georgia schools. This is To meet AYP, each system and a measurement defined by the the state must meet the following United States federal No Child Left criteria: 95% Participation, Behind Act that allows the U. S. 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