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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. See AYP page 17
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