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" r k I vi WT Georgia Newspaper Project P<S X 320 S Jackson St . AthBis GA 30602 5002 www.starnevvsga.com “Not just what happened - but what matters” rmmmmmd 1.1..1.11 beginning page 5 • Medication safety for seniors • Gluten intolerant? • Important tips for young drivers SEPTEMBER 5, 2010 770-214-9900 • P.O. Box 680/961 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30117 500 StarNews monthly publication/StsoNews Online www.starnewsga.com VOLUME 16 NUMBER 8 NEWS BRIEFS Carrollton replaces reverse 911 system; also, new website for crime stats by Carole Scott This year the City of Carrollton will replace its Reverse 911 tele phone system with a new notifica tion service called “Nixie”. Citizens may register for this free commu nity information service on the web at www.nixle.com Those who reg ister for this service will be notified of community events such as See CARROLLTON page 2 Free prostate cancer screenings Tanner Health System is partner ing with the physicians at West Georgia Urology this September to offer free prostate cancer screenings. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men, and the second-leading cause of cancer-related death. According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, every American male has at least a 17 percent chance of developing prostate cancer. Fortunately, prostate cancer is extremely treatable if detected early. A prostate exam is a quick and relatively painless way for a qualified physician to diagnose See FREE SCREENING page 34 INSIDE: Crossword page 37 Sudoku page 36 News Recap page 4 Restaurant Inspections page 36 Sports beginning page 22 Marriages page 36 STAR of Month page 34 Opinion pages 16, 17, 18 Obituary listing page 27 Ethics complaint raises questions concerning Commissioner Ashley Hendrix’s voting pattern to award jobs to brother-in-law by Sam Gentry The complaint was filed on Aug. Carroll County resident Rhett 24th, but has since been dismissed. Millsaps recently filed an ethics The State Ethics Commission said complaint with the State Ethics that it dismissed the complaint Commission against District 3 because it was not within the juris- Commissioner Ashley Hendrix. See ETHICS page 2 Existing home sales declined 27.2% nationally in July by Carole Scott Georgians learned that while The news in late August 2010 their state’s unemployment rate was full of economic woe. “Day declined to 9.9 percent in July, as after day,” reported The Wall Street their State Labor Commissioner, Journal, “investors have been hit Michael Thurmond, pointed out, the with more evidence that the econ- very small decline in the unemploy- omy is stalling.” See HOME SALES page 14 Hottest summer? 7 of the 8 warmest years have all occurred since 1995 by Sam Gentry 2010 has had its share of hot days, Carroll County residents are but is it really getting warmer each experiencing what many claim to year? According to be the hottest summer of their life- www.GeorgiaWeather.net, from times. There is little argument that See HEAT page 34 Photos record past hard times on Carroll County farm by Carole Scott Smith’s farm were among those Beginning in 1937, photogra- distributed to newspapers and phers employed by the federal gov- magazines in order to build support emment’s Farm Security for the work of the FSA. Administration (FSA) began a pic- The first publication of the pho torial record of the impact of hard tos of the Smith family was in “The times on America’s farmers. One of Atlanta Journal” on July 13, 1941. the farm families they photo- In 1993, these photos were pub- graphed was the Lemuel Smith lished in the winter issue of “The family of Carroll County. Georgia Historical Quarterly”. A The photographs taken on the See SMITH FARM page 14 Take an “eco tour” of the Snake Creek Gorge in Carroll County by Chuck Wanager “Are you scared?” asked Mike Holder, who as co-owner of Historic Banning Mills is also the co-owner of what he says is one of the world’s longest zip lines -- a kind-of green thrill ride above the tree tops crowning the resort near Whitesburg. He smiles as he asks his question. “Heck no,” I reply, only I use a stronger word than heck because I want to show I am a righteous macho dude, which is the way I think of myself in my super-macho dreams. To emphasize my enthusiasm, I pump my arm up and down. But I am really just blustering. I am just a skosh nervous and Holder’s question and smile don’t help. Neither does his next comment, which he delivers with a dead-pan sincer ity: “Well, you should be.” The Banning Mills “eco canopy tour” has about 5 miles of zip lines, high tree (Sky Bridge) bridge traverses, tree houses, at heights of 60 to 300 feet, and special high speed zip lines with speeds up to 60 miles per hour, almost all connected con- Line” — a five mile in the air trip across the beautiful Snake Creek Gorge from heights tinuously in the trees. Banning Mills is of 60 feet to 300 feet high. Photo by Sam Gentry See ZIP LINE page 15 Visitors to Banning Mills in Whitesburg have the opportunity to experience the “Zip - - iV-.-.j Complete Selection of Diamond/Precious Stones Jewelry and Watches WM . *. g j| Csigil Lay-A-Way NOW for Christmasl .*11 1 f. or Trade It 1/4 mile past The Triangle on Hwy. 61 Carrollton OPEN MON-FRI 8AM-7PM SAT 8 AM-6 PM 770-832-0070
