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DECEMBER 5, 2010 50$ StarNews monthly publication /StarNews Online www.starnewsga.com VOLUME 16 NUMBER 11
Toys for Tots: Dec. 9th, 10th
at Southwire parking lot
Southwire Company and Toys
for Tots want this to be a Christmas
to remember for children through
out Carroll, Haralson and Heard
counties.
Every year, Toys for Tots brings
cheer to children around the world
who might not otherwise get to
experience the joy of receiving pre
sents on Christmas.
TOYS FOR TOTS page 27
SPLOST meetings
Public meetings will be held on
the upcoming Carroll County
Schools SPLOST. “Project
Review” meetings will be held at 6
p.m. at each high school in the
cafeteria on the following dates:
Mon., Dec. 6th: Mt. Zion High
Tues., Dec. 7th: Bowdon High
Thurs., Dec. 9th: Central High
See related story this page.
County school board member: board overspent
SPLOST by $6M; new SPLOST won’t fix problem
by Prissi Sullivan
story from StarNews Online
www.starnewsga. com
Carroll County Board Member
Bart Cater conducted a town hall
meeting at Copeland Hall, 103 Ban-
Avenue in Bowdon, Georgia on
Monday, November 22, 2010 in
order to clarify issues surrounding
the upcoming educational SPLOST
(Special Local Option Sales Tax)
proposal by the Carroll County
Board of Education. The current
educational SPLOST expires on
December 31,2012.
For the current SPLOST, reve
nues (collections) are $6 millions
less than what the board has
already obligated to spend. Part of
the new, proposed SPLOST, if
New radio station officially
launches in Carroll County
passed, will go to pay off that $6
million the board has overspent.
Board member Cater’s position
was that if the five year SPLOST is
passed (to be on the ballot March,
2011) when it expires in five years,
if all the proposed projects are
done, the taxpayers will then be on
the hook for $28.64 million due to
future anticipated shortfalls in reve-
See OVERSPENT page 22
The “Texas ratio”
and what it
means to banks
by Carole Scott
As a whole, banks are in trouble.
Some of them are in a lot of trou
ble. However, during the current
banking crisis, only the owners of
banks have suffered losses.
Deposits of individuals amounting
to no more than $250,000 dollars in
a given bank under a given name or
See TEXAS RATIO page 26
from press release
West Georgia’s newest FM radio
station, WWGA (98.9-FM), was
launched on November 22, 2010.
Initially, WWGA will be called
“Christmas 98.9”. On Dec. 26th, the
station will shift to its new, perma
nent music format. The new format
will be made public that day.
Part of the Gradick
Communications Group of radio
stations, WWGA is a six- kilowatt
station which will reach beyond the
borders of Carroll County, where its
antenna is located. The station is a
new frequency allocated by the
FCC and licensed to Tallapoosa.
“We want everyone to tune in
after Christmas to see what the for-
See 98.9 page 16
New health director for this
region: Dr. Alpha Fowler Bryan
by Sam Gentry
Dr. Alpha Fowler Bryan has been
named interim health director for
District 4, which includes Carroll
County. She is taking over the posi
tion vacated by Dr. Michael
Brackett, who resigned Nov. 15
amid allegations that he demon
strated physical aggressive behav
ior toward a health department
employee.
Dr. Wade Sellers, current health
director for District 1, was initially
to be named as interim director for
District 4, but Dr. Jack Birge,
chairman of the Carroll County
Board of Health, requested a
change after obtaining documents
through the open records act that
contained communications
between Sellers and Brackett. The
documents, according to Birge,
contained copies of emails
See NEW DIRECTOR page 25
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERIES
Grant for county environmental health
department allows for free mold inspections
by Sam Gentry inspection services. hoping to receive additional fund-
Animal control officers Connie Bates and Jan Singleton
hold Freckles, who is looking for a nice place to call home
this holiday season. Anyone who donates a new, unwrapped
toy at the Carroll County Animal Shelter, 770-834-8150,
may adopt an animal at a reduced price/free. The animals
are already spayed/neutered, have been given the rabies
shot, and are microchipped. Photo by Sam Gentry
In an effort to help create health
ier home environments, the
Environmental Health section of
the Carroll County Health
Department is working through a
grant to inspect Carroll County
homes for mold at no cost to
residents.
The office has been conducting
free mold inspections for almost a
year by way of the grant and now,
to further their efforts, environ
mental health is hoping to help
improve patient health and cutback
on readmissions for respiratory ail
ments, particularly COPD, at
Tanner by expanding the free mold
COPD, or chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, is a common
lung condition that restricts breath
ing. COPD is recognized in two
main forms, chronic bronchitis and
emphysema. Those diagnosed with
COPD often have a combination of
the two.
Gene Ellis, Environmental
Health county manager, said
although his office is already able
to offer free mold inspections to
citizens of Carroll County through
the Tanner grant, working with
them on the COPD issue will
require more resources and “the
money will run out”. His office is
ing through their partnership with
Tanner, Ellis said, to help handle
the increase in services.
“We want to expand on it and
make more benefits from it avail
able to the citizens of Carroll
County,” he said. “What we hope
to do is go out and make mold
assessments of their homes to see if
there’s any conjunction with prob
lems in their homes that could be
causing their breathing problems.”
Environmental Health has a
range of equipment necessary for
mold inspections, which can exam
ine and test a number of materials
See MOLD page 30
