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Page 4 JANUARY 9, 2011
NEWS RECAP -
Scouts honor veterans
The Three Rivers District Boy Scouts of
America honored ALL veterans, both
active and retired from ALL branches of
the service who reside in Carroll County,
during the month of December by placing
tongue depressors with the names of serv
ice men and women written on them.
These names were then placed on a
Christmas tree in the Carroll County
Veterans Memorial Park.
All veterans were invited to participate
by having names written and hung on the
tree. The initial ceremony was on
Saturday, December 4th at 10 A.M. for
Carroll County Veterans. Every Saturday
during the month of December additional
names were placed on the tree. The recog
nition event ended on Friday, December
24th.
forfull story: www.starnewsga.com
Tanner going tobacco free
No ifs, ands, or butts: Tanner Health
System declared it would be 100 percent
tobacco free beginning Jan. 1.
From Jan. 1 on, no tobacco use of any
kind is permitted anywhere on the health
system’s four hospital campuses - Tanner
Medical Center, Carrollton, Tanner
Medical Center, Villa Rica, Higgins
General Hospital in Bremen and the inpa-
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Under the new health system policy,
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lished “tobacco-free perimeter,” inside of
which all tobacco use will be prohibited.
The health system has had a tobacco-
free policy in place for more than 20 years
- since 1991 - but the policy was con
cerned only with smoking inside the sys
tem’s facilities.
Last year, the policy was extended to
prohibit tobacco use anywhere on the
health system’s grounds, but only for
Tanner employees. Each Tanner hospital
continued to provide an outdoor space for
patients and visitors to use tobacco.
forfull story: www.stamewsga.com
WWGA (98.9 FM) unveils
new music format
Following a successful launch as
“Christmas 98.9”, WWGA (98.9 - FM)
announced Sunday that its new permanent
music format is classic hits. The New
Great Classics 98.9 enjoyed one of the
strongest debuts in West Georgia history
by playing 10,000 songs in a row uninter
rupted, starting at 12:01 a.m. on December
27,2010.
WWGA -officially launched in
November with a Christmas music format.
Gradick Communications President Steve
Gradick was pleased wih the initial
response from the public.
Great Classics 98.9 is poud to be the
only West Georgia FM radb station offer
ing clutter-free music from artists such as
Journey, Aerosmith, Heart Steve Miller
Band, Queen, Creedence Clearwater
Revival, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elton John,
Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, The Rolling
Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Tom
Petty, ZZ Top, and Billy Joel, just to name
a few. After the initial 10,000 songs in a
row, mornings on Great Classics 98.9 will
be anchored by Bobby Gaines, and Keith
Edwards will hold down the afternoon
slot.
WWGA is a full six-thousand watt sta
tion whose studio is located at 102
Parkwood Circle alongside sister stations
B-92 Country and Kiss 102.7. Other
Gradick Communications stations include
News Talk 1330 (WLBB) and the 50,000
watt AM-1060, King Country (WKNG).
for full story: www.stamewsga.com
BOE passes resolution to vote
on SPLOST extension
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The Carroll County Board of Education
passed a resolution to request (of the
Georgia Legislature) a referendum for the
citizens of Carroll County to vote on the
extension of the SPLOST (Special Local
Option Sales Tax), which would continue
the addition of $0.01 tax to every dollar
spent in Carroll County.
The proceeds would fund education
facilities in Carroll County, with a portion
going to Carrollton City Schools and
Bremen City Schools, because part of their
land lies within Carroll County.
A few changes were made from the
original SPLOST proposal. Several pro
jects were moved from Tier II to Tier I,
which raised the maximum bond figure
from $77 million to $78.2 million.
According to Chief Financial Officer
Greg Denney, most SPLOST funds
(between 30% and 40%) come from
sources other than Carroll County resi
dents. Whereas, if an increase in millage
rates becomes necessary, all funding will
come from Carroll County property
owners.
for full story: www.stamewsga.com
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