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770-214-9900 • P.O. Box 680/961 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA
MARCH 6, 2011
Carroll EMC
Operation
Roundup sign up
deadline April 1
from press release
Operation Round Up®
Impact Grant applications will
be accepted through April 1.
Area organizations and
projects whose primary
purpose is to improve the
quality of life for residents in
communities within our
service area may apply.
Grant recipients will be
announced in July.
Applications are available to
download on www.cemc.com.
Apply today.
$100,000 for
Carrollton Housing
Authority’s
abstinence
education program
from press release
The Carrollton Housing
Authority has been awarded
funding through the Governor’s
Office of Children and Families
for abstinence until marriage
education services for commu
nity youth.
This new funding, $100,000
for a nine month period, will
allow the housing authority to
“continue providing abstinence
education and other youth
development services in and
around low socioeconomic
neighborhoods, to community
schools, churches and other
youth serving organizations,”
according to AEP Coordinator,
Brandolynn Marenco.”
The Abstinence Education
Program (AEP), formed 1998,
recently lost its primary source
of funding to over 700 youth.
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Decision on Carroll County becoming its
own health district tabled by commission
by Sam Gentry the Georgia Department of health department be removed
The Carroll County Board of Community Health draft legisla-
Commissioners voted at their tion so as to mandate that the
Tuesday, March 1 meeting to Carroll County Board of Health
table a resolution requesting that and its corresponding public
from District 4 and be assigned to
its own, independent district.
The vote came on the heels of a
See TABLED page 5
VOLUME 17 NUMBER 3
The Carroll County
Board of Elections
has a new website
goto
etections.carrollcountyga.com
to view the election calendar,
to find out when and where you
can vote, and to keep up with
the latest local election results.
School superintendents ask voters to
pass educational SPLOST on March 15
by Sam Gentry
The League of Women Voters
hosted Carroll County Schools
Superintendent Scott Cowart and
Carrollton City Schools
Superintendent Kent Edwards at
their regular meeting on Feb 28.
The two presented a case in favor
of the educational SPLOST tax,
E-SPLOST IV, which is to be
voted on March 15.
Both school systems would
benefit greatly if the referendum
See E-SPLOST page 5
Technology giant, Wipro,
Ltd., considering locating
to county’s tech park
submitted by Carroll County
Communication Coordinators
Despite a flurry of weather-
related delays in recent weeks,
Jacqueline Dost, executive director of Keep Carroll Beautiful, stands in the midst of a
myriad of recycled art supplies. SCRAP - Source for Community Recycled Artistic
Products - wants your old stuff! See page 18. Photo by Sue Horn
work on the Carroll County
Technology Park is moving full
steam ahead, and it should be
wholly complete by sometime
this summer.
All this week, crews have been
hard at work leveling and com
pacting the area just off of the
Carrollton 166 Bypass.
According to project manager
Randy Simpkins, this initial grad
ing will last into the spring. Once
that work is complete, all that
stands between companies laying
See TECH PARK page 41
Interest strong
in Carroll
County
winemaking
from press release
The Vineyard and Winery
Association of West Georgia’s
recent board meeting further
paved the way for Carroll County
to return to its winemaking roots.
A Carroll County vineyard and
wine industry would certainly
reaffirm the area’s commitment to
sustainable agriculture. A feasibil
ity study carried out by the
University of Georgia Center for
Agribusiness and Economic
See VINEYARDS page 50
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