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Page 4 august 72011 StarNews www, starnewsga. com NEWS RECAP - from stories on the StarNews Online website at www.starnewsga.com Widened road to allow better flow of school traffic Carrollton City Mayor Wayne Gamer, along with City Manager Casey Coleman, City Council members Mandy Maierhofer and Gerald Byrd, City School Board Member Jimmy Pope, Carroll County Commission Chairman Bill Chappell, Public Works Superintendent Charles Pope, and District Commissioner Trent North recently cut the ribbon to officially open the newly widened and improved Ben Scott Boulevard, Carrollton. The much-needed improvement to the side road will allow easier and smoother morning and afternoon school traffic flow. All of the city’s schools - elementary, middle, junior high, high school - and athletic fields are located on this one road. Traffic has backed up onto the bypass twice a day during the school year for several years, as well as during fall football games. Widening and lane addition will help offset the traffic overflow and decrease the time it takes to drop students off or pick them up. for photo go to www.stamewsga.com Budget amendments The Carroll County Board of Commissioners met at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, in the Commission Chambers at the David Perry Administration Building in Carrollton for their regular meeting. At the meeting, the board voted to advertise an amendment to the FY 2011-12 budget that adds back items that were voted down as attached amendments at the previous BOC meeting. In June, District 5 Commissioner Kevin Jackson made a motion to approve the fiscal year budget with amendments attached that removed two communications coordinator positions, a grant to Re-Entry Inc. (a program designed to help prisoners re-enter society - formerly under the control of the NAACP), and a project manager position. The commissioners voted 4-3 to approve the budget with these amendments. At the July 19 meeting, however, District 4 Commissioner John Wilson made a motion to advertise for an amendment to the budget that would add back these items and increase the community development budget by $97,527 while decreasing the contingency. District 6 Commissioner George Chambers, who had voted to pass the budget with these items removed in attached amendments in June, seconded the motion. Wilson, Chambers, Commission Chairman Bill Chappell, and District 1 Commissioner Trent North voted in favor, while District 2 Commissioner Vicki Anderson and District 3 Commissioner Ashley Hendrix voted against it. Commissioner Jackson was not present at the meeting. Three Rivers unemployment rises: includes Carroll County The Georgia Department of Labor recently said that the preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in the Three Rivers area increased to 11.6 percent in June, up nine-tenths of a percentage point from a revised 10.7 percent in May. The jobless rate in the Three Rivers area in June a year ago was 11.1 percent. The lowest area rate, at 8.0 percent, was recorded in Warner Robins, while the highest, at 12.8 percent, was in the Heart of Georgia-Altamaha area near Dublin. Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent in June, up one-tenth of a percentage point from a revised 9.8 percent in May. The state’s jobless rate was 10 percent in June a year ago. see chart and full story this edition page 10 “Pickin’ at the Park” at John Tanner County Park John Tanner Parkonce again played host to “Pickin’ at the Park,” featuring the classic rock stylings of Carroll County’s very own Hogwild Band. The event, which ran from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, July 29, was sponsored by the Carroll County Parks Department and Carroll County Communications. Free freeze pops were provided to guests. This will be a regular event. For future concert details, call 678-449-7004. Four Carroll County School awarded grants for nutrition Carroll County School nutrition announced that four of the system’s elementary schools applied for and were awarded grants to participate in the Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program offered by USDA. The schools receiving this honor are Bowdon Elementary, Sharp Creek Elementaiy, Villa Rica Elementary, and Whitesburg Elementary. The Fresh Fmit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) provides all children within the participating schools a variety of free fresh fruits and vegetables each day. The goal of the FFVP is to create healthier school environments by providing: o A healthy snack option o Expanding the students experience and knowledge of fresh fruits and vegetables o Increasing the students consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables o Making a difference in a student’s diet and impacting their present and future health o Nutrition education students on the importance of consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables. Carrollton Mainstreet member receives Pampered Chef award Mindy Mussell Banks, Carrollton, GA resident and Independent Advanced Director with The Pampered Chef - the premier direct seller of high quality kitchen tools and stylish entertaining pieces - received Excellence Awards for her sales at the company’s national conference in Chicago. Banks and other Consultants who achieved outstanding success were honored during the company’s national conference in July. 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