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VOLUME 19 NUMBER 5
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Annual bike ride
raises funds for
Camp Sunshine
The Roopville Ramble, an
annual cycling event organized by
Georgia Power Plant Wansley
employees Ken Smith and Ricky
Wright, not only raises awareness
See BIKE RIDE page 20
by Carole Scott
Like Georgia’s other public school systems,
those of Carrollton and Carroll County have largely
adopted the Common Core State Standards
(CCSS). This is a set of core standards for kinder
garten through high school in English language
arts, mathematics, and in grades 6-12 literacy in sci
ence, history/social studies, and technical subjects.
The objective of the Common Core is to bring
some commonality to what the nation’s students are
expected to leam and will be tested on.
See COMMON CORE page 6
Water authority: HB 244 would allow students
as young as third grade level to
evalute/survey their teachers
reservoir is six
inches above pool
by Prissi Sullivan
Carroll County Water Authority
by Prissi Sullivan
An education bill pertaining to
Board of Directors met on April annual performance ratings of
i 8, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at 556 Old elementary and secondary school
Bremen Road in Carrollton, teachers, House Bill 244, spon-
Voting members present were sored by Randy Nix of the 69th,
Barry Hulf, Reverend Joe Neal, along with Brooks Coleman of
See CCWA page 30 the 97th, Tom Dickson of the 6th,
County school
board: pull $$
from fund equity
or more cuts?
by Prissi Sullivan
The financial report, submitted
by Chief Financial Officer James
Fulford, seemed to give rise to
some confusion at the Carroll
County Board of Education Work
Session on April 15, 2013, when
Fulford projected a $2.6 - $3 mil
lion budget deficit and an ending
yearly balance in the fund equity
account of $14.1 million.
This is contrary to projections
announced in the fall of 2012 that
indicated a $5.5 to $6.5 million
See COUNTY SCHOOLS page 32
Howard Maxwell of the 17th,
Alisha Morgan of the 39th, and
Margaret Kaiser of the 59th,
passed the 2013 General
Assembly of Georgia. The sum
mary of the bill states that it pro
vides for the “development of
See HOUSE BILL 244page 33
After 87 years, Johnson Electric
Motor Shop changes hands
Chicago-based Dreisilker Electric Motors is
new owner; Lisa Johnson remains manager
Dreisilker Electric Motors, Inc.,
approached the Johnson’s with
Many familiar faces from Johnson Electric Motor Shop, Carrollton, are now part of
Dreisilker Electric Motor Shop, including branch manager Lisa Johnson, shown front second
from right. Leo Dreisilker is shown front third from right. Photo by Sam Gentry
by Sam Gentry
Dreisilker Electric Motors, Inc.
has found a new home in
Carrollton. The Chicago-based
company has purchased Johnson
Electric Motor Shop, an 87-year-
old family-owned business, and is
expanding it’s services and reach
in the electric motor industry.
Lisa Johnson, branch manager
of Dreisilker, said she is excited
about this new chapter in the life
of the company which her grand
father, Aubrey Johnson, founded
in 1926. After returning from
Vietnam, her father, Tom, took
over the business, and Lisa has
been in charge since 2009. She
said several offers were made to
purchase Johnson Electric, but
one stood out.
Leo Dreisilker, president of
not only a monetary offer, but
with business ideals and values
that mirrored that of the Johnson
family. Leo, too, was the succes
sor of a business in which his
father, Henry, founded in 1955 -
one year after coming to America
from Germany to seek new
opportunities. Leo’s son, Matt
(who holds an electrical engineer
ing degree), is now working
alongside his father in the family
business.
“Dreisilker is a family-owned
business much like Johnson
Electric, and that was important
to my Daddy,” Lisa said. “He was
concerned about someone buying
us out and getting rid of the
See DREISILKER page 6
