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StarNews www.starnewsga.com Th ^:r.;..” " c 300 EO RG' aN mqT SiisGM” 6 ®- 5002 , . See Page 22 770-214-9900 • P.O. Box 680 30112/961 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30117 SEPTEMBER 2013 500 StarNews monthly publication /StarNews Online www.starnewsga.com VOLUME 19 NUMBER 9 Burson Center among top 10 The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) has included West Georgia’s Burson Center among the top ten successful programs in the 2013 edition of Best Practices in Rural Business Incubation: Successful Programs in Small Communities. See BURSON CENTER page 7 Carrollton water/ wastewater awarded from press release The City of Carrollton is pleased to announce that water plant superintendent Constance “Connie” Nelms is the recipient of the 2013 Georgia Association of Water Professionals (GAWP) Elizabeth McEntire Award. See CARROLLTON AWARD page 7 Southwire studying updated data on dioxin blood levels from press release Southwire Company officials are analyzing newly released data from a national survey of dioxin like compounds in participants’ blood and comparing the findings with those from a study of employees the company con ducted six years ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published data from its National Health and Nutrition Examination (NHANES) survey, which measures levels of many different chemicals, including dioxin-like compounds, in the blood of the general United States See UPDATED DATA page 7 Candidates for Nov. 5th city elections Qualifying has ended for the November 5th Carroll County municipal elections. While many candidates are running unop posed, others are facing several challengers. In the race for Carrollton City Council seats, Mike Patterson, incumbent for Ward 2 and a local real estate salesman, is facing two opponents: Don McKenzie and Wes Phillips. McKenzie is a retiree and Phillips is the owner of Phillips Paint and Body Shop. Ward 1 incumbent Gerald Byrd (an education artist) is being chal lenged for his seat by Anita Jones, an economic development See CANDIDATES page 11 County school board votes to give $1.9M school, 4.02 acres, and school contents to church: board gets 0.59 acre of football field School board member who voted for swap is also church's board of trustees chairman Elementary building, 4.02 acres of land, and existing contents to the church in exchange for 0.59 acre of land currently being used as a football field by the school system. According to the Carroll County Tax Assessors website, the school and property value is $1,902,495 ($1.9 million). The existing contents - the value undetermined at press time - See SWAP page 8 by Prissi Sullivan At the May 16, 2013 meeting, the Carroll County Board of Education (BOE) voted on an agreement proposed by the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in which Carroll County BOE would deed the old Mt. Zion OMA invites public to Sept. 11 event by Sunny Kirby Each school year at Oak Mountain Academy (OMA) is based around a central theme. This year, the staff and students will be celebrating the heroes who are among us each and every day. Beginning with September, See OMA page 22 Roopville 28th Homecoming Sat., Sept. 21st The 28th Homecoming Festival in downtown historic Roopville, Georgia, will be held Saturday, Sept. 21. The public is invited to attend and enjoy. See ROOPVILLE page 10 30th Annual “Fall Festival” at McIntosh Reserve Rivers Alive Cleanup seeking participants Catch a train ride at Villa Rica’s Pine Mountain Gold Museum Pine Mountain Gold Museum, 1881 Stockmar Road, Villa Rica, now offers train rides. The train runs one mile around the park. Rides are available to the public at $5 per person. The museum also offers sold nannins. walking tours and a history museum. Photo by Sunny Kirby by Kirby Sprewell McIntosh Reserve is gearing up for two of the park’s annual events: the Rivers Alive Cleanup and the 30th Annual Fall Festival. Both events are guaranteed to bring your family fun, while helping the environment or learning something new. The first event on McIntosh’s September calendar is the 13th Annual Rivers Alive Cleanup to be held Saturday, Sept. 14 beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending around lunchtime. Georgia Power See McINTOSH page 10 Serving Carrol County and Surrounding Area for Over 25 years! 3 Bankhead Hwy * Carrolltor $ 36 95 oil "^CHANGE include^T^ r% 1 exterior wash! • Brake Semces • Tune-ups » Repairs • Other Maintenance 770-836-1515 “i
