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February 2014
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VOLUME 20 NUMBER 2
NFL’s legendary coach/player
Dan Reeves scheduled speaker
at OMA fundraiser March 22nd
Election dates change in 2014, as do
qualifying dates and runoff dates
from press release
The 26th annual Oak
Mountain Academy Auction/
Gala is scheduled for Saturday,
March 22, 2014, at The Centre’
in Douglasville, GA. NFL legen
dary coach and player Dan
Reeves will be the guest speaker
for this year’s Gala. This annual
fundraiser supports OMA’s ongo
ing mission of academic excel-
See DAN REEVES page 24
by Carole Scott
In 2012, United States filed a
case against the State of Georgia
and its Secretary of State, Brian
Kemp, for a violation of the
Uniformed and Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act of
1986. This act requires ballots be
mailed to overseas citizens/voters
at least 45 days before an elec
tion. The 21 days between a pri
mary election in July in Georgia
and any runoff in August made it
impossible to meet that time
frame. As a result, congressional
See NEW DATES page 7
Candidate qualifying March 3-7
Primary Election May 20
Primary Runoff July 22
General Election Nov. 4
General Election runoff Dec. 2
Federal office runoff Jan. 6
Paul G. Cooper Past Temple mayor and past Temple Timothy Hill, from Hull, Georgia,
Memorial
Scholarship
Randall Crumbley, president of
the Carroll County Farm Bureau,
has announced they are now
accepting applications for the Paul
G. Cooper Memorial Scholarship.
Deadline is February 28,2014.
This is a general scholarship
See PA UL COOPER page 20
Smoking ban
at university
includes e-cigs
by Carole Scott
Over 1,000 colleges and univer
sities have implemented tobacco
and/or smoke free policies. In
2014, Georgia may add 31 more to
this number because a draft of a
proposed Tobacco and Smoke
See SMOKING page 6
Carrollton Elementary
begins Advanced
Learning Program
from press release
The Advanced Learning
Program is a new initiative to be
implemented next school year
exclusively at Carrollton
Elementary School. Students cur
rently in kindergarten, first, or sec
ond grades are eligible to enroll
See CARROLLTON page 8
police chief have joined forces to
form a private investigation service
by Prissi Sullivan embark on an exciting new ven-
Recent past mayor of Temple, ture: the world of private investi-
Rick Ford, and past chief of gations. Their new business,
police of Temple, Tim Shaw, Georgia Investigative Agency, is
have again joined forces to See RICK FORD page 42
is Temple’s new city manager
LEPD awards its first environmental
excellence recognition to Southwire
The West Georgia Regional Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC) awards its first Environmental
Excellence Award to Southwire Company. Shown above left
to right are Jodie Prater, Tim Padgett, Reggie Jarrell, Becky
Cranford, Paul Sims, Danny Fowler.
Founded in 1999, the West Georgia Regional LEPC serves
the community as a liaison between the citizens, industries
See ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE page 7
by Prissi Sullivan
Timothy Hill first day as city
manager of Temple was
Tuesday, December 16,2013.
Hill has a Master’s Degree in
Public Administration from
Valdosta State College and four
and a half years’ experience in
city government. He was town
manager in Greenville, Florida;
deputy mayor in Minneola,
Florida; and city manager in
Nashville, Georgia. Hill also
worked for the State of Georgia
in the Department of Family and
Children Services. Altogether, he
has a total of seven years in gov
ernment work and grant writing.
Before coming to the area,
Hill was selling Christian books
and Bibles for Rollins Pilot, Inc.
Trojan football
coach to retire
from press release
Rayvan Teague, head coach of
the Carrollton Trojans football
program for 12 seasons, has
announced plans to retire this
spring. Teague came to
Carrollton in 2002. Under his
leadership, the Trojans compiled
a record of 127-27, won five
See COACH page 7
See related Temple City
Council story page 36: Police
chief resigns morning after
tumultuous public meeting
Noting a decline in sales in that
industry, he accepted the opportu
nity offered by the city of Temple.
See TEMPLE page 33
New law may
allow China
grown chicken
to be sold in US
by Carole Scott
Chicken is mighty big both in
Georgia and Carroll County.
Georgia is the nation’s chicken
capital, and Carroll County was
the state’s 7th largest producer of
broilers in 2012. In 2007, livestock
sales accounted for 98% of the
market value of Carroll’s farm
products, and 92% of these sales
were accounted for by poultry and
eggs. Meat accounts for 39% of
Georgia’s agricultural exports.
China recently nosed out the
United States as the world’s largest
chicken consuming nation.
See CHINA GROWN
CHICKEN MEAT page 7
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