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August 2014
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VOLUME 20 NUMBER 8
“Bright Ideas” grants
from Carroll EMC
Carroll EMC will accept
applications for “Bright Ideas”
grants through September 15,
2014. Public school teachers
may apply for grants of up to
$1,000 for educational projects
in the classroom. Applications
are available at carrollemc.com
Villa Rica’s Golden
City Lions Club
admitted to
Lions Hall of Fame
by Prissi Sullivan
Lions Past District Governor
Tom Jackson attended the June
11, 2014, meeting of the Villa
Rica Golden City Lions Club
to present several awards and to
induct the new slate of officers.
Jackson had accepted the
awards for the club at the
annual convention held in
Macon, Georgia. Jackson was
proud to announce that the
Golden City Lions Club had
been admitted to the Lions Hall
of Lame.
“This may be a small club,”
stated Jackson, “but it certainly
an active one.”
See GOLDEN CITY page 11
Villa Rica Recreation
baseball wins state
championship
The Villa Rica Recreation
Department 14-year old All-
Star Baseball team won the
Dizzy Dean State
Championship on July 8, 2014
and will proudly represent the
community and the state at the
Dizzy Dean World Series in
Southaven, Mississippi on July
18-24,2014.
Guiding the team to the
championship were coaches
See ALL-STARS page 20
Commission work session: county budget
freshly adopted in June, fire chief requests
funding for 5 more employees; proposal
for liquor sales in county heatedly debated
August 5th commission meeting: board approves of
2 of the 5 fire department’s new employees; liquor
in the county issue removed from meeting’s agenda
by Prissi Sullivan spirits by the drink for consumption on the
At the July 31st Carroll County Board of premises, (2) to permit and regulate the sale
Commissioners work session, County of distilled spirits by the drink on the prem-
Attomey Cynthia Matthews Daly read a ises on Sunday pursuant to state law, and
proposed resolution requesting that the (3) to permit and regulate the package sale
Carroll County Board of Elections call an by retailers of malt beverages and wine on
election to authorize Carroll County to “(1) Sundays between the hours of 12:30 p.m.
permit and regulate the sale of distilled See MORE EMPLOYEES & LIQUOR page 26
RUNOFF RESULTS
Tuesday, July 22nd Primary Runoff results
Carroll County Commission District 4:
Michelle Morgan 995 - John Wilson 977
For statewide race results, go to the Georgia
Secretary of State website at: sos.ga.gov
click on JULY 22nd PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS
Georgia’s voting machines
and voter fraud Part 2
It’s not about prevention, it’s about detection
by Nikole Gianopoulos
In the July 13th edition of StarNews , Part 1 of
DRE voting machines, a 2006 Princeton study con
cluded that DRE voting machines can easily be tam
pered with leading to voter fraud. The Princeton
study stated the tampering could occur in several
ways.
See VOTER FRAUD DETECTION page 11
$30M automotive supplier opens in Carrollton; Governor Deal attends ceremony
Yachiyo of America, LLC’s $30 million manufacturing operation in Carroll County celebrated
a grand opening ceremony on Friday, August 1, 2014. The automotive supplier has completed
the first hiring phase of jobs supporting its Carrollton operation, continued on page 11
Carrollton city council
discuss traffic study
for Adamson Square
by Nikole Gianopoulos
The Mayor and Council of the City
of Carrollton held a work session 2:00
p.m., Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in
the court/council room of the public
safety annex located at 115 West
See CARROLLTON page 18
Highlight your
business at the
chamber’s annual
“Showcase Carroll”
special to StarNews
Businesses throughout Carroll
County will want to claim their space
to be a part of the Carroll County
Chamber of Commerce annual busi
ness expo, known now as Showcase
Carroll. Registration for sponsors and
exhibitors is underway now for the
Tuesday, October 7 event.
See SHOWCASE page 20
