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StarNews
February 2015 • VOLUME 21 NUMBER 2 “Not just what happened - but what matters”
www.starnewsga.com StarNews monthly traditional print publication/StswNews Online daily local news
“Who’s Carroll? 2015”
The people in our
community you
should know about
Page 9
“Young Elvis” at
Valentine’s Day
Rockabilly Show!
Area senior citizens invited
to free luncheon event
Page 32
Restaurant
Inspections
2 local restaurants
earn a 100 score
Page 40
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City schools referendum
scheduled for March 17th
School system asking for approval from voters for $25M
by Sam Gentry
Two referendums are coming up
on the ballot for city voters that will
determine if improvements for
Carrollton City Schools will take
place. Among other advances and
enhancements, the school system is
endeavoring to build a new high
school.
In January, the Carrollton Board of
Education voted to place the first ref
erendum on the March 17, 2015 bal
lot. It concerns the issuing of bonds
that would allow the school system to
proceed with its proposed “capital
See REFERENDUM page 35
City schools superintendent
named to governor’s newly
formed “Education Reform
Commission”-see page 8
The Carroll County School System’s College and Career Academy will be
sending two student teams to the state level in VEX robotics. See story this
page. Photo by Prissi Sullivan
New claims for
unemployment
rose 159% from
Nov. to Dec.
County’s reps
get plum
assignments
4033 new claims
filed in Three Rivers
Region that includes
Carroll County
from press release
The Georgia Department
of Labor announced that the
unemployment rate in the
Three Rivers region - that
includes Carroll County - in
December was 7.1%, up
See UNEMPLOYMENT page 21
College and
Career Academy
robotics teams
to compete at
state level
by Prissi Sullivan
Two Carroll County
College and Career
Academy student teams, so
far, will be competing at the
state level in VEX robotics at
SeeR0R0TICSpage16
Dugan is admin, floor
Ifiader; Hightower is
cnief deputy whip
by Prissi Sullivan
Carroll County citizens
are being well-represented at
the Georgia General
Assembly for the 2015 leg
islative session. Both
Senator Mike Dugan and
Representative Dustin
Si e COUNTY REPS page 16
Bond refinance
saves Villa Rica
taxpayers $6.4M
by Prissi Sullivan
During a special called
Villa Rica City Council
Meeting on January 15,
2015, a bond purchase
agreement approved
between the city and
See$64Mpage2l
“Red Beard Brew Bars”
soap business in Bowdon
by Sunny Kirby
Zeb and Lauren Barnes met in 2010 and fell quickly in
love. Three years ago, they welcomed a son, Finn, into the
world. At the time of Finn’s birth, they were living in
Montana, where Zeb, a U.S. Marine, was working as a
Special Agent for the Department of Justice. Lauren, a self
See RED REARD RRIiW RARS SDAP page 25
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