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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 like us at facebooftLcom/ StarttewsGaOitline O r £ §*- ft ft x H £ £ H O H ft o 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 FOR THE BEST IN CUSTOMER SERVICE and ALL YOUR VEHICLE NEEDS- JACKIE CLAYTON C4U OR STOP IN TO SEE HER' 404-558-7732 OT-SJZ-FORD cJaytonj! 28® yahoo.com IN WEST GA AND ALABAMA! MON-SAT 10 -6 PM 678-664-0610 FuU _ 97® lay's Mill Rw«. C irrollton. BA ^page @AM PfffiMTE SEIF S' MAGE ^ A
