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April 2015 • VOLUME 21 NUMBER 4 “Not just what happened - but what matters ”
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Bruce Tidaback
County schools
hire new director
of transportation
Page 20
Retired president &
CEO for Chick-fd-A
to speak locally
Page 12
Old Time County Fair
and Farm Days!
Little Tallapoosa Park
Sun. April 18th & Sat. 19th
Grand Prize Drawing for
1953 John Deere 40T!
Page 9
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Referendum
E asses; new
igh school
in the works
by Lee Tucker
The General Obligation
Bond Referendum to build a
new high school for the
Carrollton City school sys
tem passed on March 17.
The ballot passed with a
nearly 87% vote and only
11% turnout. The city
schools board of education
called a board meeting on
See CITY SCHOOLS page 17
New county
elections
superintendent
Third superintendent
in three years
by Prissi Sullivan
The Carroll County
Board of Commissioners
has appointed Greg Rigby
as Carroll County Elections
Supervisor. Rigby began
work March 18, 2015.
Rigby replaced Leslie
Robinson, who had resigned
See ELECTIONS page 17
County school board votes to take
funds from instruction to buy land
Board members Bart Cater and Sandra Morris vote against;
Denise Pate casts “yes” vote from Dubai through Skype
by Prissi Sullivan
and Sue Horn Chappell
At the Carroll County Board of
Education meeting held Thursday,
March 19, 2015, the board voted to
move money from the General Fund,
specifically “Instruction”, to put
towards buying land for an E-SPLOST
project.
Voting to approve this transfer of
funds were board members Dr. Jon
Anderson, Donald Nixon, Denise
Askin Pate (who voted through Skype
from Dubai), Chris Gammon, and Rob
See COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD page 25
HOPE Scholarship
now more difficult to
obtain-see page 14
School Board Appreciation Week in Georgia
Governor Nathan D eal proclaimed the week of March 16-20, 2015 as “School Board
Appreciation Week” :in Georgia. Left to right are CarroU County Board of Education
members Rob Cleveland, Bart Cater, Sandra Morris, Dr. Jon Anderson, Donald Nixon and
Chris Gammon (not shown is Denise Askin Pate) who each received a certificate from
Superintendent Scott C owart in recognition of their service. Photo by Sue Horn Chappell
Past Temple
mayor sues city
by Prissi Sullivan
Rick Ford, past mayor of Temple, has filed
a Complaint for Damages against the City of
Temple; Mayor Lester Harmon, Council
Members Howard Walden and Penny
Ransom, Deborah McIntosh, in their official
and individual capacity; along with citizens
Linda Walden and Dawn Adkins, in Superior
Court on March 30, 2015. This civil action is
for “Defamation including libel, slander, and
See TEMPLE LAWSUIT page 17
Temple hires another
temporary city manager
by Prissi Sullivan
Carter Crawford began as interim city
administrator for the City of Temple on
March 23rd, and plans to serve four to six
months. He replaced Jim Baxley who was
temporary city manager for several months
ending December 2014. Crawford retired
See TEMPORARY MANAGER page 20
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