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StarNews
July 2015 • VOLUME 21 NUMBER 7
“Not just what happened - but what matters’
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West Georgia Technical College’s
Black Tie & Boots fundraiser
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State School
Superintendent
Richard Woods:
has plans to get
classroom control
back to teachers
Water authority
reports above
normal water levels
Snake Creek Water Treatment
Plant operating at 59% capacity:
4.71 million gallons per day
County board of
education adopts new
budget; hangs hopes
on new SPLOST
passing in November
Superintendent visited
Carroll County in June
by Lee Tucker
State School Superintendent Richard Woods
spoke concerning the direction of education in
Georgia at the Carroll County TEA Party’s
recent monthly meeting held Tuesday evening,
June 16th in the Tracy Stallings building,
North White Street, Carrollton. There were
about 30 people in attendance, including State
See STATE SUPERINTENDENT page 23
by Prissi Sullivan
Carroll County Water Authority meets for
their monthly meeting on June 18, 2015.
Executive Director Matt Windom presented the
Authority with the monthly status report.
The active customer base was 17,163. The
Snake Creek Water Treatment Plant operated at
59% of its capacity, processing an average of
4.71 million gallons per day. The total system
production was 4.76 million gallons per day~
4.59 mgd from the water treatment plant and
0.17 mgd from groundwater wells.
by Prissi Sullivan
The Carroll County Board of
Education approved a budget of
$110,593,266.69 for the 2015-2016 year.
Income is projected to be $110,590,463,
while expenses are expected to reach
See COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD page 25
Southwire expanding
high-voltage cable
production: buys
facility in NC
See WATER AUTHORITY page 26
from press release
Southwire Company has signed an
agreement with ABB, Inc., to purchase a
See SOUTHWIRE page 27
Is Hayleigh’s Hope
a hopeless act?
Medical marijuana legal usage does
not solve obstacle of obtaining legally
Page 15
All Georgia 4th graders
to receive personal copy
of the Constitution
Thanks to Georgia Public Policy
Foundation fundraiser
Tanner completes $5.8M in cancer center improvements
Tanner Health System has invested $5.8 million in technological upgrades and physical
improvements to its Roy Richards, Sr. Cancer Center. See page 12 for full story.
by Lee Tucker
State School Superintendent Richard
Woods continues to work on improving
the education of Georgia students by
offering fourth graders their own copy of
the Constitution. This coincides with
Woods’s desire to have all students in
See CONSTITUTION page 26
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