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StarNews
September 2015 • VOLUME 21 NUMBER 9 “Not just what happened - but what matters”
WWW.StameWSga.com Star News monthly traditional print publication / StarNews Online daily local news
Villa Rica hires
new Main Street
program manager
Christoper Pike is from Albany,
GA and replaces Kizzy Howell
who had been hired in May
by Prissi Sullivan
Christopher Pike came to Villa Rica as the
Main Street Program Manager on August 24,
2015. Pike is from Albany, Georgia where he
served as Ward III Commissioner and then
Mayor pro-tem on the Albany City Council.
Pike replaces Kizzy Howell who resigned
recently after having been hired in May.
Pike has 15 plus years experience in busi-
See MAIN STREET MANAGER page 41
WGTC hires
director of “High
School Initiatives”
New position will work directly
with high school administrators,
students and parents
from press release
As Georgia expands pathways for students
to attend college during high school, West
Georgia Technical College has named Kevin
Cain as Director of “High School Initiatives” to
directly interface with local school systems.
Cain, who has served as Director of
Institutional Advancement since 2006, began
his new role September 1, reporting to Provost
Dr. Perrin Alford and overseeing WGTC’s
See WGTC NEW DIRECTOR page 41
Carrollton Mayor
Garner withdraws
from race; Bowdon
Mayor Crawford
leaves post
Villa Rica Mayor Jay Collins
faces two opponents
by Sam Gentry
Qualification for the November 3rd
General Election is now complete for the
municipalities in Carroll County. Many
See CANDIDATES page 42
County school board
wants $98M SPLOST:
$31M of that to pay
off bonds from
overspending on prior
SPLOST projects
by Prissi Sullivan
In a 5 to 1 vote, Carroll County Board
of Education passed a concurrent resolu
tion calling for a called election on
See OVERSPENT $31M page 43
School bus arm law
violation fines net
county school board
$22,610 for budget
by Prissi Sullivan
Carroll County Schools are employing
a more efficient method of making sure
drivers obey the school bus stop arm law:
See SCHOOL BOS ARM LAW page 42
The Institute for Imagination located at 119 Bradley Street, Carrollton
Arts for All, Inc. is a new non-profit organization founded by artist, educator and city
councilman Gerald Byrd (shown above center, back). See story and more photos page 46.
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