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November 2015 • VOLUME 21 NUMBER 11 “Not just what happened - but what matters”
www.starnewsga.com StarNevvs monthly traditional print publication/ StarNews Online daily local news
Council on Aging
Annual Thanksgiving
Fellowship
Thursday, Nov. 19th
Page 2
Veterans Day
lighted parade
Wed. Nov. 11th
Page 11
Restaurant Inspections
Me, ' p riage Licenses
3l Permits
Southwire’s CEO Stu Thorn
presents annual business
update; introduces incoming
new CEO Rich Stinson
Villa Rica Mayor Collins re-elected
with 76.5%; E-SPLOST passes
with 73.45%; run-off in Carrollton
mayoral race on Dec. 1st
Annual sales for the company have tripled to
more than $5 billion over the last 15 years
by Prissi Sullivan
Southwire Company of Carrollton, North America’s leading
manufacturer or wire and cable used in the distribution and
transmission of electricity, was saying goodbye to Chief
Executive Officer Stu Thom and welcoming incoming president
and soon-to-be CEO Rich Stinson at their annual Business
Update Presentation on Thursday, October 29, 2015. The event
was held at the Carrollton Cultural Arts Center in Carrollton. In
keeping with Southwire’s policy of community involvement,
business leaders, educators, environmentalists, and media were
all in attendance.
See THORN RETIRES page 7
Whitesburg passes package liquor sales: 22 people voted
by Sam Gentry
The Carroll County results of the
November 3rd General Municipal and
Special Election reveal two runoffs, a
couple of landslide victories, and sev
eral close races.
A runoff will be needed to decide
who will win a term as mayor for the
city of Carrollton, with Mike Patterson
receiving 1,013 votes, or 39.65 percent,
and Walt Hollingsworth receiving 818
votes, or 32.02 percent of the vote. In a
race with more than two candidates,
Southwire’s annual “Business Update” presented by outgoing Stu Thorn
At its annual public “Business Update” luncheon, Southwire Company’s CEO Stu Thorn
officially retired. Rich Stinson will replace Thorn, who had lead the company for the past 15
years. See story this page. Photo by Sue Horn Chappell
one must receive 50% plus one
vote to avoid a runoff. Candidate
See ELECTION page 38
Georgia residents
could attend
WGTC tuition-free
through workforce
development grant
from press release
Area residents may attend West
Georgia Technical College
tuition-free thanks to the Georgia
Strategic Industries Workforce
Development Grant, provided
they are eligible for the HOPE
Grant and take courses that teach
job skills that are in high demand
See TUITION FREE page 38
Homeland Security
asks for public’s
help on reporting
human trafficking:
1-888-373-7888
from press release
The U.S. Attorney for the
Middle District of Georgia
announced that 29 defendants
were arrested on human traffick
ing charges during Operation Safe
Haven.
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection’s (CBP) Air and
Marine Operations (AMO) con-
See TRAFFICKING page 38
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