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StarNews
OCTOBER 2016 • VOLUME 22 NUMBER 10
www.starnewsga.com
“Not just what happened - but what matters”
StarNews monthly traditional print publication/StarNews Online daily local i
Farm &
Commerce
A NEW section devoted to
news & information about
Carroll County, GA’s small
businesses, farms,
agribusinesses related
topics & statistics
see separate section
The 1986 VRHS
AAA State Champions
honored by the
Touchdown Club
Page 2
beginning
Page 9
Southwire acquires
United Copper Industries
Page 6
Restaurant inspections
Marriage licenses
Page 41
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Community Foundation
of West Georgia is third
largest in state: $44.9M
from press release
The Community Foundation of West Georgia has been
ranked the third largest community foundation in Georgia
by total annual giving in The Atlanta Business Chronicle’s
annual Giving Guide publication.
See $44.9M page 39
Intersection to be altered: Bankhead
Highway/US 78 and Commerce Drive
In Villa Rica west of State Road 61
from press release
The Georgia Department of Transportation in
cooperation with the City of Villa Rica plans to alter
the intersection at Bankhead Highway/US 78/SR 8 and
See INTERSECTION page 34
Videographer
Dillard Buchanan
questions CCWA
consultants pay
Amount paid is $2500 per month
by Prissi Sullivan
Videographer Dillard Buchanan
questioned the Carroll County Water
Authority (CCWA) about expenditures
for consultants under contract to the
water authority. Chief Executive
Officer Matt Windom explained that
sums paid to these consultants varied
depending on the amount of work they
were performing. Currently, the
amount paid is $2,500 per month.
See CONSULTANT PAY page 32
Bill Chappell, former
county commission
chairman/newspaper
co-founder died
Saturday, Oct 1st
of natural causes
by Prissi Sullivan
Former Carroll
County Commission
Chairman William
Jefferson “Bill”
Chappell, Jr., age 69,
passed away at home
from natural causes
while sleeping early
Saturday morning,
October 1,2016.
Bill Chappell
|roll County is under a Level 1 Drought
^/ie Carroll County lakes are showing the signs of the current drought as water
recede. Above is Richards Lake located off Blandenburg Road, Carrollton.
.gSse and white cranes search the drying, muddy shore for easy prey. See Farm &
J*nmerce section, page 4, for drought related information. Photo by Sunny Kirby
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See BILL CHAPPELL page 29
Third new city
attorney for
City of Temple
by Lee Tucker
The Temple Mayor and City Council
held a special called meeting on
Tuesday, September 27, 2016, to
appoint yet another new city attorney.
See NEW CITY ATTORNEY page 39
Chamber holds business
seminar on current
trends in retail industry
by Prissi Sullivan
The Carroll County Chamber of
Commerce, sponsored by Georgia
Power, Advantage Office Solutions,
and Amy Brown State Farm, offered a
Business Success Seminar to business
owners and citizens on September 21,
2016 from 11:20 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at
The Olive Tree in Villa Rica
Andy Camp, Vice President of
See BUSINESS SEMINAR page 39
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