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StarNews
"Faithfully Reporting on What Matters"
DECEMBER 2017 • VOLUME 23 NUMBER 12
www.starnewsga.com
CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA'S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED LOCALLY OPERATED NEWSPAPER
StarNews monthly traditional print publication/StarNews Online daily local news
Tanner opens newest hospital
Tanner Medical Center/East Alabama opened Nov. 14th
Located one mile away, Wedowee Hospital closes same day
Dioxin exposure study: no change
in findings from 2005-2007 testing
Latest CDC testing carried out differently, but no change from
original finding: Southwire participants dioxin levels found to be
on levels with general U.S. population
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_ State of
Carroll 20/7
The 2017 State of Carroll
concludes with: the state of the
county’s fire department and
rescue, economic perspective,
Carrollton City schools,
Southwire Company, and the
City of Carrollton
beginning Page 9
“Making points with
The Guy upstairs”
Jim Wyson - columnist
“Chicken Farmers, Egg
Farmers and Aphorisms”
Ed Wilson — columnist
Page 19
from press release
Now open for care: Tanner
Medical Center/East Alabama
It was a bittersweet day in the
town of Wedowee - and certainly,
the sweetness prevailed. At 7 a.m.
Central Time on Tuesday, Nov.
14, 2017, the lights came up and
the covers were pulled from the
bright red “EMERGENCY” signs
at Tanner Medical Center/East
Alabama while just more than a
mile away, staff at Wedowee
Hospital waited for test results and
prepared to transfer the hospital’s
last couple of patients.
By mid-morning, the call went
out on the emergency services
radio: “Last call for Wedowee
Hospital. For 64 years, they have
served this area with professional
care and selfless compassion.
Their dedication to family and
community can never be forgot
ten. Wedowee Hospital has now
answered their last call.”
In the minutes before the first
patient arrived on transfer, hospi
tal staff joined hands near the
ambulance bay and bowed their
heads in prayer, asking for guid-
See TANNER EAST ALA page 33
from press release
Southwire has issued an
announcement that the company
updated its evaluation related to
dioxin testing from 2007, and has
stated that the conclusions are
consistent with results the com
pany has previously shared: that
dioxin levels in Southwire study
participants look more like levels
in the general U.S. population
than levels in other groups with
known exposures to dioxins and
related compounds.
While shutting down its copper
smelter in Carrollton, Georgia in
2000, Southwire clean-up teams
found traces of dioxin in the air
filtering system. Southwire then
commissioned a study to measure
the levels of dioxin and related
compounds in the blood of current
and former employees of its cop
per smelter.
This update comes as a result of
published national blood testing
data from the Centers for Disease
See DIOXIN page 33
Restaurant inspections
Marriage licenses
Pistol Permits Cattle Sales
Page 32
“A lifetime immersed in,
dedicated to agriculture”
Ryan Ayers’ story
by Sam Gentry
Page 26
Christmas tree safety for
an artificial or live tree
Michelle M. Lewis
Family and Consumer Science
Program Assistant, VGA
Extension Carroll County
Page 28
It’s a merry, hairy Christmas at the sheriff’s office
Sheriff Terry Langley and 60 deputies drop the razors and donate big to area charities
Southwire to expand
with 400,000 sq. ft.
facility in Villa Rica:
60 new jobs expected
from press release
Southwire will be expanding its dis
tribution facilities in the west Georgia
area. Adjacent to the company’s exist
ing West Georgia and Retail East
Customer Service Centers in Villa
Rica, a new 400,000 square foot prop-
See 60 NEW JOBS page 23
CarrolltonAlive.com:
newest resource for
local activities/events
Carroll County Sheriff Terry Langley (front row, second from left) has always had a strict
policy concerning facial hair. It was not allowed. However, in November Sheriff Langley came
up with a unique fundraiser idea for some local charities. The Carroll County’s Sheriff’s
Department would allow personnel to grow beards in exchange for donating to charity. Each
deputy would make a donation of $50 to a charity starting on November 5th and they will be
allowed to keep their beards until December 31st.
So the contest began! Razors were dropped by 60 deputies bringing the total to $3,000.
Impact West GA is one of the local charities that received some of these funds. Thank you,
deputies, for your generosity during this season of giving!
from press release
So many events and activities are
now going on in our area. How can
you easily find what you’d like to do?
Now, there’s a way you can.
A new resource for learning of
events and activities in the Carrollton
and West Georgia Area has just been
launched. CarrolltonAlive.com aims to
See CARROLLTONALIVE page 33
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