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NOVEMBER 2018 • VOLUME 24 NUMBER 11 CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA'S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED LOCALLY OPERATED NEWSPAPER
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Michelle Lewis
dies from injuries in
automobile accident
Carroll County’s UGA
Extension program assistant
« by Sam Gentry
Carroll County
lost a beloved
citizen in October
with the passing
of Michelle
Marion Lewis.
Lewis, age 61,
died from injuries
l sustained in an
Lewis automobile acci
dent on Tuesday, morning, October
16,2018.
A native of New Haven,
Connecticut Michelle graduated
from James Hillhouse High School
and studied visual arts at New
England College where she received
a Bachelor of Arts in 19& .Aiicnelle
was an educator, Master Gardner,
activist, volunteer, and breast cancer
survivor.
She was a highly respected and
well thought of member of the com
munity, and to know her was to love
her, according to her friends and
family.
Paula Burke, Carroll County
Extension Coordinator, was a col
league and friend of hers for many
years. She recently spoke of
Michelle’s intelligence and kind
heart.
“For 14 years, Michelle Lewis
served the Carroll County commu
nity with her knowledge and enthu
siasm in the area of Family and
Consumer Sciences and horticulture
at UGA Extension,” Burke said.
“She loved meeting new people,
helping them with their questions,
and seeing them improve their lives.
She always had a smile, would give
you a big hug, and always had time
to listen. It’s been said, Michelle
never met a stranger. The UGA
See MICHELLE LEWIS page 31
Restaurant inspections
Who passed? Who failed?
Where are you eating this week?
Marriage Licenses • Births
Pistol Permits • Cattle Sales
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Georgia farmers face more
than $2 billion in losses
from Hurricane Michael
Pecans, cotton, peanuts, poultry,
livestock, timber
by Sharon Dowdy, CAES News
Hurricane Michael blew across southwest
Georgia on Oct. 10, causing at more than $2
billion in losses to the state’s agriculture
industry, according to early estimates from
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
agricultural economists and Extension agents.
See FARM LOSSES page 23
Villa Rica City Council
cancels future work
sessions; two meetings
per month instead
Council and mayor pay increases as per diem
per meeting is more than a work session
by Prissi Sullivan
Reporter
In October 2018, the city of Villa Rica
began holding two city council meetings and
no work session, which had been approved at
the council meeting of September 4th. Instead
See NO WORK SESSIONS page 26
County helps Boy Scout earn his Eagle rank
Shown above right is 17 year old Sidney Stone of Boy Scout Troop #138 with Ben
Skipper, Director of Community Development and Parks for Carroll County. Stone
worked on his Eagle Scout project at Britt Robinson Memorial Hall (the Clem
Community Center). As explained by Ben Skipper, Stone acted as the project
manager for the construction of two additional picnic tables and grills for the
facility. “He planned the project, received approval, solicited donations raising the
money, and did the construction,” stated Skipper. Continued on Page 7
2018 General Election
State’s insurance commissioner
and labor commissioner both
hail from Carroll County, GA
Jim Beck, Carroll County, elected
State Insurance Commissioner
Mark Butler, Carroll County, re-elected
State Labor Commissioner
by Sam Gentry
StarNews / General Manager
The numbers are in for the November 6,
2018 General Election, and the results reveal
a largely Republican win statewide and
Republican wins by big margins in Carroll
County. Two Carroll County residents, Jim
See GENERAL ELECTION page 34
Quest continues to
“Free Christina Boyer”
Georgetown Law expresses interest
in taking on case for Exoneree Class
by Sam Gentry
StarNews / General Manager
Distinguished photographer/ photojour
nalist/artist/philanthropist/writer Jan
Banning is back in the I
United States from The
Netherlands to continue
his quest to help free a
woman he believes was
wrongly incarcerated
over 26 years ago.
Banning believes
Christina Boyer, who
has been in Pulaski
Women’s Prison in
Hawkinsville, Georgia for the death of her
three-year-old daughter, Amber, has been
unquestionably wrongfully imprisoned.
As stated in the June print edition of
StarNews (visit stamewsgaonline.com for
Banning
JAN BANNING page 8
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