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Newspaper Page TextW CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA'S ONL StarNews CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA'S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED LOCALLY OPERATED NEWSPAPER Annual Special! “Who’s Junior Carroll?” 2020 beginning page 9 Dr. Ralph Templeton “Coronavirus” see pages 2 & 34 NEWS REPORTING / NEWS RECAP / NEWS ANALYSIS APRIL 2020 • VOLUME 26 NUMBER 4 www.starnewsgaonline.com I StarNews monthly traditional print publication/ StarNews Online daily local news Message to the citizens of Carroll County from State Senator Mike Dugan For many of us, life has drastically changed since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Our regular routines of going to work or school, Dugan going out to eat with family, and physically attending worship services have been postponed for the immediate future. Perhaps most unsettling, however, is not knowing exactly when life will return to normal. While these may be uncertain times, we have significant hope for the days ahead. See State Senator Mike Dugan page 6 Message to the citizens of Carroll County from Sheriff Terry Langley As Sheriff of Carroll County, it is my job to make sure our citizens are taken care of and protected daily. There are always new challenges and Langley hurdles, but we train, we prepare, and we conquer. COVID-19 has provided us with a challenge no one saw coming and we are learning how to cope and continue to provide our services to the community with every passing day, as we want to be See Sheriff Terry Langley page 6 Primary Election date now June 9th COVID-19 Primary combined with the postponed March 24th Presidential Preference Primary and local E-SPLOST referendum by Sue Horn / Prissi Sullivan The statewide General Primary/Presidential Preference Primary Election has been changed from Tuesday, May 19th to Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger made this change pursuant to the authority vested in him by O.C.G.A. § 21-2- 50.1. This decision was announced one day after Governor Brian Kemp extended the cur rent public health state of emergency until May 13, 2020. Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan and Speaker of the House David Ralston con- State Court Judge CANDIDATES See Page 28 District 5 Commission CANDIDATES See Page 29 School Board CANDIDATES See beginning Page 8 curred in the Governor’s extension of the state of emergency. See PRIMARY JUNE 9th page 8 mi up A good sign: empty patient tents outside of hospital emergency entrance Four white patient overflow tents stand empty the week of April 8th outside of Tanner’s emergency entrance, Carrollton. The tents were erected in anticipation of more COVID-19 patients than the hospital could handle inside. Despite a recent “failing grade” from an online media source, it appears that Carroll County citizens have been effectively social distancing. At press time, the county has had a total of 310 positive cases, with a population estimate of 117,000. Photo by Sue Horn How our government, businesses, community have responded to the novel virus’ disruption by Prissi Sullivan On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus a “Pa ndemic”, which is defined as “the worldwide spread of a new disease.” At that time, there were more than See COVID-19 page 35 Hospital now offers “televisits” to screen for COVID symptoms Data would aid in accurate case numbers for our region from press release Tanner Health System is expand ing testing for COVID-19 to gain a better understanding of how wide spread the vims is in the region. The health system now offers televisits See HOW MANY? page 33 Census 2020: Census field data activity to resume - with proper social distancing - June 1st from press release The 2020 Census is underway with more than 70 million house holds responding to date. This rep resents approximately 48% of all households in America. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Census Bureau is adjusting 2020 Census operations in order to: - protect the health and safety of the American public and Census Bureau employees. See CENSUS page 33 DON’T MISS AN ISSUE! READ DIGITAL MONTHLY IS S U U PR / NT EDITIONS on www.starnewsgaonline.com G © LIKE US at facebook.com/ StarNewsGaOnline PINTEREST Sherryreynolds.StarNews FOLLOW US on TWITTER @starnewswga contact us at: suehorn.starnews@gmail.com waynereynolds.starnews@ gmail.com ABSENTEE VOTING BY MAIL FACEBOOK: ERNESPREYNOLDS'* HSt^treyn^[[Hs2di1>92^qmailYclm' IrhonMoM! it ERNEST “IRNIE” * REYNOLDS DISTRICT 5 ★ COMMISSIONER* CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP •TRANSPARENCY •ACCOUNTABILITY •RESPONSIVENESS •BUDGET CONTROLS •34-YEAR CAREER/DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN STATE DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS •40 YEARS IN RURAL CARROLL COUNTY •ENTIRE LIFE-AGRICULTURAL LIFESTYLE •LIVE ON 100 +ACRE FARM •DEDICATED FAMILY & CHRISTIAN VALUES •COLLEGE GRADUATE - MAGNA CUM LAUDE •COURT MEDIATOR FOR MAGISTRATE COURT •EMT & NURSING LICENSES DURING COLLEGE THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

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StarNews. (Carrollton, GA) 20??-current, April 19, 2020, Image 1