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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
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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
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