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FEBRUARY 13, 2022 • VOLUME 28 NUMBER 2
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“You will be amazed at the talent in the cast - over thirty
members of our communities’ 9
Shown above left seated at the piano is the “9 to 5: The Musical” musical director Ed
Thrower. Rehearsing are the three leads Terri Drucker, who plays “Violet”, Abby
Dawkins as “Judy”, and Ginna Blair as “Doralee”. Director Patrick Yuran said, “For
those who have seen the movie, there are many additions to the play you will not want to
miss!” Performance dates are March 4th, 5th, and 6th, and March 11th, 12th, and 13th
at the Carrollton Center for the Arts, downtown Carrollton.
“9 to 5: The Musical” draws strong on local
talent, ready to “amaze, motivate, and inspire”
by Wayne J. Reynolds
Life changing! Motivational! Inspiring!
Enjoyable! These the exciting adjectives
Director Patrick Yuran used to describe the
upcoming production of “9 to 5: The
Musical” opening 7:30 p.m. March 4th for a
two week mn at the Carrollton Center for the
Arts, downtown Carrollton. Yuran, who is
Oak Mountain Academy’s head of school,
said, “You will find the play adds texture and
layering to the characters.” Rehearsals are
ongoing now.
Most are familiar with the plot of the 1980
Hollywood movie “9 to 5” along with the
famous title song written and performed by
musical artist Dolly Parton. The play will be
performed by the Carroll County Community
See “9 to 5: THE MUSICAL” page 4
Fellowship of Christian Athletes reaches 2500+ students
in Carroll, Douglas, Heard, and Flaralson counties
“The bridge between the church and the
by Wayne J. Reynolds
“I love sports and I love Jesus,” said
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) multi
area director Jay Webb. Webb was speaker at
the January 11, 2022 meeting of the Rotary
Club of Carrollton. “Our vision is to see the
world transformed through Jesus by the influ-
school campus”
ence of coaches and athletes. Our mission
statement is similar: to lead every coach and
athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus
Christ and His Church.”
Fellowship of Christian Athletes has a pres
ence on 51 local school campuses in Carroll.
See FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN page 13
Georgia’s new voter
registration system:
improved security
and faster processing
Nothing different for voters as changes will be
made on administrative side of system only
from press release
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Rafifensperger
is partnering with Salesforce, a cloud-based soft
ware company, to build a new voter registration
system on high security servers with faster proc
essing power and the most current technology for
security. MTX Group Inc. (MTX) is the imple
mentation partner for the new voter registration
system.
The voter registration system changes are
entirely on the administrative side. Georgia voters
will not see any difference in their voting experi
ence. This new voter registration system is ranked
by the Heritage Foundation as “the number one
election system in the country for election
security”.
Carroll County, along with the rest of the state,
had changed to paperless electronic voting
See FASTER/SECURE page 20
Solar power growth in
the state and Carroll
County slow, steady
Solar farms, solar panels and net-metering
by Wayne J. Reynolds
According to Energy.gov, the amount of sun
light that strikes the earth’s surface in an hour and
a half is enough to handle the entire world’s
energy consumption for a full year. This figure
gives you an idea of the vast capability of solar
power. The question is how are we doing in
Georgia and Carroll County? In an interview with
StarNews, Jennette Gayer, co-chair of Georgia
Solar Energy Association (GSEA), stated, “As a
comparison, the state of Nevada’s solar energy
capacity is at 15%, which in that area makes
sense. Closer to home, North Carolina is at 6%,
while Georgia’s is at just 2.27%. So, there is
See SOLAR POWER page 7
Qualifying fees
set for Carroll
County’s seats
for commission
and school board
by Janice Daniel and Sue Horn
The Carroll County Board of
Commissioners set qualifying fees for two
Carroll County seats open for the 2022
Elections: Carroll County Board of
Commissioner seats for districts 2, 4, and 6,
and Carroll County School Board seats for
districts 2, 5, and 7. The qualification fee
(cost) for a candidate for a commission seat
was set at S260.96. The cost for a candidate
for a school board seat is S50.00.
The commission seats are partisan; the
school board seats are not.
These fees were set at the January 22,
2022 Special Called Meeting held at 4:00
p.m. chaired by Vice-Chair Montrelle
McClendon.
See QUALIFYING FEES page 6
David Huddleston:
candidate for
House District 72
Newly formed district: 64% of it is
located in Carroll County; 19% in
Troup County; 17% in Heard County
by Wayne Reynolds
“I have always
believed in being a
servant, to serve the
community,” said
David Huddleston,
announced candi
date for the Georgia
House of Represent
atives newly formed
72th district, the seat
that the retiring State
Rep. Randy Nix
See HUDDLESTON page 11
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Huddleston
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