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CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA'S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED / LOCALLY OPERATED NEWSPAPER StarNem | NEWS REPORTING / NEWS RECAP / NEWS ANALYSIS StarNews monthly traditional print publication /StarNews Online daily local news \ FEBRUARY 13, 2022 • VOLUME 28 NUMBER 2 www.starnewsgaonline.com “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 ml m Huddleston This issue is also posted on over 100 Facebook community pages, Twitter, Pinterest, Linkedln, & starnewsgaonline.com Call 770-722-7227 suehorn.starnews @gmail.com waynereynolds.starnews @gmail.com I WAKTED Seeking wise people needing a clever Doctor to relive backpain. 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