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StarNews CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA'S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED / LOCALLY OPERATED NEWSPAPER | NEWS REPORTING / NEWS RECAP / NEWS ANALYSIS StarNews monthly traditional print publication / StarNews Online daily local news \ MAY 15, 2022 • VOLUME 28 NUMBERS www.starnewsgaonline.com Governor Kemp and First Lady visit Carroll County Commission and school board seats on ballot for Primary Election May 24th CARROLL COUNTY BOARD of COMMISSIONERS Districts 4 and 6 CARROLL COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 5 Governor Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp were greeted by an excited crowd as they stepped off the Governor’s tour bus onto Adamson Square, downtown Carrollton Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Supporters kept the two quite busy with handshakes and snippits of conversation for more than an hour before they were able to make their way down the sidewalk and into City Tavern for a scheduled campaign speech. The restaurant was filled to overflow capacity, so doors were opened wide to allow those outside to hear. Shown above left is Greg Camp, owner of both the Southern Standard Construction and Halo Water Fowl apparel company, Carrollton, as he, the Governor, and First Lady exchange a laugh. The Kemps had also visited the City of Bremen earlier that morning. See more photos page 11. Photo and information by Sue Horn Five-county Coweta Judicial Circuit receives S1.98M in grants to fund several new positions from official documents The Judicial Council of Georgia Ad Hoc Committee on American Rescue Plan Act Funding (ARPA) awarded a grant to the Coweta Judicial Circuit, which includes Carroll County, in the amount of $1,983,773. This grant funds the period of March 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. Funding in future calendar years is not guaranteed and is subject to application and the approval of the ARPA Committee in future award cycles. The newly funded positions include: one legal assistant; one program manager; two program assistants (interns); one deputy sheriff; two jury assistants (Interns); two jury coordinators; one grant accountant (part-time); and one judicial staff attorney. The Coweta Judicial Circuit is comprised of five counties: Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, and Troup; and has seven judges in three court locations: Carrollton, Newnan, and LaGrange. 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 by Wayne J. Reynolds On Tuesday, May 24th, citizens will have the opportunity to vote in the Primary Election which includes electing two Carroll County Board of Commissioners, one for District 4 and one for District 6. The two candidates for District 4 are incumbent Steve Fuller and Will Godbee. The four candidates for District 6 are Vicki Anderson, Danny Bailey, Ken Huddleston, and Debbie Neal. All candidates qualified as Republicans. There are no Democrats in either race. Thus, both races will be decided with the May 24th Primary results or, if required, with the June 21st Runoff Election results. See COUNTY COMMISSION page 9 UWG lowers tuition: students from bordering states to pay same as Georgia residents from press release All incoming and continuing University of West Georgia undergraduate students from Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida will join Alabama in paying the same rate as Georgians through at least Spring 2025. To be eligible, a student must be a legal See UWG TUITION page 15 Carrollton rezones 53 Road from residential by Janice Daniel At the May 2, 2022 City of Carrollton Mayor and Council meeting, council approved a rezoning request for a large parcel of land on 774 Old Airport Road, Carrollton. The 53 acre parcel is located behind the Quick Trip gas station and across from the Raceway gas station. by Wayne J. Reynolds On Tuesday, May 24th, citizens will have the opportunity to vote in the Primary Election which includes electing a Carroll County Board of Education member for District 5. Incumbent Donald Nixon chose not to mn for reelection leaving the seat open for the next four year term to begin January 1,2023. The three non-partisan candidates for District 5 are Curtis Stepps, Thomas Sizemore, and Bill Kecskes. StarNews pre sented these three District 5 candidates with specific questions in an attempt to under stand each’s platform as a candidate and See COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD page 7 City of Carrollton hires new fire chief from press release The City of Carrollton has hired Allen English as the new fire depart ment chief to succeed Jimmy Bearden, who is retiring after 42 years with the city. English is a 27-year employee of the city, having been See FIRE page 7 English acres on Old Airport to heavy industry At the April 11th council meeting, a rezon ing request was presented by Buildmore Enterprise Services LLC for rezoning 53 acres located at 774 Old Airport Road, Carrollton, from ER-3 (Estate Residential) to M-2 (Heavy Industry). City Manager David Brooks relayed to See OLD AIRPORT ROAD page 12 Wm Be accessible...Listen...Serve the Citizens! A partnership with the citizens of the district, we must work together. \ •Help maintain our agricultural roots & farmland with smart growth. The county is growing because people like what we have here & we cannot lose that. •Pro employee... they are the best asset we have! We must take care of them to stop the turnover rate & loss of experience in all county departments. DIST 6 COMMISSIONER
