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Commentary: “Georgia's new mental health laws” - see page 79
Marriage licenses issued, jail & prison population - see page 23
Restaurant and public pool inspections - see page 23
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JUNE 12, 2022 • VOLUME 28 NUMBER 6
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Independent Federal
lab finds Georgia
Election System secure
“Infeasible that the Georgia election system
could be effectuated by malicious actors”
from press release
The conclusions of a review by The MITRE
Corporation, an accredited laboratory founded
for the purpose of giving engineering and tech
nical guidance to the federal government, of
the Georgia Election System was released. The
report states, “It is MITRE’s expert opinion
that it is operationally infeasible that the
Georgia election system ‘could be effectuated
See ELECTION SECURITY page 15
Deadline nears for package store
applications in City of Villa Rica
City plans to have four districts, one liquor store per district
Voters approved a referen
dum during the November 2,
2021 General Election allowing
the City of Villa Rica to permit
package sales of alcohol. A
strong majority of voters -
78.6% - approved. This past
April 12th, city council passed
an amendment to the city’s
alcoholic beverage ordinance
permitting package sales, with
conditions. A lottery is sched
uled for July 13 th to award,
potentially, only four licenses.
The city plans on having four
districts within the city limits
and allowing one store per dis
trict. None of the stores will be
in the downtown area.
The city has been accepting
applications with the applica
tion deadline closing in on June
15th. After that date, a staff-
See LIQUOR page 15
Liberty Baptist Church Bowdon Teen Group wins Georgia Right To Life’s video contest
Liberty Baptist Church Bowdon Teen Group, made up of students from Central High, Ranburne High,
Heard County Middle, Handley High, Bowden High, and Haralson County High, captured the top prize of
$350 at this year’s state level Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) Video Contest. The video “Why I am Pro-Life”
was inspired by the youth department’s passionate stand on pro-life issues in today’s society. GRTL
President Ricardo Davis is shown above center with the winners.
“We believe that God is the giver of life and taker of life. Jesus stated that he had come that we might
have life and have life more abundantly. Our teens have a heart to serve the Lord in which we support the
West Georgia Right to Life movement,” said Youth Director Adam Mangram of Liberty Baptist Church.
For more information see the GRTL announcement about the Oratory and Video Contest winners at
https://conta.cc/3EAcLtU. Photo and information submitted by Duane Hack, President, West Georgia Right
to Life, duane.hack46(a)gmaiLcom
Democratic Ballot only for Carroll
County’s June 21st Primary Runoff
Democratic Ballot will contain four state level races
Local winners include Tom Sizemore, county school board District 5;
Steve Fuller, Commission District 4; Danny Bailey, Commission District 6
No local races in runoffs
by Sue Horn
Surprising many longtime elec
tion watchers, the Carroll County
May 24th Primary Election had no
local runoffs despite two races hav
ing multiple candidates. Not sur
prising was the low voter turnout at
less than a third (27.24%) of the
total current 82,192 registered vot
ers: 22,385 Carroll Countians cast
ing a ballot.
Of those 22,385 total ballots cast,
May 24th Primary Election
22,385 ballots cast
Ballots were chosen as follows:
Republican Ballot 82.28%
Democratic Ballot 16.97%
Non-Partisan Ballot 0.75%
82.28% (18,420) chose the
Republican Ballot; 16.97% (3798)
chose the Democratic Ballot; and
0.75% (167) chose the Non-Partisan
See PRIMARY RUNOFF page 12
CFWG now selling tickets for comedienne
Karen Morgan’s September 15th show
Ticket sales raise funds for Foundation’s year round grant awards
Tickets are now on sale for a Schools Performing Arts Center,
show featuring nationally-known JJie show is a fundraising event for
comedienne Karen Morgan. JJie the Community Foundation of West
event will be at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Georgia’s Power of the Purse, a
September 15, at the Carroll County See TICKET SALES page 14
CFWG gives grants totaling $25,508
to teachers in 19 area schools
JJie Community Foundation of Children Fund, a component fund
West Georgia announced grants of the Community Foundation,
totaling $25,508 to local teachers at This is the fourteenth year of
19 schools from The Alice Huffard grants from this fund with distribu-
Richards Arts Enrichment for Our See GRANTS AWARDED page 14
Two foxes in Carroll County test positive
for rabies after biting two residents
from press release
The Georgia Public Health
Laboratory has confirmed that two
foxes from Carroll County recently
tested positive for rabies. JJie
Carroll County Animal Control
Office retrieved both foxes within
0.2 miles from each other in the
vicinity of Highway 78, Villa Rica,
and Old Villa Rica Road, Temple,
after two separate incidents involv
ing two residents of Carroll County.
One incident occurred on May
20, and the second bite incident
occurred on May 27. JJie Carroll
County Animal Control Office sent
both foxes for testing to the Georgia
Public Health Laboratory and
received results that both foxes
See RABID FOXES page 14
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