Sunday Edition November 11, 2018 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER $1.50 Infamous Trail of Tears may have started in Bartow BY NEIL B. MCGAHEE muddled in confusion. [email protected] Vicki W. Crowe, chairman of the Stamp Creek History and Heritage Center, told the council that The White City Council was surprised to learn she had been working closely with historian Larry Monday that the route of the infamous Trail of Tears Vogt and longtime Stamp Creek resident John may have come through Bartow County and the city Noble Brooke, 91, researching the trail’s actual of White rather than further west as was initially route. thought. “Larry has been working on this for quite a In 1830, America’s seemingly never-ending thirst while,” she said. “He worked with Steven McCain for seizing native lands for western expansion re- at the Corps of Engineers and me trying to deter- sulted in Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act. In mine the route of the first removal in June 1838.” RANDY PARKER/DTN 1837, the federal government forced the Creeks and After it crossed the Etowah at what is now known Sunrise Hospital and Medical a year later, the Cherokee, to move first to Fort Wool as Knox Bridge Landing, the route became muddled Center Chief Medical Officer Dr. NEIL MCGAHEE/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Jeffrey Murawsky was on duty Vicki W. Crowe, director of the Stamp Creek Historical Museum, at New Echota near Calhoun and later to land west with government sources saying it followed the old of the Mississippi River. the night the deadliest mass is “about 90 percent sure” the infamous “Trail of Tears,” passed shooting in American history SEE TRAIL OF TEARS, PAGE 6A through the city of White on what is now Richards Road. However over the years, the actual route became transpired — his hospital saw more than 200 victims enter his E.R. Advocates STUDENTS HONOR VETS CMO who to present Woodland Middle witnessed Parenting recognizes vets during deadliest in the patriotic ceremony shooting in BY DONNA HARRIS Digital Age [email protected] US history Continuing a tradition that started last year, stu- dents at Woodland Middle School showed their pa- Thursday triotic colors by honoring local veterans in a special speaks in ceremony Friday morning. BY MARIE NESMITH Students and faculty members had a number of [email protected] tributes for those who had served in the military, in- Bartow cluding the presentation of colors by the Cass High To help safeguard youth against School JROTC Color Guard, a patriotic video, essays BY JAMES SWIFT online predators, Advocates for on what patriotism means, a Missing Man Table Cer- [email protected] Children will present Parenting in emony and patriotic tunes by the eighth-grade band, the Digital Age Thursday. eighth-grade chorus and seventh- and eighth-grade One year after the deadliest The complimentary panel dis- Middle Men’s Chorus. mass shooting in American his- cussion and Q & A session will “We are delighted that each and every one of you tory, Dr. Jeffrey Murawsky said he take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. are here today, and we are so honored to have you as doesn’t reflect on the 16 people at Sam Jones Memorial United part of our ceremony today,” Principal Michael who died at his hospital that night Methodist Church’s Family Life Blankenship told the veterans. “I want to say a very in Las Vegas. Center in Cartersville. special thank you to each one of you who have Rather, he focuses on the team- “We are thrilled to be offering served. There are no words to express the gratitude, work that may very well have an educational opportunity for the the thanks, that we have. We appreciate your serv- saved the lives of an additional public …,” said Amanda Tant, di- ice.” 200-plus people. rector of Advocates’ Children’s To show their appreciation, students sitting in the “It took everybody in the hospi- Advocacy Center. “We are hoping bleachers used red and white sheets of paper to spell tal,” he said at the Fifth Annual members of this community will out a special message to the roughly 100 veterans EMS Summit, presented by take this opportunity to come and gathered in the gym: Thank you. Cartersville Medical Center at the learn about how to protect chil- To honor Woodland’s family of veterans, students Clarence Brown Conference Cen- dren from online predators and in- submitted names of their relatives who have served ter Thursday. “Anybody and appropriate situations, new or are serving in the military, and each name was everybody was part of the solu- information regarding apps and written on a small paper flag that will become part of tion.” general information regarding a mural at the school, according to sixth-grade Eng- Murawsky, the Chief Medical safety of children.” lish language arts teacher Dr. Cindy Schwartz, who Officer of Sunrise Hospital and Moderated by Bartow Collabo- organized the ceremony. Medical Center, recounted his ex- rative Executive Director Doug The school sponsored an essay contest in which periences the night of Oct. 1, Belisle, the panel will feature rep- students in all grades wrote essays on the theme 2017, when an estimated 228 pa- resentatives from the Bartow “What Does Patriotism Mean to Me?” ISABELLA CORRIGAN/SPECIAL tients — 124 of whom had gun- County Sheriff’s Office, A candle was lit as part of the Missing Man table ceremony at the shot wounds — flooded the SEE WMS, PAGE 5A Veterans Day program at Woodland Middle School Friday morning. Cartersville Police Department, facility. District Attorney’s Office of the Around 10 p.m., a shooter on Cherokee Judicial Circuit, Georgia the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bureau of Investigation, Home- CMS students show appreciation Bay hotel opened fire on the land Security, Cartersville City crowd below at the Route 91 Har- Schools and CAC. to veterans during program vest Festival. Bullets rained down According to Advocates’ pro- for almost 10 minutes; after the motional materials, “We will have BY DONNA HARRIS multiple agency representatives [email protected] shooting ceased, more than 400 who are on the front lines protect- people were struck by gunfire. ing our children from online pred- The military veterans visiting Cartersville Middle School Thursday Fifty-eight would die. ators. Our panel guests are experts morning couldn’t help but feel loved and appreciated. The first victim arrived at Sun- in the field of child abuse and are First, they and their families were treated to a breakfast by the Parent rise — less than five miles away on the internet fighting crimes all Teacher Council then the veterans were honored during a musical pres- from the epicenter of the carnage day long. They will provide you entation of patriotic tunes performed by the symphonic band and chorus — approximately 10 minutes after with the knowledge and technol- in the gym. the rampage ended. By 3 a.m., the ogy advice necessary to keep up The sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders paid tribute to around 30 local emergency room volume swelled with the changing times. RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS veterans from all five branches of the military during the annual Veterans to more than 200 people. “They will educate you, as a Cartersville Middle School eighth-grader Max Langston SEE , PAGE 2A SEE , PAGE 7A parent, on how you can equip your plays “Taps" Thursday morning. CMS SHOOTING children with knowledge of the traps set by online predators and traffickers. This information ses- sion was created in reaction to Op- Report recommends Bartow property be eration Paladin, which took place in our community and included ar- removed from hazardous site inventory rests [related to trafficking and child exploitation activities] of 20 BY JAMES SWIFT “Overall, VOC [volatile organic compound] con- individuals between Thursday, [email protected] centrations at the site are stable and/or decreasing Nov. 1 and Sunday, Nov. 4.” apart from several wells around the cistern and Formed in 1983, Advocates for The results of a compliance status report (CSR) downgradient from the cistern,” the Maxis report Children assists more than 3,000 could lead to a property in Bartow County being re- states. “These areas are within the building footprint area youth and families each year. moved from the state’s hazardous site inventory (HSI.) or are covered by asphalt; therefore, the likelihood Along with operating Flowering Woodstock-based Maxis Engineering, LLC pre- of worker exposure is limited.” Branch Children’s Shelter, the pared the CSR — which was filed in September — The property, which sits on about 6.46 acres and Cartersville-based organization on behalf of Zep, Inc. Citing groundwater and soil is classified as I4-Industrial, was placed on the HSI provides numerous programs that sample findings from early 2017, the author of the on Jan. 23, 2013. The EPD designated the parcel as aid in the awareness, prevention report recommends that the Georgia Department of a Class II site, which means the property owners RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS and treatment of child abuse. Natural Resources’ Environmental Protection Divi- were allowed to voluntarily investigate and clean A recently filed compliance status report (CSR) recommends a sion delist the facility at 63 Industrial Drive in property at 63 Industrial Drive in Cartersville be removed from SEE ADVOCATES, PAGE 6A Cartersville from its HSI. SEE CSR, PAGE 5A the state’s hazardous site inventory. INSIDE TODAY Mostly Bartow Bio . .3A Around Town . .1C sunny VOLUME 72, NO.