Business Leader Fleetwood Takes Helm at Pettit Environmental Preserve Art, Food, Crafts in Store for Library Patrons Next Week
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FRIDAY February 7, 2020 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 cents BARTOW EXPERIENCES FLASH FLOODING Business leader Fleetwood takes helm at Pettit Environmental Preserve BY MARIE NESMITH [email protected] Bidding adieu to his career in electronic security, Billy Fleet- wood is embarking on a new journey in the nonprofi t sector. A member of the Pettit Environmental Preserve’s board since 2011, he is “thrilled” to be named the venue’s incoming executive director. Fleetwood will assume his new duties Feb. 17. “After 40 years, I’m retiring from the electronic security industry,” Fleetwood said, noting he owned Fleetwood Se- curity for two decades, then sold it in 2018 to Priority One Security, where he will be retiring Feb. 14. “I’m taking this position because I am passionate about the preserve and what RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS we are doing, but also about the environment and the outdoors Heavy rains Wednesday night into Thursday morning throughout Bartow and surrounding counties caused fl ash fl ooding in in general. many locations, including a section of Parr Wade Road in Cartersville. “I want to make a difference. I have supported and volun- teered for many conservation groups. I spent a lot of time in Boy Scouts. My son is an Eagle Scout and we have thee gener- ations with Troop 24. I love the outdoors and want to teach my grandsons the importance of our outdoor world.” Situated off Ga. Highway 61 on the Bartow/Paulding county Euharlee creates fund for cemetery repairs line, the venue was formed as a private, nonprofi t corporation — The Margaret and Luke Pettit Environmental Preserve Inc. BY JAMES SWIFT — in 1999 when the late Gay Pettit Dellinger and her children [email protected] donated 60 acres. For Dellinger’s daughter Dee Bishop, who serves as presi- The Euharlee City Council dent of the venue’s board, Fleetwood is the “perfect person to voted unanimously Tuesday take” Pettit Preserve to the next level. night to approve the creation “Coupled with his love for the preserve is Billy’s long his- of a new fund to fi nance storm tory of being a very successful businessman in the Bartow damage repairs at the Euharlee County community,” Bishop said. “He has shown his ability to Presbyterian Church and Black run a business and manage employees and operations. Pioneers Cemetery. “All of this together made our decision very easy. Billy Euharlee City Manager James seems to us to be the perfect candidate to take us into this next Stephens said more than two decade at the preserve, and we are very excited with his vision dozen monuments, including the and love for the preserve. This is a unique opportunity for him main monument leading to the to lead the preserve as it enters a new phase with the opening Black Pioneers Cemetery, sus- of our new building.” tained extensive damage in last month’s severe thunderstorms. SEE PETTIT, PAGE 6A ”Our insurance policy pro- vides for $25,000 for monument repair,” he said. “With 26 being damaged, I’m afraid the $25,000 will not be enough for all of the repairs.” Stephens said he has been au- thorized by an insurance adjustor to receive a quote from a local JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Euharlee Mayor Steve Worthington presents an Arbor Day proclamation to members of the company. If the repair costs ex- Hoe’n in Euharlee Garden Club at Tuesday evening’s public meeting. ceed $25,000, he said the alter- native for the City is to procure for the City to start a crowdfund- would be for $8,000.” Matthews added that the de- the money from general fund ing campaign to fi nance ceme- The funding would allow the partment has four certifi ed can- coffers. tery repairs. City to hire a professional sur- didates in line for the position. “We’ve had several members “We are not prohibited by any veyor to assess Euharlee’s his- “From a budgetary standpoint, in the community that have State code that I’m aware of,” toric district and its surrounding I can work with the council to been interested in making do- Stephens responded. “I would areas. accommodate this addition of a nations toward the monument encourage the use of a designat- “If we’re approved in the next ninth full-time offi cer,” Stephens repair,” Stephens continued. “In ed account — we can legally do fi scal year, we would do Phase said. fact, we’ve actually received two it, but I would encourage us to II,” Reese said, “which would The meeting concluded with checks already.” not take that approach.” include the Milam Bridge area.” council members approving a He said the designated bank Still, if City offi cials wanted The grant includes a 40% motion from Stephens to move account would also help fi nance to go the GoFundMe route, he match, which Reese said would forward with a proposed City-op- general maintenance and upkeep said the method would work in be 100% in-kind. erated campgrounds project near of the two properties moving for- tandem with the newly created “We’re already doing work Frankie Harris Park. ward. cemetery fund. with the Presbyterian cemetery, “As you know, we have a 17- “If we don’t exceed $25,000, The council also voted unan- it would include all of that,” he acre tract of land and it possibly these donations can still be imously to approve a resolution said. “So there will be no fi nan- could be developed for a camp- used,” he said. “The vision would to apply for funding under the cial match, per se.” ground,” he said. “The amount of be for it to be an ongoing fund.” State’s Certifi ed Local Govern- Council members likewise ap- money it would take, we would The fund, Stephens noted, is ment (CLG) Survey and Plan- proved a request from Euharlee have in three months of SPLOST separate from the City’s existing ning grant program. Police Chief Jody Matthews to collections — after our last debt Presbyterian Church fund, which “We had a great opportunity increase the departmental head- payment [on the park] is made, explicitly pertains to the upkeep to request for an updated sur- count by one offi cer. we’ll have the money to pursue and maintenance of the building vey,” said Euharlee Planning and “We’ve had an offi cer out on this project, to the council, if itself. Zoning Administrator Charles worker’s comp for a while, so they choose to do it.” RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Councilman Tracy Queen Reese. “We just completed the we’ve kind of struggled keeping Billy Fleetwood is the incoming executive director of Pet- asked Stephens if it was possible application package … this grant the road coverage,” he said. SEE EUHARLEE, PAGE 5A tit Environmental Preserve. Art, food, crafts in store for library patrons next week BY DONNA HARRIS pieces titled “Summer Crochet Hat Se- year to display her crochet pieces.” library classroom. and Recreation,’ Leslie, creative and [email protected] ries” along the main wall of the gallery, At the reception, guests will be able “My co-worker, Nicole, actually crafty and bursting with kindness for smaller crochet pieces in the display to meet the artist, who contacted Stipe came up with the idea before she moved the people she loves, invented a way to Valentine’s week at Bartow County’s case and a “large, beautiful group of and “asked if she could display a dif- to a position with another library,” Stipe do something American culture hadn’t library branches will be fi lled with art, dreamcatchers hanging on the fi rst wall ferent kind of art this year,” as well as said. “When I took over the program, I traditionally been too good at doing: food and crafts. panel,” adult services librarian Meghan view her work and enjoy light refresh- didn’t initially understand because I’ve celebrating, in an offi cial capacity, the Art lovers are invited to a reception Stipe said. ments. never watched the show ‘Parks and joys of female friendship. Leslie set for artist Trisha Moran Tuesday from “Trisha works in many different me- The library also will celebrate a dif- Recreation.’ After reading about it, I Galentine’s Day as a festival that would 5 to 6 p.m. in the Cartersville Public diums, including painting, wood-burn- ferent kind of love – female friendship fell in love with the idea.” fall each year on Feb. 13, Valentine’s Library’s art gallery at 429 W. Main St. ing and crochet,” she said. “We had her – on the eve of Valentine’s Day with Stipe said The Atlantic magazine did Day-eve.” Through the end of March, Moran wood-burned paintings displayed in the a Galentine’s Day Waffl e Bar Brunch a good job of summing up Galentine’s will display a new series of crochet gallery last year, and she is back this Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon in the Day — “In a 2010 episode of ‘Parks SEE LIBRARY, PAGE 5A INSIDE TODAY Cloudy, VOLUME 73, NO. 236 Obituaries ............................. 2A Blotter ................................... 5A rain U.S. & World .........................3A Weather ................................ 6A High 43 www.daily-tribune.com Stocks ................................... 3A Sports ................................... 1B Entertainment ...................... 4A Classifieds............................ 4B Low 31 2A Friday, February 7, 2020 • www.daily-tribune.com Local The Daily Tribune News ContactUs OBITUARIES The Daily Tribune News Shower guest questions need Address: Phillip Craig Allen 251 S. 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