Sunday Edition October 28, 2018 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER $1.50 Elections supervisor addresses Angel voting concerns in Bartow investor BY JAMES SWIFT n’t,” Kirk said. “What’s actually happening is you [email protected] touched ‘candidate A’ but the machine recorded it offers advice as a touch for ‘candidate B,’ but nothing ever Bartow County Elections Supervisor Joseph changed. Once you deselect and select ‘candidate at Bartow Kirk admits the county’s voting technology leaves A’ again and you see the mark next to ‘candidate much to be desired — but as outdated as the hard- A’s’ name, that’s being recorded that way.” ware may be, he nonetheless says residents should- The problem some voters are experiencing, Kirk business n’t be worried about their ballots not being tallied. said, is merely the result of a calibration error. “I’ll be the first to say it, we need to update our “All we have to do is go back and recalibrate voting system,” he said. “That being said, it is ac- them,” he said. “It’s a very simple process, it takes gathering curate, it counts votes properly, it is a system that about a minute to do ... if people have an issue with does one thing and it does it well — it counts votes.” the voting machines, please tell a poll worker BY JAMES SWIFT Although he’s heard complaints about the while you’re here. That way, we can take the ac- [email protected] JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS county’s touch screen devices, he refutes accusa- tion right then.” Bartow County Elections Supervisor Joseph Kirk said touch tions that the machines are “flipping votes.” Take it from a man who, over screen problems reported by some early voters is simply a SEE ELECTION, PAGE 2A the last 25 years, has invested in calibration error. “It implies something that happened that did- over 30 startup businesses — den- tists have it all figured out. “If you have a toothache, man, you are going to find a dentist,” Bartow said Atlanta-area angel investor Charlie Paparelli at Wednesday’s North Georgia Power Connectors County luncheon at Taverna Mediter- ranean Grill in Cartersville. “When SIMPLER TIMES I have this pain, I run around to all honors my friends and say ‘Man, you know a good dentist? My mouth is 2nd cohort killing me.’” That’s the crucial first step in Pa- parelli’s three-pronged approach to of REACH increasing sales — pinpointing a precise problem would-be cus- tomers are experiencing. Scholars “That’s what I learned in dealing with small businesses,” he said. BY DONNA HARRIS “We need to extract money from [email protected] customers quickly, which means Because of their drive to do we need to know the problem their best, six Bartow County mid- we’re looking for and we need to dle school students have been identify the people most likely to given a chance to further their ed- have it and then, lastly, solve it.” ucation past high school. But that’s not the endpoint of Eighth-graders Moses Flores Paparelli’s system. After a business from Adairsville Middle School, has remedied a customer’s woes, Alondra Burgos and Jessica Kauf- he said it’s then time to sell them mann from Cass Middle School, on preventative services. Robert Brown and Kaylie Stanley “The next thing [a dentist] does from South Central Middle School is he says ‘You know, if you and Justus Young from Woodland wanted to avoid this problem you Middle School became the school should get your teeth cleaned at district’s second cohort of least twice a year,” he said. REACH Georgia Scholars in a “’You’ll be ahead of it.’” signing ceremony Thursday after- 16th annual It’s a formula, Paparelli said, noon at the Bartow County Col- that’s just as effective for those lege and Career Academy in Southeastern selling project management soft- Cartersville. ware as it is those who perform Realizing Educational Achieve- Cowboy root canals and fillings; and once ment Can Happen is a statewide the client is onboard, businesses needs-based scholarship program, Festival & can usher them through the sales launched by Gov. Nathan Deal in cycle to purchasing some of their 2012, that is designed to encour- less urgent products and services age promising students, beginning Symposium in eighth grade, to continue their — like a dentist offering a client education beyond high school. teeth whitening gel following a RANDY PARKER/DTN scheduled cleaning. SEE BARTOW, PAGE 5A Left, chilly temperatures “The last one is cosmetic — Saturday made the ‘I’m going to make you look better campfire a popular spot at and feel better,’” he said. the 16th Annual The “angel investor” moniker is Southeastern Cowboy quite fitting, considering Paparelli Cartersville Festival & Symposium at the Booth Western Art has also served as president of Museum. The event High Tech Ministries, an evangel- inducts 5 continues today from 11 ical outreach organization revolv- a.m. to 5 p.m. at the ing around Atlanta’s technology museum and on the stages community. REACH set up on the museum’s The Vinings resident — who grounds. Above, Easton founded his own investment com- Womack, 3, of Rome, takes Scholars part in the children’s calf pany, Paparelli Ventures, and has roping activity BY DONNA HARRIS SEE INVESTOR, PAGE 2A [email protected] Because of their hard work and good behavior, five Cartersville Middle School students are one Wall To Wall Frames reopens in Cartersville step closer to obtaining a college education. BY JAMES SWIFT people in, and she’s done a really good job at that.” Eighth-graders Bryan Abarca- [email protected] While the framing services will remain the back- Lira, Christian Martinez, Irai Mil- bone of the business, Millsaps said she also sought ian, Anya Riley and Bryan After a roughly six-month hiatus, one of down- to expand the scope of the shop’s retail offerings. Thomas became the school’s fifth town Cartersville’s longest-running shops is back in Among other products, shoppers can pick up ce- group of students to receive col- business. ramic can openers, homemade jewelry, vases, mugs lege scholarships from REACH “This is a 30-year dream that has just come true,” and even illustrations of iconic musicians like Willie Georgia, a state needs-based said Valerie Millsaps, president and owner of the re- Nelson and Janis Joplin. scholarship program modeled cently relaunched Wall to Wall Frames, Inc. & Artist “Framing is going to be the bread and butter and after the Cartersville School Foun- Boutique at 14 South Wall St. in Cartersville. “It is the bulk of the business, where a lot of the focus is dation’s GateKey Scholars pro- exhilarating.” going to be, but while people are waiting, they have gram that was started by former The revamped and remodeled shop held its grand an opportunity to do a little bit of Christmas shop- Superintendent Dr. Howard Hi- reopening Friday afternoon. Among those attending ping,” she said. “We’re also going to have some art nesley. the festivities was the former owner of Wall to Wall classes back here, some pottery slab classes, maybe As part of the statewide Frames, Harold Burdette. some jewelry classes, by different artists.” REACH Georgia Signing Week, “I think it’s fabulous. I think they’ve done a won- In many ways, Millsaps said the Wall to Wall the new scholars and their parents derful job with the whole thing,” the 80-year-old Bar- Frames reopening also represents the spiritual re- signed contracts Monday morning tow business staple said. “There’s a lot more stuff launch of another downtown business — Spring here, in terms of art and jewelry and that sort of thing, Place Pottery. during a ceremony in the school JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS and one of the things that Valerie and I discussed Joe and Valerie Millsaps celebrate the grand reopening of Wall SEE FRAMES, PAGE 6A SEE CARTERSVILLE, PAGE 6A early on was that she needed more stuff to get more to Wall Frames in downtown Cartersville Friday afternoon. 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Owen Funeral Home, 12 UGA during WWII to serve her tion for hundreds of children from 251 S. Tennessee St. Cheryl was a very kindhearted Collins Dr., Cartersville, GA, is country by working at Bell the working families of Pompano, Cartersville, GA 30120 person. She loved God and her honored to serve the family of Bomber Factory in Marietta, GA. and her dedication to her patients Cheryl Blake Dabney. After graduation, she moved to at the hospital.