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SATURDAY October 20, 2018 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 CENTS ACT scores for 3 high schools drop slightly GBI names man point for Cartersville High but increased 0.9 school year, up from the 2017 score of 19.2. System averages points for Cass High. Adairsville’s 87 students who took the exam Students who take the national college ad- earned a 19.1 score, a drop from the previous killed in police- near state, missions exam are tested in four content areas year’s 19.3, while the score for Woodland’s — English, reading, math and science — and 119 students taking the test was 20.5, down national averages those four scores are averaged together for from 20.9 in 2017. their composite score. All scores range from 1 Cass Principal Steven Revard said his involved shooting BY DONNA HARRIS (low) to 36 (high). school’s increase was due to stronger efforts STAFF REPORT Capt. Mark Perry, Anderson was [email protected] Bartow County’s average composite score among faculty members to prepare students The identity of a man shot and the passenger in a vehicle stopped of 20 was up slightly from the previous year’s for their post-secondary education. killed by Georgia State Patrol around 11 a.m. for impeding the Three out of the four high schools in Bartow 19.9 but was below the state average of 21.4 “In a collaborative effort among teachers troopers has been revealed by the flow of traffic. A search of the ve- County saw a very slight decrease in their and the national average of 20.8. and counselors, we focused on college readi- Georgia Bureau of Investigation. hicle, which had a temporary West ACT scores last school year, but both school “Although the Bartow County School Sys- ness and specific test-taking skills based on the The GBI named 27-year-old Virginia tag, turned up numerous systems’ composite scores continue to linger tem scored slightly below the state and na- individual students’ needs,” he said. “Strong Kenneth Martin Anderson as the guns and drugs; a subsequent around the state and national averages. tional composite score average, we showed ACT performance helps our students be more individual who was killed Thurs- portable fingerprint scanning Released Wednesday by the Georgia De- more growth than the state and national lev- competitive as they start the college admission day morning after shooting a GSP showed Anderson was a wanted partment of Education, the scores for the Class els,” Chief Academic Officer Dr. David process and seek scholarship opportunities.” trooper near exit 293 on Interstate parole violator. of 2018 dropped 0.4 points for Woodland Chiprany said. 75 in Bartow County. High, 0.2 points for Adairsville High and 0.1 The 127 test-takers at Cass scored 20.1 last SEE ACT, PAGE 7A According to GSP spokesman SEE SHOOTING, PAGE 7A Cartersville SUNKEN TREASURES Council Lisa M. Russell considers discusses sign ‘Underwater ordinance Ghost Towns changes BY NEIL B. MCGAHEE of North [email protected] Georgia’ Cartersville City Council heard a first reading Thursday night of a BY MARIE NESMITH proposed text amendment to the [email protected] city’s sign ordinance. Planning di- rector Randy Mannino said the North Georgia’s sunken towns took cen- amendment would allow an exist- ter stage Wednesday during Bartow His- ing billboard on E. Main Street to tory Museum’s Lunch and Learn program. be converted to a digital billboard. Through words and photographs, Lisa M. To do so would require amend- Russell presented an overview of her ments to two sections of the sign book, “Underwater Ghost Towns of North ordinance — the first allowing bill- Georgia.” boards on a section of Main Street “Through her research, Lisa has been where they currently aren’t allowed able to pull together some very interesting and the second allowing digital information regarding many of the lakes billboards in the same section. Be- around the state and the communities and cause it was a first reading, council families that were affected by the creation took no action. of those lakes,” BHM Director Trey Council approved Cartersville Gaines said. “Much of this information has Fire Chief Scott Carter’s request to been unknown and would have potentially enter into a written agreement with been lost to time had her interest not MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service spurred her on to research and write her to clarify mutual services, training, book.” expectations and field support. Russell’s latest writing endeavor stems Highlights of the agreement in- from her 2016 literary work, “Lost Towns RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS clude mutual training programs, of North Georgia.” Left, LaVern Unruh, of Hartwell, holds disposable equipment replacement “It all started when I became fascinated a copy of Lisa M. Russell’s with the little town of Cassville,” said Rus- “Underwater Ghost Towns of North and field support for live fire train- sell, following her presentation. “For Georgia.” Unruh attended Russell’s ing exercises, participation in drills years, I drove past the three-way stop to presentation Wednesday at the Bartow and standby activities in support of nowhere as I drove my sons to school. I History Museum. Above, Russell the health and safety for wrote a book proposal for History Press discusses her book with the crowd. Cartersville firefighters. and they liked the idea, but wanted me to know how to find lost and hidden things Released in August, “Underwater Ghost extreme drought. “It is the goal of the City of write about more lost towns in north Geor- online. I even asked people on Facebook Towns of North Georgia” was published “The creation of Lake Lanier displaced Cartersville and Metro Atlanta gia. That was my first book, ‘Lost Towns for their stories. I went to the National by The History Press. more than 700 families. During the con- EMS for our citizens and guests to of North Georgia.’ One of the chapters in Archives in Morrow, Georgia, and asked According to Arcadia Publishing and struction of Lake Chatuge, busloads of continue to receive quality care the book was called, ‘Drowned Towns.’ I the librarians to help me. They had stacks The History Press’ website, www.arcadia- schoolboys were brought in to help disin- with the objective of improving the asked the publisher if I could expand that of information, but the best thing I found publishing.com, “North Georgia has more ter graves for the community’s cemetery aid that is provided through this chapter into another book and that is how was photos, not [ever] published, because than 40 lakes, and not one is natural. The relocation. Contractors clearing land for pre-hospital team approach,” ‘Underwater Ghost Towns of North Geor- they were in cold storage. My son Samuel state’s controversial decision to dam the the development of Lake Hartwell met Carter said. “Cartersville Fire will gia’ was born. helped me scan those rare images at the region’s rivers for power and water supply with 78-year-old Eliza Brock wielding a continue to work toward the licens- “I started by collecting everything I archives, and I got to use them in the book. changed the landscape forever. Lost com- shotgun and warning the men off her prop- ing and establishment of Basic Life could find on the internet and university Finding excellent images is important for munities, forgotten crossroads, dissolving erty. Lisa Russell dives into the history Support services through GA DPH databases. I work at three colleges/univer- this kind of book. These images were spe- racetracks and even entire towns disap- hidden beneath north Georgia’s lakes.” Region 1 EMS Council as a med- sities and have access to a good deal of on- cial and told about a particular time in peared, with remnants occasionally peek- ical first responder.” SEE UNDERWATER, PAGE 7A line library information. In addition, I Georgia’s history.” ing up from the depths during times of In other business, Water Depart- ment Director Bob Jones prefaced his request for payment of storage fees to the Corps of Engineers.with PLES art students win first place an explanation. “We have made this payment lit- erally for decades,” he said. “It typ- at Marietta’s Chalktoberfest ically falls within the range of $185,000 to $225,000, but this year BY DONNA HARRIS When the judging was done, they found them- [email protected] selves in first place out of six teams in the elemen- was a bit of a surprise. As you tary school division and were awarded sidewalk know, the dam had a fire several A group of Pine Log Elementary students showed chalk to help them practice for next year as their years ago and the Corps has elected what they can do with a box of sidewalk chalk. prize. to pile the entire cost of those re- Ten fifth-graders from the Rydal school com- “I was very proud and excited for my students,” pairs, $327,123.20, when calculat- peted last weekend in Chalktoberfest 2018, a two- Pine Log art teacher Charlene Such said. ing this years storage fees. We are day chalk, beer and wine festival presented by the Emma Grace was happy her team won. required to make this payment in Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art on the Marietta “The feeling of winning first place was awe- order to continue to use water from Square. some,” she said. “However, I would have appreci- the dam.” As part of Sunday’s Community Chalk Contest, ated a better prize.” Assistant City Manager Dan Sophia Vann, Taylor Paris, Emma Grace Gilbert, Taylor also was thrilled.