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FRIDAY October 12, 2018 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 CENTS Harrison goes from serving customers to servicing ‘maritime dominance helicopter’ BY BILL STEELE Special Contributor Cartersville native and Cass High graduate Kurtis Harrison is a long way from home in more ways than one. Currently stationed on the other side of the country in Coronado, California, Harrison was working as a manager for a local Walmart before joining the Navy and becom- ing an aviation structural mechanic. However, while California may RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS be different than Cartersville and Cartersville City Attorney Keith Lovell has raised concerns about possible fire standards violations at the Cartersville-Bartow County Airport. Harrison is doing completely dif- ferent work, he says some of the qualities he needs to excel at his job are the same. Airport fire “I learned leadership and respon- sibility managing a Walmart store. I learned to work hard,” Harrison said. “No one is different when it comes to work. Everyone is ac- code compliance countable for their actions and must be held accountable.” Harrison, a 2011 Cass graduate, is serving with HSM 73, a versatile squadron that’s capable of complet- concerns city ing a number of important missions for the Navy involving the MH- 60R “Seahawk” helicopter. A Navy JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS aviation structural mechanic, such From left, Hans Lutjens, Ken Adams and Keith Lovell convene for Tuesday’s as Harrison, is responsible for the attorney structural frame of the aircraft, Cartersville-Bartow County Airport Authority meeting. transmission and hydraulic system. BY JAMES SWIFT side of the airport are built to have unfueled Although he said no fines have been “The majority of the airport falls under “I’m a very hands-on person. [email protected] aircraft in them.” levied against the airport, Lovell said the the jurisdiction of the Bartow County Fire Anything that keeps me busy is Cartersville-Bartow County Airport Au- possibility of accruing violations nonethe- Department,” he said. “I’m not sure about what I enjoy,” Harrison said. “From Cartersville City Attorney Keith Lovell thority member Ken Adams addressed less troubles him. the fueling process, because that’s on the putting on panels to spending half had a simple question for Mark Hathaway, Lovell’s concerns at Tuesday afternoon’s “It concerns any hangar at the airport,” county side of the airport.” the day replacing a landing system the city’s fire marshal, about airport rules public meeting. he said. “The authority owns hangars at the Bartow County Fire Marshal Gary Gar- to doing hydraulics.” and regulations concerning aircraft fuel. “Some airports do require that you move airport, Phoenix Air leases hangars at the land said he’s had no interaction with the The response, Lovell said, was much the airplane out of the hangar before fuel- airport and several other private individuals authority about the subject. He also said SEE HARRISON, PAGE 2A more than he anticipated; from what he ing, but no airport requires that the airplane also have hangars.” he’s not aware of any NFPA violations — gleamed out of the conversation with Hath- be empty of fuel while it’s in there,” Adams As far as the scope of penalties, Lovell or complaints — regarding the hangars that away, the local airport may be in violation said. “We have a 67-year history at this air- said the city could face fines ranging from fall under the jurisdiction of the county fire of National Fire Protection Association port with airplanes with fuel in them and we $250 to $1,000 per day per violation. department. (NFPA) safety codes. haven’t had [any] fires to my knowledge, “In a worst case scenario, the city has the “I’m sure there may be some types of In a follow-up interview with The Daily both on the ramp or in the hangars.” ability — and the county as well — to can- hangars that would not be allowed, but for Tribune News, Hathaway said that fueled Not only did he consider de-fueling im- cel a certificate of occupancy for the build- the most part, I would think that every air- aircraft — on the city side of the airport, at practical, he said it was “unsafe with the ing,” he said. “In other words, people would plane in every hangar probably has fuel in least — may not be authorized for storage types of airplanes” on the premises. not be allowed to occupy the building until it,” he said. “Because they have to work on under NFPA standards. “To think of people having to have their the fire codes were corrected.” the engines and the airplanes, and they can’t “It depends on the fire protection level on airplanes de-fueled when they come back In terms of code violations, Hathaway work on the engines if they won’t run.” whether or not it can have aircraft with fuel from their trip, and then put the airplane into said he’s not aware of anything outstanding or not,” he said. “The hangars on the east the hangars, is just not feasible,” he said. on the city side of the airport. SEE AIRPORT, PAGE 2A Harrison Designer handbags Bartow Cemetery tours up for grabs at ESF’s provide opportunity to annual Purse Auction ‘experience history’ BY MARIE NESMITH buried there. BY DONNA HARRIS [email protected] “They can also provide impor- [email protected] tant information on birth and death Emphasizing one’s final resting dates, and, in some cases, causes Women who have an obsession with designer purses can al- place is filled with “important sto- of death. These cemetery tours ways buy them from a retailer, but there’s another way of obtain- ries to tell,” a pair of organizations offer a glimpse into the lives of or- ing them that will actually help some deserving students. are preparing to offer historic dinary people, notable figures, pi- The Etowah Scholarship Foundation will give handbag afi- cemetery tours in Bartow. oneer families and more, and from cionados a chance to find some good deals and help college stu- Cassville Historical Society will them we can learn about events of dents finance their education at the 11th annual It’s All About present Old Cassville Cemetery the past and how they affect our RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS, FILE “The Bag!” Purse Auction Tuesday, Nov. 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Tour & Storytelling Saturday, fol- present and future.” Dressed in 19th-century attire, Leann Papp speaks about the life the Clarence Brown Conference Center at 5450 Highway 20 in and military contributions of Confederate Maj. Gen. Pierce lowed by Bartow History Mu- Manning Butler Young to the attendees of last year’s Old Cartersville. seum’s An Evening in Eastview Old Cassville Cemetery Tour Cassville Cemetery Tour & Storytelling event. ESF Operations Director Dawn Evans said the foundation Cemetery Oct. 20. Starting at 3 p.m., Old Cassville sponsors the event each year to “provide a fun event for women “Cemeteries are physical re- Cemetery Tour & Storytelling will federate Veterans will dress in pe- Akin Sr. and Confederate Brig. to enjoy an evening out while supporting a worthy cause.” minders of those who came before be conducted at Cassville Ceme- riod attire and portray some of the Gen. William Tatum Wofford. “We invite all ladies to come and mingle with friends while us, and they can teach us about the tery on Chunn Facin Road. site’s most notable figures. “The formation and how the bidding on some truly ‘must-have’ exciting items,” she said. individuals and families that During the complimentary “If you look in the ‘History of county grew … was really de- “There’s about 80 purses — big, small, cute and exotic — plus helped create the community we event, Cassville Historical Society Bartow County’ [book], a number pendent on those people and their other items on the silent auction. Something for everyone and for live in today,” BHM Director Trey President Dale Black will share in- of those early settlers that helped families. A lot of them were every budget.” Gaines said. “From symbols and formation about the cemetery and settle the county are buried in that preachers. A lot of them were The elegant night-out, which has “Clutch the Future of Education” inscriptions on grave markers to its inhabitants. He also will lead cemetery,” said Black, adding two farmers. A lot of them were plan- as its theme this year, continues to grow in size and popularity. monuments and other memorials, attendees to various stations where individuals who will be high- tation owners. cemeteries can illustrate beliefs members of the CHS and Stiles- lighted during the tour are former SEE ESF, PAGE 7A and values held by those Akin Camp No. 670 Sons of Con- Confederate Congressman Warren SEE CEMETERY, PAGE 7A INSIDE TODAY Partly Obituaries . .2A Business . .6A cloudy VOLUME 72, NO. 137 Family Living . .3A Blotter . .7A High 70 U.S. & World . .4A Sports . .1B www.daily-tribune.com Entertainment . .5A Classifieds . .5B Low 49 2A Friday, October 12, 2018 • www.daily-tribune.com Local The Daily Tribune News ContactUs OBITUARIES The Daily Tribune News Carport leg pierces roof, kills girl Address: BY KATE BRUMBACK “We couldn’t ever get her to spend the night Phillip M. 251 S. 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