BCBOE Addresses Senior Tax Exemptions at Meeting
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WEDNESDAY October 23, 2019 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 cents BCBOE addresses senior tax exemptions at meeting BY DONNA HARRIS District and the Cartersville City Mitchell Scoggins from House [email protected] School District, respectively, to District 14 and Trey Kelley from vote on a measure that would House District 16 and himself. Much of Monday night’s give seniors who live in those The board, however, needs to Bartow County School Board two districts a 50% exemption complete another step before the meeting was spent discussing on school property taxes at age Senate considers the measure. the issue of senior school tax ex- 65, a 75% exemption at age 70 Board Chairman Fred Kittle emptions. and a 100% exemption at age 80, said he talked with state Sen. State Rep. Matthew Gambill up to $500,000 in assessed prop- Chuck Hufstetler recently, and from House District 15 was on erty value. the senator told him he would hand to answer board members’ But before the bills can be support the bill regarding the questions about getting two bills placed on the ballot next No- county system if the school — passed by the House of Repre- vember, the Senate would have board would pass a resolution sentatives during the 2019 legis- to approve them during the next showing its support. lative session — that would lower legislative session, which begins “School boards, we really and eventually eliminate school in January, Gambill said. don’t have any power,” Kittle taxes for seniors on the ballot “The Senate has both bills, said. “We just do resolutions to next year for Bartow County vot- and we’re waiting to see what support or not support or noth- RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS ers to approve or reject. our senatorial delegation will do ing at all so it’s really the legisla- Georgia House of Representatives District 15 representative Matthew Gambill, right, addresses House Bill 655 and House Bill with these bills,” he said, noting tors that can put it on the ballot.” the Bartow County Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Phillip Page at Monday’s board 684 would allow residents living both pieces of legislation were meeting. in the Bartow County School signed by Bartow County Reps. SEE BCBOE, PAGE 5A Sex traffi cking trial begins in Bartow IN THE LONG RUN Superior Court BY JAMES SWIFT Cartersville 10K [email protected] Opening statements were made by prosecutors and the de- to celebrate 40th fense in Bartow Superior Court Tuesday morning for a trial in- volving a Cartersville mother anniversary accused of prostituting her own preteen daughter for $100. Codefendants Jennifer Lea Short, 38, and Javier Murietta, Saturday 43, are each facing one count of traffi cking a person for sexual BY MARIE NESMITH servitude, one count of rape and [email protected] one count of child molestation stemming from an alleged inci- Noting the race holds “special meaning” to him, dent several years ago involving David Matherne is looking forward to celebrating the Short’s then 11-year-old daugh- 40th anniversary of the Cartersville 10K Saturday. A ter. participant in his youth, the Cartersville resident now A bill of indictment alleges the is directing the race with his Wire2Wire Running incident occurred sometime be- business partner, Matt Terry. tween Aug. 11, 2012 and Aug. 10, “When I was 14, growing up in Atlanta, my parents 2013. On the witness stand, the used to take me all over the place to run road races,” now 18-year-old alleged victim Matherne said. “One Saturday in late September, we said the incident occurred during came up to Cartersville to run a new 10K they were the summer, but could not speci- having called the Etowah Indian Mounds Road Race, fy an exact month. which was actually sponsored by The Daily Tribune She claimed Murietta slapped News. The fi rst year, 1977, there were about 270 run- her, removed her clothes and held ners. The year I ran it, there were over 700 runners. her down on a bed with her hands “… That was 1978. I ran a 37:28 and won the 14 behind her back and penetrated & Under age group. I still have that medal, because her. it was one of the fi rst I ever won. How could I have “It felt like somebody was known then, that one day I would end up living here ripping my insides out,” she re- and helping direct the race. This year becomes the counted. 40th annual of the race, and we expect just north of During the alleged incident, a hundred runners. Passion of many runners and an she said her mother remained on inspiring, beautiful course has allowed this race to the porch of Murietta’s residence survive and thrive.” off Puritan Street. Currently helping develop Wire2Wire Running, Afterwards, she said Muriet- Matherne retired from a 33-year career in education ta gave her mother a $100 bill, in May. He remains Cartersville High School’s cross which she claims Short later used country head coach, a position he has held since 1989. to purchase marijuana. Describing the individuals as “two long-time running The alleged victim made the icons in this town,” Matherne shared Scott Parmenter, disclosure to Cartersville Police with the help of David Bishop, started the event in 1977. Department investigators last “The race grew due to the ’70s running boom, November. That led to the arrest reaching numbers over 700,” Matherne said. “Then, of Short, Murietta and 58-year- when ATC [Atlanta Track Club] only required a 5K old Rogelio Cabello Gallegos, time to qualify for the Peachtree Road Race, sadly, who pled guilty earlier this the 10Ks began their decline in popularity throughout month to three counts of rape the state. There just aren’t that many 10Ks anymore. RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS and three counts of child moles- David Matherne, co-director of Saturday’s Cartersville 10K, holds the medal he received in 1978 for tation in Bartow Superior Court. SEE 10K, PAGE 6A winning the race’s 14 & Under age group. Paternity tests revealed that Gallegos impregnated the vic- tim, who at the time was approx- imately 12 years old. Jurors were selected for the tri- GHC study-abroad programs send local students around the world al shortly before 5 p.m. Monday. BY DONNA HARRIS two different villages and the canal up while overseas.” thing they did as a college student. As SEE TRIAL, PAGE 5A [email protected] on the Pacifi c and Atlantic sides,” said Besides learning Spanish during we live in an increasingly globalized business management major Leonard their trip, the students also worked to- society, studying abroad is also a good A group of students and faculty Cassidy, 64, of Cartersville, a fourth- ward earning college credit in a variety way to prepare for the workplace after members from Georgia Highlands Col- year, part-time student who plans to of health, business and culture courses. college.” lege embarked on a trip this past sum- graduate next spring. “I enjoyed the History professor Bronson Long, di- Next May, GHC faculty members mer that they won’t soon forget. whole trip — meeting the native people rector of global initiatives and study will be leading a study-abroad trip to As part of the college’s study-abroad and especially the canal, watching the abroad, said study-abroad programs are the United Kingdom, where students program, the group spent the Fourth freighters going through.” an excellent way for students to learn will tour London, Windsor, Oxford and of July holiday in Panama, where they For psychology major Derrick Whita- about other countries. Stratford-Upon-Avon, the release said. traveled by canoe deep into the rainfor- ker, who attends classes on the Carters- “It is a unique learning experience Through the trip and additional est to spend the day with the Embera ville campus, the journey was fi lled with that brings students into contact with coursework, they will be able to earn tribe, took an excursion to the port memories that will last a lifetime. different places and cultures,” he said credits in communication, business, town of Portobello and made a visit to “I always wanted to travel and expe- in a news release. “Students who par- health sciences and history. the famous Panama Canal. rience new cultures,” he said. “I’m also ticipate in study-abroad trips frequent- Short “We went to multiple museums and excited to use all the Spanish I picked ly report that it was the most valuable SEE GHC, PAGE 5A INSIDE TODAY Sunny, VOLUME 73, NO. 146 Obituaries ............................. 2A Blotter ................................... 5A mild U.S. & World .........................3A Weather ................................ 6A High 67 www.daily-tribune.com Stocks ................................... 3A Sports ................................... 1B Entertainment ...................... 4A Classifieds............................ 4B Low 44 2A Wednesday, October 23, 2019 • www.daily-tribune.com Local The Daily Tribune News ContactUs OBITUARIES The Daily Tribune News Long lost father is found, Address: Remona Gail West Hunter 251 S. Tennessee St. Cartersville, GA 30120 but then quickly lost again Mrs. Remona Gail West Hunter, age 62, of Mulinix Road, Kingston, passed away October 21, 2019, at the residence. Mailing Address: 251 S. Tennessee St. DEAR ABBY: I grew up not My roommate is very fragile Mrs. Hunter was born in Floyd County, GA, July 6, 1957, Cartersville, GA 30120 knowing who my biological fa- emotionally and cries, with- daughter of the late Robert “Bobby” Ralph West and Betty Pritch- ther was. When I met him for draws and shuts down when I ett West.