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WEDNESDAY August 8, 2018 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 CENTS Buddy Bagley’s motorcycle ride generates more than $10,000 for Cancer Navigators BY MARIE NESMITH with it. I was very pleased with the Gordon County, right here in this Expressing her gratitude to [email protected] way the folks [came] out and area. It goes to help with their food, Bagley for his annual benefit, helped, and they donated money. their gas — whatever they need. It Sarah Husser — fundraising and Thanks to Adairsville Mayor Pro “… It was just amazing how goes to help them. outreach coordinator for Cancer Tem Buddy Bagley’s “generosity people [came] out and helped us. I “When we found out that [my Navigators — shared the public’s and commitment to Cancer Navi- love to have the community’s sup- wife] had ovarian and breast can- support is key to the nonprofit’s gators,” the nonprofit continues to port. It means a whole lot to me. It cer, a lady there that was giving my outreach efforts. receive needed awareness and really does.” wife chemo told us that we needed “We were very pleased with the funds. As in past years, proceeds from to check with Cancer Navigators, motorcycle ride’s turnout and In its ninth year, his July 14 mo- the event benefited Cancer Naviga- and they would help us. And they greatly appreciate the over $10,000 torcycle ride in north Bartow drew tors, which provided key support to really did. They came along, and raised for Cancer Navigators,” about 30 bikers and generated Bagley and his late wife, Darlene, they helped us through the whole Husser said. “Funds will be used to $10,200 for the Rome-based organ- who passed away from ovarian and thing. We didn’t need housing provide gas money to cancer pa- ization that assists cancer patients breast cancer in 2013. [and] we didn’t need a lot of money tients for transportation to treat- in northwest Georgia. “[The funds go] to help people or nothing like that, but they navi- ments, assist patients with nutrition SPECIAL “It’s getting harder and harder to that’s got cancer,” Bagley said. “It gated us through the whole thing. and provide counseling services. Adairsville Mayor Pro Tem Buddy Bagley’s ninth annual get people to do these things,” all stays right here in and around They helped my wife. They [were] motorcycle ride raised $10,200 for Cancer Navigators. Bagley said. “I was very pleased Bartow County — Floyd County, there for her every step of the way.” SEE RIDE, PAGE 4A Booth acquires JAMES SWIFT/DTN Marcia Hall and Russ Kelly, Jr., works from show off their lineup of Hot Wheels merchandise at the North Georgia Dixie Diecast and Toy Collectibles show at former Leanin’ the Cartersville Civic Center. Tree Museum BY MARIE NESMITH [email protected] The Booth Western Art Museum’s association with the now closed Leanin’ Tree Museum and Sculpture Garden has resulted in three new works for the Cartersville venue’s permanent collection. The Booth acquired the two paintings and sculpture prior to the Leanin’ Tree Museum Collection auction — conducted by Scottsdale Art Auction — in January. “[Leanin’ Tree Founder Ed Trumble] is now [in his 90s], and he wanted to have his collection be dispersed while he was still alive to see it and not leave it to his kids to have them do that,” Booth Executive Director Seth Hopkins told attendees at the museum’s Art for Lunch program Aug. 1. “The majority of the works were owned by the company. Some were owned by him per- sonally and other entities. “But when you’ve got a several million dollar art col- lection owned by a company that is in a business that is somewhat shrinking — the greeting card business is not what it used to be with the Internet greeting cards and things taking over, … he really thought [that] he needed to liquidate the art collection and put the money back into the company. So that’s what they did in January. They had an auction of 700 pieces. Every single piece sold. That never happens. It was a combination [of] they had realistic estimates and reserves on the pieces, and people who are just fans of the company.” He continued. “… We were consulted to help them with the business side of liquidating the collection and to give them a little advice. We’ve had a close relation- ship with them for many years, such that they gave us Toy Story the opportunity to buy three pieces before the auction. The deal was we couldn’t buy any of the Top 20 in value because that was the core of the auction, and we didn’t want to pull that out from under them or the auction Collectibles show draws 300 to Cartersville company. So the next 20, we got to pick three that we really wanted, and they made us a real racehorse deal on BY JAMES SWIFT of both modern and retro toys and video games. 53-year-old Bill Fury, of Cum- these three pieces. We are very pleased to have these.” [email protected] collectibles. Both the number of attendees and ming, has been a vendor since the Among the three works that the Booth acquired is one “There was another toy show that vendors has doubled over the last late 1990s. painted sculpture titled “Cosmos” by Harry Jackson. Sit- Cartersville resident Jeff Powell was in Acworth and they folded, so decade. Powell said the show used to Saturday was his third time selling uated in the Great Hall on the venue’s main level, the has been promoting the North Geor- I kind of took this one over and be locked at a 60-table limit. Now his cache of DC, Marvel, Hasbro and piece is an abstract depiction of a stampede. gia Dixie Diecast and Toy Col- moved it here,” he said. “They’re al- they’re up to 115. Lego wares at the Cartersville show. lectibles show for the last 10 years. lowed to sell all kinds of old, new “A lot of people want to go back “The other expos, like the ones in SEE BOOTH, PAGE 2A His latest convention, held Saturday and vintage toys, from Hot Wheels and relive their childhood,” he said. Atlanta, get a little bit more people, at the Cartersville Civic Center, drew to the newest thing, Funko Pops.” “And nowadays you can’t find this but this expo is starting to grow,” he a pretty big crowd; Powell estimates Other relics of yesteryear avail- stuff in stores, so now they go back said. about 300 people turned out to buy, able at the show included comic and get it and that’s what they put in sell and peruse through a cavalcade books, action figures and old school their man cave, it’s their hobby.” SEE TOYS, PAGE 7A White City Hall gets exterior facelift BY NEIL B. MCGAHEE hit somebody and we had been told to remove [email protected] them and we hadn't, it would be on us.” On Monday, three months later, a crowd gath- Back in April, the White City Council met in ered at City Hall for a victory lap of sorts. an emergency session to decide when to begin Wielding some downright dangerous-looking repairing City Hall. shears, Billue snipped the red ribbon and City “A few days earlier, engineers had come to in- Hall, once again was open for business spect the building,” Mayor Kim Billue said. But that doesn't mean it's all over. “They were here for five hours and must have The second issue, although not as immediate taken a thousand pictures” as the stones, are the windows. The warning was clear — parts of the build- “The engineers told us the windows are the ing were dangerous and needed to be addressed only thing holding up the building,” Billue said, immediately. “When they were installed, they were never re- The biggest issue were the columns — stones inforced.” RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS seemingly stuck into cement — but they sup- Mariann Midi, left, visiting from Hungary, and NEIL MCGAHEE/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Andrew and Kathleen Nagy, of Acworth, look at ported practically nothing. Following the ribbon cutting, the White City Mayor Kim Billue, surrounded by staff and elected “Canyon Passages,” a painting by Bill Hughes, in “He said he didn't care what we did — either Council met and: officials, cuts the red ribbon signifying the the Landscape and Wildlife Gallery at the Booth remove or replace the stones — but the stones reopening of White City Hall following repairs to the Western Art Museum. had to go,” Billue said. “He said if one fell and SEE WHITE, PAGE 2A building. INSIDE TODAY Mostly Obituaries . .2A Business . .6A sunny VOLUME 72, NO. 81 Family Living . .3A Blotter . .7A High 91 U.S. & World . .4A Sports . .1B www.daily-tribune.com Entertainment . .5A Classifieds . .3B Low 72 2A Wednesday, August 8, 2018 • www.daily-tribune.com Local The Daily Tribune News ContactUs OBITUARIES The Daily Tribune News ily, friends, or anyone that needed ney Stanley, Scotty Bryant, Ty man and Dorothy Lillian Jar- Address: Ella Mae Ellis Billy Gene Jackson 251 S. Tennessee St. Mrs. Ella Ellis, 83, of her help. She was employed as a Mr. Billy Gene Jackson, 76 of Dean, Daniell Dean, Justin Jones, man. Dean proudly served our private caretaker the majority of Cartersville, GA 30120 Cartersville, Georgia passed away Cartersville, Georgia passed away Meghen Jones, Qiara Dean and country in the United States her career, and later took a job at peacefully on Wednesday, August peacefully on Sunday, August 5, Logan Webster; and a host of Marine Corp.

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