TUESDAY February 18, 2020 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 cents Euharlee mulling possible RV ordinance changes BY JAMES SWIFT “In the fi rst sentence, it states none of ty is short on the side and they’ve got to ly limits properties to no more than [email protected] the vehicles can be parked within the go to the back of their house?” two RVs. setback and buffer area, which for a Euharlee Planning and Zoning Ad- “We were also thinking — for dis- Euharlee offi cials have recently re- residential property, is 10 feet.” ministrator Charles Reese said the City cussion purposes only — if there’s a ceived complaints about recreational In total, Stephens estimated there is still weighing its options on whether second RV, that would actually be in vehicles (RVs) violating homeowners could be as many as 100 RVs techni- or not to rewrite the ordinance. the rear,” Reese said. “You would only association guidelines. The quandary, cally violating the ordinance through- “In terms of what we’re seeing — have that one RV that’s actually visible Euharlee City Manager James Ste- out the City. and this is not just Euharlee, this is for public view.” phens said at last week’s work session Euharlee City Councilman Tracy Acworth, anywhere you go — when At that point, Queen asked what the meeting, was that those HOA violations Queen said he found nothing “unrea- you see a trailer on a driveway, or a City intends to do about the RVs that are may or may not constitute a violation of sonable” with the ordinance as it is pad, and it’s parked similar to how you considerably less “aesthetically-pleas- the City’s own ordinances pertaining to currently written. would park your car outside a garage, ing.” He fl oated the idea of including an the use and parking of RVs. “There’s 10 feet on the property line, we’re trying to fi nd some language that amendment to the ordinance that would “Looking at the current wording of it’s the same thing we do with a building would accommodate that,” he said. require vehicle owners to keep their JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS our recreational vehicle parking ordi- when you build a building,” he said. “So “As it is written now, it doesn’t accom- RVs “properly maintained.” The City of Euharlee is contemplating pos- nance, it lends itself to some opportu- what’s unreasonable about having an RV modate what I just described.” sible amendments to its ordinance relat- nities for clarifi cation,” Stephens said. parked 10 feet off the line if their proper- He noted that the ordinance current- SEE EUHARLEE, PAGE 2A ing to recreational vehicles. Cloverleaf GATEWAY students show off their passions at Genius Hour Expo BY DONNA HARRIS [email protected] It’s not often that one can learn about space, animals, sports, careers, wars, toys and science in the same place in the span of an hour. But Cloverleaf Elementary in Cartersville managed to do just that with its third Genius Hour Expo Thursday morning in the school’s media center. The 14 fourth-grade and 21 fi fth-grade GATEWAY stu- dents spent 60 minutes presenting the passion projects they’d been working on since September to their parents. “The kids get to explore their passions, and they’re able to utilize our gifted goals for creative thinking, problem-solv- ing, advanced communication skills and advanced research,” fourth-grade GATEWAY teacher Karen Farr said. The idea for Genius Hour came from Google, which would allow employees to use 20% of their time to work on a “pas- sion project” as long as it would benefi t the company, fi fth- grade GATEWAY teacher Leigh McClure said, noting one of those projects resulted in Gmail. “This is just a chance for our students to kind of follow RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS that model, spend a bit of their day in GATEWAY focused Bethzy Ortiz, RN, right, and Ashley Allgood, RN, in the Labor & Delivery department at Cartersville Medical Center. on something that they are interested in,” she said. “Through that, we teach research skills. This culminating activity kind of showcases their advanced communication skills so that’s a good practice for them toward one of our GATEWAY goals.” Cartersville Medical Center seeks McClure said she and Assistant Principal Paige Bennett, who was a gifted teacher at the time, started Cloverleaf’s Ge- nius Hour four years ago, but the classes didn’t do the expo last year due to an “extremely busy” school year. community support for Level II NICU “And so far, the kids have continued to enjoy it and love it,” she said. “When they’re in fourth grade, they’re already think- BY MARIE NESMITH mothers and babies who might re- Newborn Nursery that has the “Once our team of physicians ing of what they might want to research for their fi fth-grade [email protected] quire Level II services after birth. capability of providing care for and nurses stabilizes the new- project so it’s just stuck with us.” “Using downtown Cartersville infants that are born at 32 weeks born and the decision for a high- This year’s expo included projects on such topics as space, To increase the quality of ser- as an example, the nearest NICUs of gestation or above and babies er level of care is made, the pedi- cats, electronics, wormholes, slime, Pablo Picasso, soccer vice to its “tiniest patients and are located more than 25-plus with a birth weight of 3.3 pounds atrician collaborates with parents history, World War II, air pollution, Mars, health care, drink- their parents,” Cartersville Med- miles away, requiring families to and above,” she said. “Level II to determine the most appropri- able water, teachers, pandas, the history of college football, ical Center is striving to add a travel a signifi cant distance from NICUs also treat moderately ill ate facility to which to transfer LEGOs, Pluto, the Revolutionary War and dancing. Level II neonatal intensive care home to be with their babies. This newborns with medical condi- the baby,” Costner said. “Car- Students were given the freedom of coming up with their unit to its operations. can be expensive and can serve as tions that are expected to resolve tersville has transfer agreements own topic, but their project, which came with a rubric for pre- “We routinely assess the needs a barrier to being with the child. quickly, but who still require and professional relationships sentation skills and gifted goals, had to consist of a “digital of our community, and a Neona- We want to be part of the solution close observation and monitor- with numerous Level II facilities product and physical product” of their choice, Farr said. tal ICU is a need that has been for these families.” ing. If a newborn requires short- both north and south of CMC. raised multiple times to us by our Situated at 960 Joe Frank Har- term respiratory support — less “The chosen facility for trans- SEE CLOVERLEAF, PAGE 6A patients, families and commu- ris Parkway, CMC welcomed than 24 hours — those newborns portation is dependent on bed nity leaders,” CMC CEO Chris 898 newborns into the world in also could be cared for in a Level availability and numerous oth- Mosley said. “The people of our 2019, 4.5% of whom “required a II Nursery.” er factors. Currently, the closest community tell us that the lack higher level of care,” according As Mosley noted, babies cur- NICUs are over 25 miles from of access to a NICU in Bartow to Perinatal Services Director rently needing the care of a Level downtown Cartersville.” County places an undue hardship Kelly Costner. II NICU are transferred to medical on expectant and newly delivered “Level II NICU refers to a facilities outside of Cartersville. SEE CMC, PAGE 2A Tree seedling giveaway set for Friday BY MARIE NESMITH urban forest by planting or replac- “We’ve just seen the release of a good root growth before the warm [email protected] ing our own. No, trees don’t last study, published in Science, report- weather brings on the new stem and forever. They also need to be plant- ing that North America has lost 3 leaf growth,” KBB Executive Direc- Underscoring the tie between a ed in the right places to minimize billion, yes that’s billion with a ‘B,’ tor Sheri Henshaw said. “A healthy substantial tree canopy and a thriv- damage if a tree becomes weak or birds,” Phillips said. “Most of these tree needs strong roots to survive. RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS ing bird habitat, Missy Phillips is at the end of its life span.” are songbirds. Just the idea that “A new tree should always be Cloverleaf Elementary School fourth-grader Camden Sanders shows off his Where and When Did Hitler Die? is looking forward to celebrating Purchased by KBB from the these pleasant creatures, who con- well watered through the fi rst year project at the school’s Genius Hour Expo Thursday. Georgia’s Arbor Day. The festivi- Georgia Forestry Commission, tribute so much to the soundtrack as root growth is established, espe- ties will kick off Friday at 9 a.m. 2,000 seedlings will be available to of our lives, could be silenced is cially during the hot, dry months with a tree seedling giveaway at the public Friday at no charge on a gut-wrenching. of the year, but this early planting various locations across the county.