Sunday Edition July 1, 2018 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER $1.50 City planning $33M plant expansion BY JAMES SWIFT rector Bob Jones. “We’re spread sion, Jones said, are stricter regu- particular expansion, we are actu- [email protected] among multiple buildings right lations concerning nutrient treat- ally changing most of the equip- now and it’s not ideal.” ment. Since the plant was ment that we have to be able to The City of Cartersville pur- The land acquisition comes on constructed in phases throughout treat phosphorus and meet those chased about 25 acres of land in the heels of the city receiving the late 1960s and early 1970s, he new limits ... so you’re almost West Cartersville last week, which $57.305 million in bonds for vari- said the current facility is only de- building a new plant within the ex- is expected to become the future ous water infrastructure improve- signed to treat conventional pollu- isting plant, and that is something home of a major annexation to the ments. At this point, Jones said the tants. we really have not had to do be- James R. Stafford Water Pollution design of the proposed expansion “Phosphorus, we have no ability fore.” Control Plant. is about 60 percent to 90 percent to treat, and really, that is what’s The preliminary $33 million “It’s property we intend to use complete; as an early total con- driving the cost and the complex- price tag is steep, but Jones said for future plant expansion and struction cost estimate, Jones said ity of this project,” Jones said. “In the investment is nonetheless crit- possibly for a more centralized ad- the city is currently batting around previous expansions, all we were ical for the city’s future. JAMES SWIFT/DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS ministrative office,” said City of $33 million. doing is adding on more of the The City of Cartersville is expected to spend about $33 million SEE , PAGE 7A Cartersville Water Department Di- The big catalyst for the expan- equipment we already had. In this PLANT on a new wastewater treatment plant expansion. Bartow County reopens bids for Glade Road REOPENING THE VAULT realignment project BY JAMES SWIFT [email protected] Last month Bartow County opened bids for a project to hori- zontally and vertically realign Glade Road from Wild Flower Trail to Camp Drive — a notori- ously curvy stretch of roadway that has seen its fair share of crashes over the years, including some that have been deadly. Apparently, the contract propos- als weren’t up to snuff with the county’s standards — all of the submissions entered after the June 11 bid date were rejected. “The county found some dis- crepancies,” said Bartow County Transportation Planner Tom Sills. “With a federal project, there are a number of certifications, and we RANDY PARKER/DTN Above, a photograph of SEE PROJECT, PAGE 5A the former First National Bank building in the late 1950s. Far right, The former First National Bank at the corner of Adairsville Main and Erwin streets in Cartersville has nearly been totally renovated, HS students with the completion date for the project scheduled for August of share love this year. Right, the vault in the former First on mission National Bank building. trip to Mexico BY DONNA HARRIS [email protected] Sisters Alexia Crisp and Kayli Former First National Bank Hilburn may have gone to Mexico during their summer vacation, but project eyes August completion it wasn’t to soak up on the sun on the beach in Cozumel or to visit BY MARIE NESMITH being a part of the most aggressive historic the ancient Mayan ruins on the Yu- [email protected] preservation initiative that our community catan Peninsula. will ever see. Constructed in 1905 as the The Adairsville High students As the renovation project nears comple- First National Bank, this architectural gem sat almost completely vacant for over a Situated on the corner of Main and Erwin — along with their parents, Justin tion, Ron Goss Jr. is delighted to see the for- was truly the cornerstone and sophistication decade before its recent purchase. There streets, the former First National Bank and Alanna Hilburn, and younger mer First National Bank building return to of Cartersville for over … half of a century. was very little interest in the obsolete di- building is located at 34 W. Main St. in siblings, Chase Hilburn, 12; its former glory. It was greatly altered in 1966 with all the el- nosaur on the corner with its unattractive Cartersville. Westin Crisp, 10; and Chandler “I can’t help but be excited as this project ements from its original design removed for 1960s façade. The building was purchased “The project started with research,” Goss Hilburn, 8 — were part of a 21- approaches the finish line,” said Goss, pres- a contemporary face. The columns, window to create a unique personal residence on the said. “The Bartow History Museum staff member team that visited the ident of McWhorter Goss General Contrac- detail, ornamental precast and masonry in- second level over two commercial spaces did an excellent job of helping bring to- United States’ neighbor to the tors. “The project has been several years in stalled during this current renovation are all at street level. The truly exciting part was gether 113 years of history and assembling south June 16-22 on a short-term the making from the preplanning stages, into exact replicas of all that ‘progress’ has the owner’s vision of what could be and a number of photos from all directions. This mission trip to Piedras Negras. the demolition and through the various robbed from this great building. their commitment to a historically appropri- phases of construction. What I enjoy most is “Many may not realize, but the building ate renovation.” SEE RENOVATION, PAGE 6A SEE MISSION, PAGE 8A Kemp turns up the fire on Too Hot to Handle Cagle in interview with DTN BY NEIL B. MCGAHEE had side-stepped the state Senate’s top Cagle ran a TV ad showing an old une News Tuesday to answer some [email protected] education leader and engineered the farmer brandishing a shotgun and re- questions about the tone of the cam- passage of a bill to raise the cap on tax viling Kemp as “incompetent” and paign. As Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Sec- credits for private school scholarships “untrustworthy” over a 2015 incident retary of State Brian Kemp enter the to $100 million, solely to prevent op- in which Kemp’s office inadvertently Daily Tribune News: Let’s start final stretch of campaigning for the ponent Hunter Hill from receiving fi- released information, including Social with the obvious. What’s with all the Georgia Republican primary runoff, nancial help from a super PAC. Security numbers, of millions of sudden bad blood between you and July 24, allegations questioning That was followed by a New York Georgia voters to media and political Casey Cagle? Cagle’s ethics and Kemp’s compe- Times report that Cagle bought an At- party officials. Brian Kemp: Obviously, fake tence have turned a tepid campaign to lanta condominium in 2008 from a The ad also accuses Kemp of de- news is still alive and well. His ads are RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS a scorching hot one. lobbyist for $97,000, 24 percent faulting on a $1.6 million loan from just factually false. There’s a lot of Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp In May, a secretly recorded conver- below its appraised value, a serious Kentucky farmers who provided seed people that have rebutted them. I think stopped by The Daily Tribune News this week to sation revealed Cagle admitting to for- ethics violation. for making canola and sunflower oil. discuss his plans for Georgia and the runoff between mer opponent Clay Tippins that he Not long after these revelations, Kemp stopped by The Daily Trib- SEE KEMP, PAGE 2A him and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle. INSIDE TODAY Partly Obituaries . .2A Around Town . .1C sunny VOLUME 72, NO. 49 U.S.& World . .4A Entertainment . .7C High 87 Blotter . .7A Business . .1D www.daily-tribune.com Sports . .1B Classified . .4D Low 71 2A Sunday, July 1, 2018 • www.daily-tribune.com Local The Daily Tribune News ContactUs OBITUARIES The Daily Tribune News demic Clubs. Upon graduation in active member of the Cobb County nings Funeral Home and Crema- Valdez; and his sisters Mary and Address: 1956, he joined the U.S. Army Jaycees striving to help make a dif- tion Service, with Pastor Louise Odelia Valdez. 251 S. Tennessee St. Cartersville, GA 30120 paratroopers serving honorably ference in the community through Young Harris of Kingston Queen Mr. Valdez loved his family with the 11th Airborne Division as leadership and education. After his Chapel Independent Methodist deeply and had a love to translate Mailing Address: a Field Artilleryman in West Ger- retirement in 2003, he moved back Church officiating. An Inurnment Spanish for others. He loved and 251 S. Tennessee St. many during the Cold War era. to his childhood home in Kingston will follow in the Oak Hill Ceme- cherished his dog “Puddles.” Cartersville, GA 30120 During this time, he was awarded where he continued his interest in tery with military honors. Survivors include his daughters, the Army Parachutist Medal. Upon community service by being In lieu of flowers, memorial do- Rosa (John) Pocian of Cartersville, Phone: 770-382-4545 discharge from active military serv- elected to serve on the Kingston nations may be made in Harold’s Veronica Woody of Cartersville, After 5 p.m.: 770-382-4548 ice with the rank of SGT, he re- City Council.