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Sunday Edition February 24, 2019 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER $1.50 Bartow’s 2018 economic report gives insight to county’s future BY JAMES SWIFT growth, industrial recruitment and the company locations — such as the [email protected] overall employment rate. 647,000-square-foot Loloi, Inc. dis- Lemmon unveiled data from the tribution center in construction along Cartersville-Bartow County Depart- CBCDOED’s 2018 annual report at a Cass-White Road — as well as long-es- ment of Economic Development (CB- meeting at the Clarence Brown Con- tablished companies that announced Wheat CDOED) Executive Director Melinda ference Center Tuesday. Last year, she major expansions last year. The Bar- Lemmon said that 2018 was a year of said the department supported eight tow-Cartersville Joint Development challenges and triumphs for the local projects, resulting in the addition of Authority (JDA), for example, ap- JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Adairsville Cartersville-Bartow County Department of economy. But at the end of the day — 613 jobs and about $282.7 million in proved a $550 million bond resolution Economic Development Executive Director or, perhaps more fi tting, the end of the new capital investments to the county for Toyo last November, while the De- Melinda Lemmon speaks at Tuesday’s an- calendar year — the community cer- — numbers that are roughly double the velopment Authority of Bartow County woman nual report meeting at the Clarence Brown tainly experienced more highs than same fi gures from 2017. Conference Center. lows when it came to matters like job That total includes both new SEE ECONOMY, PAGE 5A arrested Cartersville for murder council hears HIDDEN TREASURES in alleged fi rst reading for proposed case microbrewery of child BY JAMES SWIFT [email protected] neglect The Cartersville City Council STAFF REPORT heard the fi rst reading of a spe- The Adairsville Police De- cial use permit application for partment (APD) arrested a a potential microbrewery on 4 22-year-old woman Saturday South Tennessee St. at Thursday and charged her with the second night’s meeting. The application, degree murder of her infant son, fi led by Patricia Holt, would who died in Sept. 2018, in what pave the way for Drowned Val- police now believe was a case of ley Brewing Co. to open the fi rst criminal neglect. business of its kind in the city. Destiney Diane Wheat, 22, of “In 2018, we amended the al- Adairsville, has been charged cohol ordinance and the zoning with murder in the second de- ordinance to allow for micro- gree, cruelty to children in the breweries in certain zoning dis- second degree and possession of tricts and locations,” said City of less than one ounce of marijua- Cartersville Director of Planning na. and Development Randy Manni- According to an APD re- no. “We did that with the special lease, Wheat was taken into use criteria being added to it, custody around noon in rela- where they would be required to tion to an incident on Sept. 28, come back before you individu- 2018. According to the release, ally, but we do now allow them APD arrived on scene at 210 N. in those zoning districts that Main St., Adairsville, that day were refl ected in the ordinance.” to a call of an infant not breath- RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE ing. SEE COUNCIL, PAGE 7A Artifacts from the Old West are on display in the Booth Museum’s “Treasures From The Vault” exhibit. When police arrived, the re- lease states “they immediate- ly smelled the odor of burning Booth presents ‘Treasures from the Vault’ exhibit marijuana coming from with- Local STAR in the residence,” and found BY MARIE NESMITH features six themes: “Georgia Artists,” a 4-month-old boy who had a students, [email protected] “Different,” “Sculpture,” “Presidents,” shallow heartbeat and was not “New” and “Sketches.” breathing. Striving to foster a “sense of wonder “There are over 200 works of art and ob- According to the release, the teachers and amusement,” the Booth Western Art jects in the exhibit,” said Lisa Wheeler, di- infant was transported to Car- Museum is presenting “Treasures from the rector of curatorial services for the Booth. tersville Medical Center, where honored by Vault” through July 28. “They range in size from large paintings he was pronounced dead shortly “We have two blockbuster shows com- and sculptures all the way down to small after. Rotary Club ing in this year, our 15th as a museum — presidential campaign buttons. To me, Police notifi ed Division of the big Remington show that just closed some of the most unique items are in the Family and Children Services BY DONNA HARRIS and then ‘Warhol and the West,’ opening presidential section of the exhibit. (DFCS) that “the house was very [email protected] in August,” said Seth Hopkins, executive “I’m fascinated by the Easter basket unsanitary, including numerous director for the Booth. “In between, we RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE given as a favor to guests who attend the dirty diapers as well as an infes- It may have been midday, but the wanted to do a show from our collection Artifacts from the Old West, including annual White House Easter Egg Roll, the tation of roach bugs and clues to STARS were shining brightly in that highlighted the variety of things we wire fencing that was used, are part of fl ight jacket worn on Air Force One and illegal drug usage,” according to the Booth Museum’s “Treasures From Bartow County Wednesday after- have collected over the past 15 years plus. The Vault” exhibit. the presidential golf ball. These items the APD release. noon. So we started going around the vault and and more are gifts to the collection from After a “lengthy investiga- The unusual phenomenon was scooping up things that were really cool broke ground on the museum, there were D. Russell Clayton. … I want the visitor tion,” including a forensic au- caused by the Cartersville Rotary but have rarely if ever been seen in our things I had forgotten about and made for to enjoy the exhibit and genuinely feel as topsy by the Georgia Bureau of Club gathering the county’s four galleries. wonderful discoveries as we worked on the though they are getting a sneak peek into Investigation crime lab, it was STAR students and their STAR “The resulting exhibition highlights exhibition. If we had space for it and an the museum vault. I hope they experience a determined by police that negli- teachers together for the 61st annu- unique objects added to the collection, big interesting way to display it, we put it in sense of wonder and amusement at some of gence on the part of the mother al STAR Student/Teacher Awards and small, important and whimsical, fi nan- the show.” the items they’ll see during their visit and may have been a contributing luncheon at the Cartersville Coun- cially valuable and culturally signifi cant, Opened Thursday in the Special Exhibi- then inspire others to visit the museum.” factor in the infant’s death. try Club. historic and contemporary. … Even though tion Gallery, “Treasures from the Vault — After recognizing all the stu- I have been here since day one when we 15 Years of Collecting at Booth Museum” SEE BOOTH, PAGE 8A SEE ARREST, PAGE 7A dents and teachers, STAR program SEE STAR, PAGE 4A Downtown Cartersville establishments open for business during water main project BY MARIE NESMITH work will start on the other side of Erwin [Street] be- [email protected] hind those Main Street businesses from Young Broth- ers all the way to the old First National Bank build- Appealing to the public for patience and support, ing. After that area is done, the work will cross Main Lillie Read emphasizes the downtown district is open Street and extend along Public Square from the [Car- for business during Cartersville’s water main project. tersville] School of Ballet to the Good Dog Shoppe.” “There’s no question that this project has been Started in January, the construction project — in- hard on those downtown business that have been stalling 12-inch ductile iron water main for about 1,800 impacted thus far,” said Read, director of the Car- feet — is tentatively scheduled to be complete by May. tersville Downtown Development Authority. “The “The replacement of the Main Street water main RANDY PARKER/DTN work started at the beginning of the month in the was needed because it is one of the oldest water lines Bartow County STAR Student parking area near the Chamber of Commerce and in the city that is still in use,” Read said. “The line Peter Germ of Woodland High behind those nearby businesses, like Cotton + Fox, was laid in the 1880s and while we have certainly School addresses the Carters- Love‘m & Leave‘m, Salon 120 and The Pumphouse gotten great use out of it, it’s time for a replacement. RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS ville Rotary Club at the Car- Players in The Legion Theatre. A repair crew works to repair and upgrade a water line on Main tersville Country Club Feb. 20. “Once they are largely concluded in that area, the SEE MAIN STREET, PAGE 2A Street in Cartersville. 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