Sunday Edition November 10, 2019 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER $1.50 Commissioner Chamber event focuses on approves anticipated growth in Adairsville ambulance service BY JAMES SWIFT permits so far, and last year, we foot Ashley Capital project, [email protected] only issued 40.” a 200,000-square-foot-plus agreement, The residential figures also Panattoni building and plans for The numbers presented at the highlighted a few major devel- future expansions at the local OKs distribution Cartersville-Bartow County opments technically outside of Shaw and Vista Metals facili- Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs Adairsville, yet still within the ties. center rezoning and Issues event at NorthPointe City’s utility service area, such And on a considerably small- Church Thursday morning indi- as the Monticello and Woody er scale, Madison said the City BY JAMES SWIFT cate Adairsville isn’t just grow- Farms subdivisions. expects the new RaceTrac to [email protected] ing — it’s growing rapidly. “We also believe that Woody open by the end of a month. Indeed, Adairsville City Man- Farms is going to do an exten- “We’re up about 40 business Bartow County Commission- ager Pam Madison informed at- sion, an expansion phase in the licenses in industrial and com- er Steve Taylor approved a slate tendees that, over the last year, City limits, so we’re working mercial from last year,” she of agenda items at Wednesday the municipality’s home-build- with them on that,” she said. said. morning’s public meeting, ing permits increased 93%. Business is also booming in The municipal government including the renewal of an RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS “You can see that housing is north Bartow. Among other has also been busy with several agreement with Marietta-based Adairsville City Manager Pam Madison speaks at Thurs- really growing, and that’s just in major developments arising in infrastructure projects. MetroAtlanta Ambulance Ser- day morning’s Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of the City limits,” she said. “This Adairsville over the past year vice. Commerce event at NorthPointe Church. year, we have issued 77 building includes a 769,000-square- SEE ADAIRSVILLE, PAGE 7A Bartow County Administra- tor Peter Olson said MetroAt- lanta — which received a fi ve- year contract last year when the County government chose to Christmas privatize its emergency medical services — is currently a tenant shopping IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED in fi ve County fi res stations. The agreement allows Met- roAtlanta to continue operating comes early out of three of those stations. CMS honors “They’re coming out of Sta- at annual tion No. 1, they bought a build- vets during ing on Center Road, and they’re craft fair in the process of relocating onto 41 in Adairsville, a better spot BY DONNA HARRIS annual musical for them,” Olson said. “But they [email protected] haven’t had so much success program fi nding alternative locations for Christmas shoppers don’t have the other three stations, so we’re to wait until Black Friday to start extending the lease with them tackling their gift list. BY DONNA HARRIS for another year to stay in the Those searching for unique gifts [email protected] stations in Emerson, Euharlee for family members and friends as and Cassville.” well as holiday decor should plan Vietnam veterans remember being Taylor also approved a lease to attend the Friends of the Li- spit on and called names when they re- agreement with Calhoun’s iWis- brary’s ninth annual Indoor Arts turned home from serving their country pr LLC, which would allow the and Crafts Fair Saturday from 10 fi ve decades ago. company to put equipment on a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cartersville But they received the exact opposite the County’s public safety radio Civic Center at 435 W. Main St., treatment Thursday morning as the stu- towers, starting with the one lo- next-door to the Cartersville Pub- dents and faculty at Cartersville Middle cated along Johnson Mountain lic Library. showed these American heroes nothing Road. “The wide variety of vendors but love and appreciation during the Olson said the agreement is makes this an attractive fair, in my school’s annual Veterans Day program. an effort to expand broadband opinion,” committee Chairwoman Following a breakfast in the media internet access in the county’s Valerie Gilreath said. “It is both ‘art’ center, 30 to 40 veterans from four of the more remote areas. and ‘craft.’ While we do have sever- fi ve military branches were honored by “We’re not picking winners, al fi ne-art vendors, there are also the the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders we’re just trying to encourage food treats, useful and decorative during “A Veterans Day Celebration,” a anybody who wants to serve the items for your home and wearables musical presentation of patriotic tunes rural areas. The big companies — all of which are handmade be- performed by the seventh- and eighth- don’t seem interested because cause that is our requirement.” grade band and the eighth-grade chorus there’s not enough customers And the fact that the fair is in the gym. for Comcast to run the cable,” held indoors also is a “big selling “I think it is especially important in a he said. “Hopefully there will point,” she said. world so fi lled with negativity and divi- be more options. There’s a sec- “Shoppers can stroll and browse siveness to come together and say thank ond company, in fact, that we’re at their leisure, no matter the you to all those who have served to pro- working with looking at the weather outside,” she said. tect our freedom,” said Choral Director same thing.” Over the years, the fair has been a Erin Karstensen, who coordinates the On the subject of internet ser- profi table fundraiser for the library, program with Band Director Michael vices, Taylor also approved an “and the vendors and the customers Elzey every year. “I love that our young amendment to the County code, RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS really enjoy it and look forward to it students get to meet these true heroes Retired Air Force Major Shanna Latimer was the guest speaker at the Carters- formally adopting the proce- each year,” Gilreath said. and hear about their lives and learn how ville Middle School Veterans Day Celebration Thursday morning. dures mandated by Senate Bill “The Friends’ board briefl y con- important gratitude is. I hope they see 66, which is also known as the sidered discontinuing the annual the veterans’ faces and realize the im- played “Celebration of Taps” in mem- na Latimer, a retired U.S. Air Force ma- “Streamlining Wireless Facili- craft fair this year, and there was a portance of events like this.” ory of those who sacrifi ced their lives, jor who served 21 years. ties and Antennas Act.” general outcry from the communi- The program, which started more the presentation of colors by the Bartow Latimer, whose son, Jackson, is an The law, signed by Gov. Brian ty, who had come to expect it each than a decade ago, included recognition County Sheriff’s Offi ce Honor Guard, eighth-grader at CMS, talked to the middle Kemp in April, became effective year,” she said. “After the outpour- of veterans and active military person- members of the Bartow County Fire schoolers about importance of teams. Oct. 1. ing of support in favor of keeping nel with the anthems of all fi ve branch- Department and the Cartersville High this long-running event alive, we es, a moment of silence before the band School JROTC and guest speaker Shan- SEE VETERANS, PAGE 2A SEE COMMISSIONER, PAGE 6A decided to continue holding it. It’s a lot of fun for vendors and custom- ers alike, and a lot of people do their Christmas shopping at the craft fair.” Cartersville approves extension of historic district moratorium This year’s event will feature 67 vendors — 57 inside and 10 outside — offering a wide variety of items: BY JAMES SWIFT Councilman Gary Fox said he took issue with Christmas ornaments; holiday [email protected] how the moratorium was described in a depart- wreaths; fl oral baskets; cross-stitch ment summary report. crafts; felted woven items; fi ne-art Thursday evening’s Cartersville City Council “It doesn’t stop new applications, renovations photography; oil, acrylic and wa- meeting had a lengthy agenda, with items run- or improvements,” he said. “It’s just more spe- tercolor paintings; handmade soap ning the gamut from temporary road closures cifi c.” and bath bombs; home decor and to settlement agreements for bicycle accidents. Cartersville City Attorney Keith Lovell then accessories; beeswax candles; hon- At the top of the list, perhaps, was the coun- weighed in on the resolution. ey; knitted scarves, socks, hats and cil voting unanimously to extend a moratorium “It’s exactly the same as the previous one,” he other items; dog biscuits; crocheted on “all new applications for renovations or im- said. “It basically doesn’t allow any new dem- blankets, hats and scarves; soy can- provements of any properties” within the Cher- olition or subdivision of property, but it does dles; beaded jewelry; sterling jew- okee-Cassville Historic District and West End allow other types of improvements and reviews elry; doll clothes; fudge, cookies, Historic District until March 6, 2020. by the Historic Preservation Commission in cakes and bread; modern calligra- In August, the council voted unanimously those areas.” phy home decor; wood crafts; dec- to enact the moratorium, which was initially The resolution does contain several exemp- orative glass and mosaics; wood scheduled to end on Dec.