FRIDAY September 28, 2018 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 CENTS ACT OF VALOR “On the night of June 30, they were working the Bartow firefighters A shift at Station 10 in Adairsville,” Deputy Chief Dwayne Jamison said. “A call came in that there receive state’s highest was a house fire with a person trapped inside. The smoke was so thick, they could barely see the award after saving woman woman at the other end of the house. Unable to from burning house make access, the firefighters broke down the door and pulled the victim to safety.” BY NEIL B. MCGAHEE It is the most prestigious recognition a Georgia [email protected] firefighter can attain. The annual conference also featured a fire- Four Bartow County firefighters earned the fighter competition and Sgt. Justin Silvers took JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS state’s highest award for valor at the 2018 Georgia first place in the Rapid Dress category. The com- Local attorney Samir J. Patel Fire Service Conference in Dalton last month. petition is based on the necessity for a firefighter speaks at the National Day of NEIL MCGAHEE/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Sgt. Jason Cline and firefighters Christian How- Remembrance for Murder BCFD chief Craig Millsap, left, Sgt. Jason Cline, firefighter to change from street clothes to a fully function- Victims event in Cartersville Christian Comer, Deputy Chief Dwayne Jamison and firefighters ell, Ellis Bramblett and Seth Burns received the ing uniform, ready to fight fires as quickly as pos- Tuesday. Ellis Bramblett and Seth Burns display awards brought home Lifesaving Valor award from the Georgia State Fire- sible. from the 2018 Georgia Fire Service Conference in Dalton last fighters Association for pulling a woman to safety month. from a burning house. SEE VALOR, PAGE 2A Bartow Western honors historian to CANES ROLLING IN homicide discuss victims at Wyatt Earp annual research at ceremony BY JAMES SWIFT Booth [email protected] Close to 100 people attended a BY MARIE NESMITH [email protected] ceremony at the Hilton Garden Inn in Cartersville Tuesday evening to Fascinated with the Old West pay their respects to individuals legend since age 7, Mark Warren with ties to the local community will present “The Rocky Road of whose lives were claimed by acts Researching Wyatt Earp” at the of violence. Booth Western Museum Wednes- “We come together from differ- day. A resident of Dahlonega, the ent backgrounds, different lives,” 69-year-old will provide an Cherokee Judicial Circuit District overview of his more than 60 years Attorney Rosemary Greene said at of research that is culminating with the event. “We’re here to celebrate his “Wyatt Earp, An American the love of a life we have lost.” Odyssey” book trilogy. Representatives from the circuit “In the coming Oct. 3 presenta- — which comprises Bartow and tion,” he said, “I will outline some Gordon counties — have hosted a of the obstacles in researching such National Day of Remembrance for a controversial figure as Wyatt Murder Victims event since 2011. Earp — 1.) researchers who have Congress first recognized the event tried to bend the historical record to in 2007; the yearly ceremony was fit their agendas; 2.) unreliable started by the organization Parents of newspaper accounts aimed at sell- Murdered Children, Inc. — founders ing more copies or at attracting in- vestors; 3.) the difficulties of photo Robert and Charlotte Hullinger recognition; 4.) misunderstanding chose Sept. 25 as the observance of 19th century terms; 5.) original date to commemorate the 1978 slay- sources with a tendency to exag- ing of their 19-year-old daughter. gerate their experiences; 6.) family The 2018 ceremony in descendants hoping to jump on the Cartersville began with a presenta- Earp bandwagon; and 7.) inherited RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS tion of colors by Gordon Central The 2018 Cartersville High School homecoming parade makes its way up Tennessee Street Thursday afternoon. Tonight’s opinions of descendant families High School Jr. ROTC students. homecoming game features the Canes against Central-Carroll at 7:30 at Weinman Stadium. whose forebears were enemies of After Greene’s opening remarks, the Earps.” local attorney Samir J. Patel spoke. Open to the public, the Booth’s Patel, who spent about five years Art for Lunch offering will begin at working as a public defender be- 12:15 p.m. While the program will Cartersville man dies in Cobb wreck fore joining the law firm White & be included with the cost of admis- Choate LLC, recalled his father’s sion, lunch will be an additional STAFF REPORT near the intersection of Highway 92 at was transported to WellStar Kennestone long battle with brain cancer. As he $10 plus tax. A 52-year-old Cartersville man died in about 9:50 p.m. when the wreck occurred. Hospital with visible injuries after the watched his dad slowly succumb to “Our written histories are not ab- front of his mother Tuesday when the van After leaving the right side of the road, wreck. the terminal illness, Patel said solute,” Warren said. “They change they were in left the roadway and struck a the van continued across a landscaped Marjorie Crews told investigators her many times he wondered if it was from one person’s viewpoint to an- large tree in Acworth. area in front of the Bridgewater subdivi- son suffered medical conditions that in- “easier” if a loved one died unex- other’s. As new evidence comes According to Cobb County police, sion before colliding with the tree. cluded “blacking out,” and she believes pectedly instead. into light, gaps in history are filled. Charles Crews was driving a 1994 The man’s 79-year-old mother, Mar- that was what happened prior to the crash. The tenor of a story also changes Chevrolet Astro van along Cobb Parkway jorie Crews, was in the car at the time and SEE CEREMONY, PAGE 2A with the times, because the public tends to look at the past through the lens of the present, which is often a less than honest assessment. The Earp field of history has enjoyed a Calligraphy program, cooking classes number of revelations in the last dozen or so years, yet it remains kick off October events at library very contentious and divisive, often giving historians the limelight that BY DONNA HARRIS “In this case, it is a timely topic that spins off of was meant for their subject. [email protected] the annual September U.S. celebration of Constitu- tion Week and our documents of freedom,” Head SEE , PAGE 2A BOOTH The Cartersville Public Library will hit the said, noting Friends specifically requested the pro- ground running in October, offering fun programs gram for its annual meeting. “I will lecture on the for kids, teens and adults alike. field of calligraphy and the role of the penman to For anyone interested in learning one of the most the final documents that became our national treas- beautiful styles of handwriting, Joe Head will be ures. I will conduct a lecture and PowerPoint about presenting a program on calligraphy Tuesday from who really penned the Declaration [of Independ- 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the library’s Nathan Dean Meeting ence] and U.S. Constitution, bringing the topic into Room at 429 W. Main St. current day.” Presented by Friends of the Library, the program He’ll follow the presentation with a demonstra- will begin with a 30-minute reception, followed by tion of the quill “with discussion of materials and SPECIAL a lecture and demonstration by Head that will tie to- how early penmen produced documents” and will Scribal artist Joe Head will present a Friends of the Library- gether calligraphy and the United States’ most cher- sponsored program on calligraphy Tuesday evening at the SEE , PAGE 7A Warren ished documents. LIBRARY Cartersville Public Library. INSIDE TODAY Mostly Family Living . .3A Blotter . .7A cloudy VOLUME 72, NO. 125 U.S. & World . .4A Weather . .2A High 81 Entertainment . .5A Sports . .1B www.daily-tribune.com Business . .6A Classifieds . .5B Low 63 2A Friday, September 28, 2018 • www.daily-tribune.com Local The Daily Tribune News about Wyatt Earp that are fiction — ContactUs Booth what they call it is historical fiction. The Daily Tribune News … Of all the people doing this kind FROM PAGE 1A of writing I think that Mark Warren Address: “I hope the attendees will find in is the best writer. He’s very skilled, 251 S. Tennessee St. my books a balanced account of a and he really presents a very inter- Cartersville, GA 30120 remarkable man, whose life esting Wyatt Earp and a very be- seemed marked by Shakespearean lievable Wyatt Earp, even though Mailing Address: 251 S. Tennessee St. tragedy. Though a flawed man, he admittedly is saying that this Cartersville, GA 30120 Wyatt Earp rose up to a self-made isn’t history. This is his interpreta- standard of justice. In this mode, he tion of what Wyatt might have said Phone: 770-382-4545 brought a reckoning to those arenas under these conditions.” After 5 p.m.: 770-382-4548 where men mistakenly believed For Dunham, Warren’s lecture Fax: 770-382-2711 themselves above the law. His topic ties in nicely with the Booth Alan Davis, commitment to his course of vigi- museum’s offerings, since “a lot of Publisher lante action has probably engen- the artwork” in the museum is re- lated to Earp. Jason Greenberg, dered more admiration from Managing Editor students of the West than did his Currently celebrating its 15th an- entire career as a by-the-book law- niversary, the Booth — situated at Adobe Moon Born to the Badge Jennifer Moates, man.” 501 Museum Drive — is known Advertising Director themes of courage and an incor- and attributes.