THURSDAY November 15, 2018 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 CENTS City of CCBOE awards bids for video camera, school trip BY DONNA HARRIS cost of $23,312.49. The board ratified a rental request from Debbie Justus, an ESOL teacher at the Euharlee [email protected] The board also awarded the bid for the St. Francis of Assisi to use middle school high school, was recognized as the middle school chorus trip to Pigeon Forge, parking lot Nov. 11 and a request for the Matthew Hill-Michael Dean HEARTS The Cartersville City School Board Tennessee, March 15-17, 2019, to low bid- high school Y-Club to attend the Y-Club Employee of the Month for November. goes solar unanimously approved several items at its der The Travel Store in Woodstock in the Youth Assembly in Atlanta Nov. 11-13. Justus received a $50 gift card to Ap- regular monthly meeting Monday night. amount of $410 per student and $460 per Board members approved promoting palachian Grill from New Frontier of Bar- Board members approved 6-0, with adult. Dee Dee Burson from middle school clerk tow County Inc. and had her name added BY NEIL B. MCGAHEE member Floyd Braid absent, Superintend- Also approved by board members were to high school secretary, effective Jan. 7, to a perpetual plaque displayed at the cen- [email protected] ent Dr. Marc Feuerbach’s recommendation overnight trips for the high school’s Y- 2019. tral office. to award the bid to install video cameras Club to attend Y-Club Georgia United Na- Burson will replace Terri Jones, who is The school board’s next business meet- In a combination work session at Kids & Co. pre-K and the primary, ele- tions Assembly in Atlanta March 1-3, moving to the central office to take over ing will be Monday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m. in and regular meeting, the Euharlee mentary and middle schools to low bidder 2019, and the Y-Club Impact Training at for retiring secretary to the superintendent the central office board room at 15 Nelson City Council approved an amend- Telenet Systems in Cartersville at a total FFA Camp in Jackson July 19-21, 2019. Linda Patterson. St. ment to the city’s solar energy or- dinance that would allow the construction and operation of a 30-acre solar energy farm at the Unauthorized intersection of Euharlee and WINTER WONDERLAND Hardin Bridge roads. man escorted Planning and Zoning Adminis- trator Charles E. Reese, Jr. rec- ommended amending the by campus ordinance to provide a condi- tional use permit to Beltline En- police out of ergy of Atlanta. “Dan Stevenson, director of Cartersville site acquisition for Beltline En- ergy, met with the neighbors and High School assured them that the farm will be a maximum 30 acres and only op- BY NEIL B. MCGAHEE erate in daylight hours,” Reece [email protected] said. “They also agreed to adhere to the solar ordinance and agreed An unauthorized man entered to leave an existing 40-foot veg- a Cartersville High School build- etative buffer along the northern ing Wednesday through an open boundary of the parcel and plant door an hour prior to school start- rows of evergreen shrubs around ing, according to a press release the other property lines to provide posted on the Cartersville City a visual buffer.” School System’s Facebook page. According to the company’s According to the post, the man website, Beltline Energy devel- entered the building through a ops solar power generation facil- door that had been propped open ities in the southeastern United by students who were at the States, including sites in Burke, school for a meeting. Coffee, Dodge and Effingham Video surveillance revealed the counties in Georgia. man entered the building at 7:36 In October, the Atlanta-based RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS a.m. At 7:38 a.m., a school ad- renewable energy development Christmas trees, and Santa and angel figurines can be seen in many of the ornately decorated rooms at Grand Oaks. ministrator approached him and company received a conditional at 7:39 a.m. a campus police offi- use permit from Bartow County cer and the school administrator Commissioner Steve Taylor to escorted him from the campus. build a similar solar farm along Christmas at Grand Oaks set for Sunday According to video surveillance Brown Farm Road. BY MARIE NESMITH As Lewis noted, trees — featuring con- footage, no students were en- Both projects will use silicon [email protected] temporary, whimsical and traditional designs gaged by the man and he was es- photovoltaic panels treated with — will vary in height, texture, color scheme an anti-reflective coating, Steven- Transforming Grand Oaks into a festive and theme. corted off campus without son said, and all energy produced showpiece, Ray Thacker and his design team “We’ve done fantasy-type trees from incident or altercation. would be consumed in the local are thrilled to spread holiday cheer while snowmen to a naughty elf tree, and then go However, parent Lisa Edmond- community. raising funds for higher education. on from that to contemporary things, like the son said the man made suggestive “All power produced by the On Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m., the early ombré tree in the parlor to the mannequins remarks to her daughter and an- project would feed directly into 1900s Greek revival — decked out with hol- in the bridal suit,” she said. “[Ombré] is a de- other girl and then said, “I’m not Georgia Power’s utility grid and iday decorations and 21 interior trees — will sign technique where you actually fade the going to hurt you,” as he walked be consumed within the commu- open its doors for the annual Christmas at colors. Traditionally, it’s a light to a dark. … away. nity,” he said. “We expect the Grand Oaks event. But this particular tree fades from one color Cartersville City Schools project will create approximately “[The decorating process is] an ongoing to another in about seven different layers spokesperson Cheree Dye said $225,000 in additional tax rev- effort throughout the year,” said Nelda from top to bottom. Edmondson’s daughter was prob- enue for the county over the life Lewis, a member of the design team, which “It goes from a lime green, to a purple, to ably correct about the man talk- of the project.” also consists of Thacker, the venue’s owner; a pink, to a blue, a gold, a white and a silver. ing to her. Richard Hunt; Debbie McKaig; MaryJohn It’s a combination of ornaments, ribbons and Stevenson said the project is “Our video surveillance Chapman; and Niawana Coalson. “… We other adornments that are different just to still in the planning stage — no footage shows that he walked start looking, searching, bouncing ideas make each layer look a little different from permits have been pulled for ei- around probably about mid-summer and the next but yet blend.” past a small group of students; ther site — but when it moves kind of go from there. We start shopping a Along with viewing the holiday decora- however, he never stopped to di- forward, they will be a ground- little bit. We add a little bit every year. Our tions, a $10 donation will treat each guest to rectly engage or to speak to the mount solar projects using photo- goal is to make it as different and interesting refreshments at the special-events venue, lo- students or any staff members,” voltaic solar panels. as we can from room to room. cated at 302 W. Main St. in Cartersville. she wrote in an email response. The council also heard a first “This year, we have 21 trees inside with Proceeds from the event will help fund a “We do not doubt our students reading of a budget ordinance. more to come on the outside, weather per- scholarship that Thacker and his siblings when they say he spoke to them The Euharlee City Council will RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS mitting. I would say there’s probably any- formed in memory of their parents, Hubert Grand Oaks staff member Nelda Lewis on his way down the hall because meet on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 7 where from [12,000] to 15,000 decorations puts the finishing touches on the ombré p.m. at Euharlee City Hall. on these trees and each room has a theme.” SEE CHRISTMAS, PAGE 3A tree in the venue’s parlor. SEE CHS, PAGE 3A Playwright Reading Series opens Saturday at The Legion Theatre BY MARIE NESMITH her first draft in July. Starting at 8 p.m., the staged heard before, and they’ll get a very first staged reading of a new [email protected] “After a reading with actors in reading will be presented at The chance to see and talk to the play- play, and we are honored to host my home, I made revisions to the Legion Theatre, 114 W. Main St. in wright if they wish. Most commu- Karen Ruetz’s work,” Lowe said. Still fine-tuning her comedic play and finished the latest version Cartersville. nity members never get a chance to “Our talented cast will be onstage work, Karen Ruetz will be the first earlier this fall, which will be read “The title character, Mary, strug- see what goes into making a play, and will read from scripts, using playwright featured in The Pump- on Saturday, Nov. 17,” she said.