SATURDAY April 7, 2018 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 CENTS Taylorsville resident takes flight BY MARIE NESMITH asked me if I was interested. I was Mountain — circling the mountain needed to serve our country,” he said. [email protected] surprised and very excited to say, — then over Lake Allatoona, then While the Boss Lift adventure ‘Yes,’” said Nadeau, finance man- over the city of Atlanta. … We flew spanned less than six hours, Calling the experience “breath- ager of the Dallas Post Office. “The about 1,000 feet off the ground. It Nadeau’s memories of this experi- taking,” Taylorsville resident Rita overall experience was quite an was breathtaking and such a great ence will last a lifetime. Nadeau was thrilled to take part in honor. experience. It was much more than “My son, Dustin Kilgore, is a the 94th Airlift Wing Boss Lift “Getting to see and be with the I expected and am so appreciative pilot and when I told him the news, March 23. Presented at Dobbins 94th Airlift Reservists for the day to my employee, Ray Lewis.” he was amazed that a civilian could Air Reserve Base in Marietta, the was very humbling. Knowing they A resident of Douglasville, have that opportunity,” she said. program provided insight into the serve our country as they do daily, Lewis is a rural carrier associate “He told me what an honor that Air Force Reserve and the oppor- we cannot thank them enough. who has worked for Nadeau at the would be for him as well if he ever tunity to ride in a cargo airplane, Everyone was very professional Dallas Post Office for one and a had the chance. I gained a memory named C-130H3 Hercules. and courteous. We started the day half years. of a lifetime with this experience. I “One of my employees, Ray with a few speakers in different “The Boss Lift is offered to civil- am just in awe of the dedication of Lewis, an Air Force Reservist at ranks that [were] very informative. ian personnel to thank them for their our servicemen and women. SPECIAL Dobbins Air [Reserve] Base nomi- Then we went for a hour and half understanding in allowing Reserve Taylorsville resident Rita Nadeau participates in the 94th Airlift nated me for the Boss Lift and flight from Dobbins, to Stone members the frequent time off SEE FLIGHT, PAGE 3A Wing Boss Lift March 23. Foundation Scrap Tire awards 98 BLAZE ALONG TRACKS scholarships Amnesty to deserving events CTC students continue BY DONNA HARRIS [email protected] today Paying for college has gotten a BY MARIE NESMITH little bit easier for four Bartow [email protected] County students. Jerilyn Holland of Acworth and With several Scrap Tire Cartersville residents Vaughn In- Amnesty Days scheduled through gram, Alexandria “Nikki” Sanders May 5, Keep Bartow Beautiful and Nicole Wilkins were presented Executive Director Sheri Henshaw with scholarships during the Chat- is encouraging area residents to tahoochee Tech Foundation’s an- “retire their old tires for good.” nual Scholarship Luncheon March The recycling events, one of 30 at Chattahoochee Technical Col- which is being presented today at lege’s North Metro campus in Ac- Ladd’s Collection Center, are worth. made possible through a Georgia The foundation awarded scholar- Environmental Protection Divi- ships totaling $103,000 — a 23 sion grant funded by the Solid percent increase over last year — Waste Trust Fund. to 98 recipients, who competed “The Georgia Environmental against more than 1,000 applicants Protection Division of the Georgia in a variety of programs for schol- Department of Natural Resources arships ranging from $500 to collects $1 for every new tire sold, $2,500, a press release said. and that money is used for clean- “The mission of the Chatta- ing up old tires through their Scrap hoochee Tech Foundation is to pro- vide financial support to the SEE TIRES, PAGE 7A college, its students and programs,” foundation Chairman Don Barbour said. “We are able to accomplish our mission with the help of donors RANDY PARKER/DTN who generously give to the founda- Firefighters responded to tion to make education an afford- a blaze along the CSX railroad line near the able reality for our students.” vicinity of Porter Street Ms. Holland, 62, was thrilled to and North Avenue late receive the $1,000 Magnolia Gar- Friday afternoon. den Club of Cartersville, Georgia, Cartersville Fire Scholarship, which she will use fall Department Battalion semester for her horticulture sci- Chief Hagen Champion ence and soils classes. said firefighters arrived on the scene around 6:45 “I’m very honored to be given p.m. “There’s probably this award by the Magnolia Club of about a 40 foot by 200 Cartersville,” she said. “This was foot/300 foot long area the first time they decided to give that we’ve had small, the award to someone majoring in incipient fires that have horticulture. I thought that this grew and gotten into would be a good opportunity to get some tires and other the word out about the new agricul- debris on the side of the tracks,” he said. No ture program being offered at injuries were reported. RANDY PARKER/DTN, FILE CTC.” Champion said the cause Chris Laughlin helps remove The “nontraditional” student, of the fire is unknown. tires from the banks of Lake who praised her classmates for Arson is not suspected at Allatoona during the Great being “very patient with me” when this point, but the fire Lake Allatoona Cleanup remains under committee’s Winter Warrior SEE CTC, PAGE 7A investigation. effort in late February. MAN AIRLIFTED TO TRAUMA CENTER AFTER BAD WRECK Library hosts free career-skills workshop to help job seekers BY DONNA HARRIS plications Saturday from 1 to 3 The free workshop will be con- [email protected] p.m. in the Nathan Dean Meeting ducted by Dorothy Morgan, student Room at 429 W. Main St. support services and career coun- Job seekers who wonder whether “Many patrons spend time on our selor at Georgia Highlands College. they should list a part-time fast- computers here at the library search- “I reached out to Dorothy be- food job from 20 years ago on their ing for jobs, filling out online appli- cause I remember how helpful stu- resume or don’t know how to an- cations and working on their dent support services was to me swer the “required salary” question resumes,” adult services library assis- when I was in college,” Stipe said. on a job application can find some tant Meghan Stipe said. “Things have “I was fortunate to have had career help next week. changed a lot in the past number of counselors, like Dorothy, available The Cartersville Public Library years with so many job applications to help me on campus whenever I RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS is hosting a career-skills workshop going strictly online, and I think there needed some guidance, but for A single-car rollover crash near the intersection of Euharlee Road and McCormick Road Friday that will cover the basics of job is a need for help honing those skills those who did not attend college or at around 7 p.m. required a man to be airlifted by a medical helicopter to Grady Memorial searching, resume-building, inter- and learning how to effectively Hospital’s trauma center. viewing and completing online ap- search and present yourself.” SEE CAREER, PAGE 8A INSIDE TODAY Showers, Obituaries . .2A Business . .6A storms VOLUME 71, NO. 288 Family Living . .3A Blotter . .7A High 57 U.S. & World . .4A Sports . .1B www.daily-tribune.com Entertainment . .5A Classified . .4B Low 32 2A Saturday, April 7, 2018 • www.daily-tribune.com Local The Daily Tribune News ContactUs CDC worker’s disappearance partially solved after body found The Daily Tribune News BY BEN NADLER Timothy Cunningham,” the state- Address: 251 S. Tennessee St. Associated Press ment said. “We sincerely thank Cartersville, GA 30120 all of you for the support and ATLANTA — Authorities have kindness you have shown Mailing Address: partially solved the mysterious our family during this difficult 251 S. Tennessee St. disappearance of a Centers for time.” Cartersville, GA 30120 Disease Control and Prevention Rescue crews had to use boats Phone: 770-382-4545 employee with the discovery of and special equipment to reach After 5 p.m.: 770-382-4548 his body. But they may never Cunningham’s body after it was Fax: 770-382-2711 know how he drowned in a river found Tuesday because it was in Alan Davis, not far from his home. difficult terrain in a “remote area Publisher Fishermen found Timothy not easily accessible,” Stafford Cunningham’s body on Tuesday said. He noted the body was Jason Greenberg, Managing Editor partially submerged in water and found in an area authorities had mud on the west bank of the searched in February without Jennifer Moates, Chattahoochee River in Atlanta, finding anything. The site was Advertising Director fire-rescue department not far from Cunningham’s Mindy Salamon, spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford house, O’Connor said. Office Manager/Classified said at a news conference. Gorniak said the decomposing Advertising Director Fulton County Chief Medical body was positively identified Lee McCrory, Examiner Jan Gorniak deter- using dental records. Circulation/Distribution Manager mined the cause of death as Police previously had said they drowning, but said she couldn’t had no evidence of foul play but Stacey Wade, Circulation Customer Care/ provide additional information couldn’t rule it out. The civilian Account Manager because she was still awaiting group Crime Stoppers offered a Byron Pezzarossi, toxicology reports.