THURSDAY August 23, 2018 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER 75 CENTS Pridemore promotes coal, nuclear power BY JAMES SWIFT local Georgia Power-operated facility ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) less money now than play catch-up [email protected] to be one of the state’s crown jewels in and advocating its own requirements later on and spend significantly more terms of energy production. for the state’s coal-burning facilities. capital bringing its plants up to stan- Tricia Pridemore, Georgia’s District “Lots of folks tend to not be as crazy “So we’ve impressed upon Georgia dard. 5 Public Service Commissioner, de- about coal as I am, but I see an entire Power by 2028 to look at a cap in place “We’ve had administrations in the scribed just how much power Plant nation that has been built off of coal — dry field storage with an aligned White House that have tried very hard Bowen generates — not just for Bar- energy,” she said. “And I see an entire bank,” she said. “We’ll have a few to shut down coal,” she said. “I think tow, but the entire state — at Wednes- nation in an ecosystem that is around acres at Plant Bowen that is capped this is an opportunity for us to demon- day’s North Georgia Power coal that touches so many different as- that way ... being aggressive with the strate how clean it is, how little waste Connectors luncheon at Taverna pects of our lives.” way that we’re changing our coal ash comes out of the process and for com- Mediterranean Grill in Cartersville. Still, Pridemore said she could see pond management and waste manage- munities that rely upon it not only for “Fifteen seconds of it being fired the proverbial writing on the wall. It’s ment is really going to put us ahead of electrification and energy needs, but up,” she said, “the average home in only a matter of time, she said, until the what the feds are going to impress also as part of our economic develop- JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Georgia has all of its electrification federal government clamps down on upon us to do.” ment picture.” District 5 Public Service Commissioner Tricia needs met for an entire year.” coal ash waste storage, which is why She said the commission would Pridemore spoke at Wednesday’s North Georgia Indeed, Pridemore considered the the PSC is getting a jump on the Envi- much rather be proactive and spend SEE POWER, PAGE 7A Power Connectors luncheon in Cartersville. The Grand’s ROOKIE SCHOOL Senior Shenanigans begin rehearsing Sept. 10 BY MARIE NESMITH [email protected] Proving that sometimes real life is funnier than fiction, the Senior Shenanigans ensemble often draws inspiration from everyday occur- rences for its annual variety show. “They are always looking for new [ideas],” said Terri Cox, pro- gram director for The Grand The- atre in Cartersville and director of the upcoming Senior Shenanigans production. “We get some of our information off the Internet and YouTube and things like that. Some of the skits just come from funny things that have happened to us. … We have several people in the group who like to write and put the scripts together. “One [past skit] was something that happened to my mother. She got a letter in the mail from her sis- ter who lives in Columbus. The sister had cut an article out of the paper for her to read, and she wrote all about how this is something I thought you’d really be interested NEIL MCGAHEE/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Cartersville Firefighter candidate Virgil Gentry and a Gordon County candidate take part in a drill to stabilize an overturned car in the final week of Rookie School. in at this time in your life.” She continued, “The article was actually about somebody [who] had been arrested from something Area firefighter candidates in town that mother knew about. But on the back of the article was an article about senior citizens con- gather in Cartersville to tinuing their sex lives on into their 80s. It just happened to be on the back, and that’s what my mother learn the ropes read. So the letter, combined with that article, was really funny, be- BY NEIL B. MCGAHEE Cartersville Fire Department. “Mr. Wayne cause that wasn’t at all what she [email protected] Martin, owner of Martin’s Wrecker Service, was supposed to be getting.” lets us use his wrecked cars to get our practice.” Kicking off with an organiza- It’s hot, and it’s humid, especially if you The three-day course includes techniques tional meeting Sept. 10 at 1:30 are pulling apart wrecked cars while wear- for stabilizing unsteady automobiles, extri- p.m., the Senior Shenanigans pro- ing about 200 pounds of protective clothing cating trapped passengers from a wrecked duction will showcase the talents and gear. A water break comes, but it only auto and using electric and hydraulic rescue of Bartow’s 50-and-older perform- lasts about five minutes — not long enough tools such as cutters, spreaders and rams. ers. After being conducted every for the sweat to dry. In a tug-of-war with a 4,000-pound auto- Monday at 1:30 p.m. until the Welcome to Rookie School, a 12-week mobile, Cartersville Fire Department can- week of Thanksgiving, rehearsals program taught by the Georgia Fire Acad- didate Virgil Gentry struggles to keep the will continue in January and cul- emy, where first-responder hopefuls see if car from tipping over. It is being used as a minate with the production Feb. they have what it takes to become a certi- fulcrum to stabilize a heavily damaged car NEIL MCGAHEE/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS 23, 2019. fied firefighter. with trapped occupants. If Gentry’s rope Firefighter candidates take a welcome breather from Rookie School. According to a news release Twenty-four students from seven north slips, the other car may roll over, injuring from The Grand Theatre, “Senior Georgia fire departments came to the occupants and the rescuers. cuer might encounter, from the standard a vehicle’s wreckage often calls for hy- Cartersville for the final week of the pro- Stabilization tactics seem to be the most issue come-alongs to braces of just about draulic or electric spreaders, generically SEE GRAND, PAGE 6A gram — extrication techniques. important skill these young men learn. every length that are jammed into an over- known as the “jaws of life.” “They come up here to learn extrication Indeed, there seems to be a tool for just turned auto to make it stable. techniques,” said Capt. Chris Edge of the about every stabilization technique a res- Extricating injured occupants trapped in SEE ROOKIES, PAGE 2A GHC names Nichols new vice pres. for academic affairs BY DONNA HARRIS and testing as well as the directors of the Cen- GHC, and I can’t wait to help our Chargers un- [email protected] ter for Excellence in Teaching and Learning; lock their full potential.” Academic Success Center; and new student Nichols, who will have offices on the Rome Georgia Highlands College has filled the and retention programs. and Cartersville campuses, has two primary vacancy left when former Vice President for “It is a very exciting time to be joining GHC objectives she hopes to accomplish. Academic Affairs Dr. Renva Watterson retired as the new vice president for academic af- “GHC is one of the most affordable, acces- this summer. fairs,” said Nichols, who took over her new sible and valuable options for students, which Dr. Dana Nichols has been appointed the position earlier this month. “The college is is why one of my main goals as the new new VPAA and will oversee the deans in growing and continues to serve as the Univer- VPAA is recruitment,” she said. “Recruitment RANDY PARKER/DTN, FILE Jimmy Macht and the cast health sciences; mathematics; natural sciences sity System of Georgia’s primary access insti- is a job we are all responsible for, and we members of “Senior and physical education; humanities; social sci- tution for northwest Georgia. I’m looking Shenanigans” perform their SEE , PAGE 3A Nichols ences, business and education; and libraries forward to working with everyone here at GHC “AARP” routine. 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Tennessee St. Survivors include her husband, family will receive friends on Sat- Cartersville, GA 30120 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Shane Epps; her children, Jessie urday from 10 – 11:30 a.m. at Par- ATLANTA — The husband of a woman who was pushed in front Phone: 770-382-4545 Epps (Cody Cargile) and Geory nick Jennings Funeral Home and of an oncoming train in Atlanta says his wife would be dead if his After 5 p.m.: 770-382-4548 “Peanut” Cox and wife, Megan; Cremation Services.