Entries from May 2011

County can't redirect SPLOST funds now

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Tuesday, May 31. 2011
Barrow County commissioner Steve Worley said he had hoped for relief from legislation allowing cities and counties, with voter approval, to use SPLOST proceeds collected for projects such as the cultural arts center that have not been built for county debt reduction. But he was both surprised and disappointed to learn that prior to passage, the ... [Full Story »] 

Gov. vetoes Sen. Ginn’s legislation

Posted by
JacksonHeraldTODAY
Tuesday, May 31. 2011
Forty-seventh District State Senator Frank Ginn said he’s “very disappointed” that Gov. Nathan Deal last week vetoed legislation Ginn introduced to reduce state planning mandates on smaller cities and counties. The first-year legislator said he plans to meet soon with Deal to find out what problems Deal had with legislation that ... [Full Story »] 

Amanda Kathy Howell (5-23-11)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Tuesday, May 31. 2011
NICHOLSON – Amanda Kathy Howell, 52, died Monday, May 23, 2011. Family and friends notified. Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson, is in charge of arrangements.

Annex to be rennovated

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Tuesday, May 31. 2011
The Barrow County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night decided not to raze the 20-year-old courthouse annex in downtown Winder but instead to remove the mold and to restore the building. In a pair of votes, the commissioners agreed to invest about $425,300 to replace the building’s badly leaking roof and to remediate the mold problem. The ... [Full Story »] 

Hailey Rochelle Gill (5-28-11)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Monday, May 30. 2011
JEFFERSON - Hailey Rochelle Gill, 32, of Jefferson died Saturday, May 28, 2011 at Athens Regional Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Born December 12, 1978 in Decatur, she is a daughter of George and Sheila Watford Gill of Statham. Mrs. Gill was employed with Barrow County Department of Family and Children Services as a ... [Full Story »] 

Vonder L. Smith (5-28-11)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Monday, May 30. 2011
COMER - Vonder L. Smith died peacefully in her sleep, Saturday, May 28, 2011. Born in Madison County in 1920, she lived her entire life on the seventh generation family farm. She was the daughter of the late Melvin and Effie Dudley Thompson of Comer. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband, Charles H.S. Smith Jr.; and a brother, Rudolph ... [Full Story »] 

Earl Reid Hudspeth (5-27-11)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Monday, May 30. 2011
JEFFERSON - Earl Reid Hudspeth, 79, did on Friday, May 27, 2011. Born in Gastonia, N.C., he was the son of the late James Earl and Daisy Belle Presley Hudspeth. Mr. Hudspeth was a veteran of the United States Navy from June 1948 to February 1950, and in the Army Paratrooper Division from September 1954 to August 1957. He was preceded in death ... [Full Story »] 

Nancy Sue Brown (5-27-11)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Monday, May 30. 2011
MONROE – Nancy Sue Brown, 65, died Friday, May 27, 2011. Born in Grayson, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Ray and Dorothy Dutton Bentley. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Monroe where she taught the kindergarten Sunday School, along with many other youth programs. She furnished child care out of her home for many years. ... [Full Story »] 

Barrow schools hold first charter training session

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Monday, May 30. 2011
While summer break may be here for students, training to convert Barrow Schools into a charter system starts now, and there is a lot of work ahead for school leaders, parents, business leaders and community members who want to be involved in local education. Current school leaders discussed that concept in Friday at the initial training session ... [Full Story »] 

Four MCMS football players earn spots on elite state roster

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Sunday, May 29. 2011
Four Madison County Middle School football players have been named to the roster of “Team Georgia” in the 2011 “Future Stars Game.” The Georgia team will take on “Team Florida” June 18th at Woodward Academy in College Park. The kids will spend a week in Atlanta staying and practicing at Emory University. Madison County members ... [Full Story »] 
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