Barrow Journal

No more school ‘friends’ allowed

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:36:05 -0600

If you are a social network “friend” of a Barrow County School System teacher, you may soon be “de-friended.” A new policy in the BCSS calls for teachers and other system employees to refrain from being “friends” with either students or parents.
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Jennings says 'no' to chairman run

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:32:10 -0600

Barrow County Chamber of Commerce executive director Tommy Jennings said Tuesday he had decided to not make a run for county commission chairman this year. Jennings had openly been mulling a possible run for the seat. Former Braselton Mayor Pat Graham has announced her intentions to run. Incumbent chairman Danny Yearwood hasn't officially announced his plans.

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Winder questions use of city tax money by chamber

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:26:28 -0600

At a meeting Monday night, some members of the Winder City Council questioned Barrow County Chamber of Commerce director Tommy Jennings about how the chamber had been using city hotel tax money and hinted they might want to make a change.
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Bethlehem one step closer to alcohol vote

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:24:53 -0600

The Bethlehem Town Council will decide at its March meeting whether to put the issue of Sunday alcohol sales before the citizens.
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Supreme Court rules in Barrow robbery case

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:23:35 -0600

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday removed a legal roadblock that has delayed for nearly three years the prosecutions of a group of teens who in 2009 capped off an alleged crime spree in Gwinnett County by terrorizing the family that owns the China Wok in Winder.
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Board of assessors evaluating properties

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:21:46 -0600

The Barrow County Board of Assessors has begun the process of reviewing all properties throughout the county for a reassessment. The process began the week of Jan. 1.

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Auburn calls meeting to discuss SDS Agreement with Gwinnett County

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:47:56 -0600

The Auburn City Council will hold a special called meeting Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the City Hall Conference Room to discuss a potential resolution on a Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) consent order — a multi-million dollar lawsuit between Gwinnett County and 15 municipalities relating to the duplication of public services.
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Braselton seeks bids for more projects

nospam@example.com (Kerri Testement) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:50:00 -0600

The Town of Braselton is looking for proposals from qualified engineering firms and consultants for two major projects in downtown.
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One life lost in Auburn house fire

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:16:28 -0600

Gwinnett County fire authorities are trying to determine the cause of a fire that left one person dead Saturday night at the 1900 block of Flowery Branch Road in Auburn.
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Statham police to hold public meeting Feb. 16

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:04:00 -0600

The City of Statham Police Department is conducting a series of neighborhood watch meetings for residents. The first meeting was held Jan.19 and referenced prescription drug abuse. The next meeting will be held Feb. 16 at the Statham Police Department located at 338 Jefferson Street at 7 p.m.

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Painting designed in Braselton will be U.N. stamp

nospam@example.com (Kerri Testement) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0600

The design is simple, but the intricate stories behind a piece of artwork created in Braselton include the heartbreaking and the uplifting.
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BARROW CO., ARIRENTALS.COM

nospam@example.com (Susan Mobley) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:32:42 -0600

BARROW CO., ARIRENTALS.COM Apalachee Realty, Inc. 770-586-5272, 2BD, 1BA - $575/mid March; 3BD, 2BA - $850; 4BD, 3BA - $1,000 and 5BD, 3BA - $1,100.

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PECANS FOR SALE

nospam@example.com (Susan Mobley) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:02:36 -0600

PECANS FOR SALE. Small in the shell - $1.77 per lb.; Cracked - $4.77 per lb.; Shelled - $7.77 per lb. Call 770-307-0871.

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Obama’s rhetoric on taxes is misleading

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:16:35 -0600

President Obama’s effort to polarize the nation by engaging in class warfare is getting tiresome. His tirades against the “rich” and his call for people to pay “their fair share” are nothing more than re-election rhetoric designed to mobilize his base.
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Father charged in son's disappearance

nospam@example.com (Staff Writer) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:13:53 -0600

The father of a six-year-old Clayton County boy who was reported missing and then found staying with a relative in Barrow County has been charged with one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Blechinger receives international hero award

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:38:07 -0600

Auburn's Mayor Linda Blechinger received international recognition Thursday at The World Chamber of Commerce International Hero Awards and Networking event held at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta.
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Man tries to interview for job, but makes threats

nospam@example.com (Staff Writer) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0600

A man that tried to interview for a job instead left his potential employer feeling threatened, according to an incident report from the Braselton Police Department.
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Yargo bike fees going up despite protest

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:28:00 -0600

Public – and even political – intervention has not stopped Georgia’s state parks director from moving forward with a new fee for the use of the mountain bike trails at Fort Yargo State Park. Becky Kelley, director of the State Parks & Historic Sites Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, announced her decision in a Jan. 25 press release.
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BOE to discuss partnership for defective bus engines

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:30:19 -0600

The Barrow County Board of Education received a request at its Tuesday night meeting to possibly partner with a third party trucking company to deal with 16 defective 2007-model bus engines it bought from International Corporation Nalley Motorworks.
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Project with stores, apartments clears first hurdle

nospam@example.com (Kerri Testement) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:50:00 -0600

A mixed-use project that will bring stores and close to 300 apartments to Braselton may be too large for the area, according to two residents who spoke in opposition to the proposal.
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Lampp, Goodman look at runs for District 1 BOC seat

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:26:00 -0600

Four months before candidates can even qualify to run in Barrow County’s 2012 elections, a contest for the District 1 seat on the Barrow County Board of Commissioners already has taken shape.
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Bulldogg Force: Isler excels on court, provides story of inspiration

nospam@example.com (MainStreetNewsSports) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:44:02 -0600

What defines a winner? Is it based on success? Maybe it’s calculated by your stats or the number of wins you have.

Better yet, what defines a champion? Is it in fact how many championships you win? Is it even winning in general?

Here’s a question, can you be a champion if you have never won a championship?

PERSON: Punxsutawney or Bust!

nospam@example.com (Helen Person) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:40:00 -0600

A few months back, Mr. Fix-It and I took a little tour of the eastern seaboard of these great United States. It was one of those working vacation things — a couple of vacation days tacked onto each end of a work event.

I used to love working vacations when I was in sales. When the togetherness got to be a bit much, there was always a customer I needed to go check on for an hour or so. I learned that from my daddy who spent many a tail end of a family hoo-ha going to the drug store to take care of something that just had to be done before morning.

Now that I reflect on it, he went on a lot of Saturday nights when the store wasn’t open again until Monday. But he HAD to get that paper work done on Saturday night. But I digress...
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Wall ousted from Winder clerk’s position; Andrews named new city clerk

nospam@example.com (Mike Buffington) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:23:54 -0600

Controversial Winder City Clerk Sabrina Wall was removed from her job this week by the Winder City Council. In a called session Tuesday night, the council voted unanimously to appoint Gloria Andrews as the new city clerk. Andrews has been the assistant city clerk since October 2007.

The move comes four months after the council learned that Wall had taken action to challenge the voting rights of nearly 40 percent of the city’s voters. The subsequent fallout helped unseat former Mayor Chip Thompson and was reportedly one of the reasons Wall wasn’t retained as clerk for the new city administration.

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