Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Bartow politics, business, news updates. Listen to today's CHS games online courtesy of WBHF 1450 AM.

Cartersville plays two in Columbus on Tuesday:

-Game one begins at 2 p.m.; game two, 30 minutes later. Game three, if necessary, would begin at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

-Live play-by-play coverage on WBHF 1450 AM. Hear the Webcast here: click

Business

-Boyd Group, also known as Gerber Collision & Glass, grows again in Northwest Georgia: Just months after the Rome store on Redmond Circle comes the new Gerber at 850 Joe Frank Harris Parkway Southeast in Cartersville. Boyd

-More breakfast options; this time, Cartersville: As Partridge adds breakfast this week in downtown Rome, there's a new breakfast stop in Cartersville: drink. The smoothie shop has " fresh, grilled-to-order" breakfast sandwiches. Website

Across Northwest Georgia

-Tellus tracking big quakes: The increased frequency of earthquakes around he world has kept the seismograph busy at Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum. Buzz

Politics

-With nine weeks to go before the primary, Rome's Dr. John Barge gets a boost: With Kathy Cox leaving for a post in Washington, D.C., Dr. John Barge is now one of two Republicans in the GOP primary. His opponent July 20 is Richard Woods, who is scheduled to address Bartow Republicans this Saturday. The victor faces the winner of a three-way race on the Democratic ballot. Both Barge and Woods now have the two-term incumbent out of their race. Plus Gov. Sonny Perdue could appoint one or the other as Cox's replacement through the rest of this calendar year. Primary ballot

-Loudermilk launches new campaign, legislative sites.

-Gingrey makes 'final four' of congressional new media challenge. Click

-Bartow Republicans meet Saturday morning. Politics

Grand re-opening of Walmart at 7:30 a.m. Friday; $4,500 grants to be awarded. Click

May 19, June 2: The Cartersville-Bartow Civitan Club is holding its Annual 2010 Membership Drive during the month of May. It is a worldwide Community Service Organization of men and women similar to Rotary, Kiwanis, etc.  The local club supports The Good Shepherd Organization, Camp Big Heart and the Civitan International Research Center whose focus is Developmental Disabilities, as well as other local Charities. You are invited and please join us for lunch at Ryan's Restaurant on Wednesday, May19, or June 2, 11:45 a m., for a short informational meeting and a free lunch. Also, a quick trip to www.Civitan.org will tell you more about our organization. Please contact Ben Phillips, at beraph17@bellsouth.net or  Bob Poston at bposton3@comcast.net  (or just show up) to get a seat.

Monday's Bartow County Jail intake report. Click

Your latest forecast:

-Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Low of 53.

-Wednesday: 81 degrees, sunny skies; low of 56.

-Extended forecast: Click  / Regional radar

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable: Arey 

-What's wrong with LeBron? Best I can tell, absolutely nothing.

Rome Braves: Sports 

-Game 1 vs. Riverdogs: Braves take opener, 14-6.

-Game 2 vs. Riverdogs:  Rome on top, 7-4.

-Today's game begins at 10:30 a.m. at State Mutual Stadium.

-Mills Fitzner's recent game photos: Click

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