Bartow to test new voter check-in process during Tuesday's special election: (Media release) A pilot project that will create a more efficient and accurate check-in process for voters who cast their ballot in person on Election Day gets a test run in Bartow County during Tuesday's special election to fill the House District 12 seat. How it work: If a voter's driver's license number is already recorded in the poll book, poll workers will scan the bar code on the back of the voter's Georgia driver's license or state identification card to immediately find the voter in the poll book and check them in to vote. This process will eliminate the need to manually look up every voter in the poll book. Secretary of State Brian Kemp certified, on an interim basis, a bar code scanner which has been initially tested by the Kennesaw State University Center for Election Systems. The bar code scanners will be first used and tested in Bartow County on May 11. "This pilot project is a 21st Century e-government solution that will speed the check-in process for voters, decrease waiting times at the polls, and improve the accuracy of creating voter access cards," said Kemp. "The bar code scanners will reduce the search time for a voter record from its current average of 10 to 15 seconds to almost instantaneous." Voters in Northeast Bartow will go to the polls Tuesday. The candidates: Republican Rick Jasperse and Truett Moss II, and Democrat Jerry Nally.
Woodland High students presented awards by Loudermilk: (Media Release) Several Woodland High School students were presented with student achievement awards today at a special ceremony held in the school's gymnasium. Award recipients were recognized and presented certificates for special academic achievements, community service, and perfect attendance. State Rep. Barry Loudermilk was the guest speaker at the ceremony, and personally presented the awards to each student as they were individually recognized.
Thursday update/Bartow County Jail 'in-take' reports> Click
The Duck Report: What's ahead for the Ninth Duck Derby> Click
-May 13: Let's Label 20,000 Ducks!
-May 14: Free evening concert at Duck Derby/Riverside Park.
-May 15: Duck Dash 5K and Kids' Fun Run, Cartersville Soccer Complex.
-May 15: Duck Derby 9 at Riverside Park!
-Plus: Track the duck> Facebook
Free concerts, movies bring thousands downtown starting tonight
Some 1,500 people are expected to pack Downtown Rome tonight for the 2010 premiere of the First Friday concert series. Another 500-plus are expected to fill Cartersville's downtown square for the kick-off of the First Friday Family Fun Nights movie series (with concerts on second Saturdays). And Calhoun will launch the Concerts in the Park series on May 21. The overall goal: getting more people to our downtowns and shopping locally. Natalie Simms reports> Buzz
Berry's newest amenity an absolute stunner
As crews readied Berry College for Saturday's commencement ceremonies, workers also were hustling Thursday to complete landscaping around the newest amenity on campus: Kilpatrick Commons, an oasis complete with a cascading, multilevel fountain. Kilpatrick Commons has been added just off the renovated Krannert Center adjacent to The Cage. For more background on Kilpatrick Commons, please check this page from Berry magazine (Click). For additional photos of the just-about-final design, click Campus Headlines.
Roman Roast on the River already smokin' at Ridge Ferry Park
Barbecue crews were in place Thursday evening at Ridge Ferry Park and the vendors weren't far behind as the first Roman Roast on the River gets under way this afternoon and continues Saturday. Thursday, the cooks, event sponsors and others gathered for a fajita dinner catered by Santa Fe Cattle Co. Gates open today at 3 p.m. For more, click Roast
Friday's Buzz:
-Graduation updates, other education news from the colleges, local public and private schools> Click
-Rome's ServiceMaster by Twins' in Nashville to help flood victims: Owner Larry Alford and a professional disaster response team are working nonstop to pump stagnant water and slug out of hit structures, including Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. "We are working to quickly restore it like new," Alford says.
-What's ahead in Northwest Georgia tourism> Click
-Latest public health restaurant inspection scores> Click
Your weekend forecast: Hot Friday, mild Mother's Day
-Friday: 92 degrees; overnight low of 64; 30% rain chance at night.
-Saturday: Cooler, high of 78; 30% rain chance. Overnight: Low of 45.
-Mother's Day: Mostly sunny, high of 69, low of 47.
-Extended forecast> Click / Regional radar
Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable> Arey
-Who'll win in a hotly contested run for Sportsman of the Year, Tiki or Tiger?
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