Adairsville Antiques & Arts Annual Sale is April 16-17

Media release:  The Antiques & Arts Annual Sale is planned for April 16-17, 2011 on Adairsville's Historic Public Square.  Admission is free and the event is open Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday Noon-5 p.m.  Not only will visitors have the opportunity to purchase rare antiques and handcrafts but will also be the first to view a new mural commemorating the Civil War's Great Locomotive Chase.

Adairsville plans to host many antiques dealers and artists for this two-day outdoor festival in Georgia's first city to be listed in its entirety on the National Register of Historic Places.  Enjoy music on the square or take a guided tour of the Adairsville Rail Depot Age of Steam Museum.  Browse and buy from booths displaying furniture, jewelry, rugs, glassware, collectibles and more including fine works of art, pottery and unique handcrafts.  Food concessions will also be available.

On Saturday there will be door prizes given hourly and DJ tunes all day.  In the evening there will be a large antiques auction at Ken's Antiques & Auction located adjacent to the historic square. 

Raffle tickets will be sold both days for three great prizes awarded on Sunday afternoon: an overnight stay at Barnsley Gardens Resort; golf for four on "The General" championship course at Barnsley Gardens Resort; and a bench donated by Ken's Antiques & Auction.  In addition on Sunday, there will be a special performance by the Dixie Fire Cloggers of Cartersville.

            Just prior to the opening of the festival, a new historic art mural will be unveiled on the side of the 1847 W&A Rail Depot on April 13.  Visitors to the sale will be some of the first guests to view the painting depicting the Great Locomotive Chase, the most daring event of the Civil War.  The mural was painted by local artists Skip McNutt and Ernest Neal and funded by a $75,000 Rural Business Development Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture awarded to the Adairsville Heritage Foundation, a non-profit committee of the Adairsville Downtown Development Authority.

            Adairsville Mayor Evan King commented on the annual sale's success stating "I think Adairsville's historic downtown with its restored streetscape is a natural fit for the Antiques & Arts Sale.  Visitors enjoy the "Norman Rockwell" look and feel that is so attractive to our residents.  This event is a wonderful opportunity to expand the knowledge of what a jewel we have in downtown Adairsville." 

The festival is made possible by community sponsors including the City of Adairsville, Adairsville Downtown Development Authority, Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Quality Inn of Adairsville, Ken's Antiques & Auction, Summers Street Companies, Inc., United Community Bank, A&B Transport, Adairsville Drugs, John Driscoll State Farm Agency, Adairsville Eye Associates, Barnsley Gardens Resort, Barton & Sons Funeral Home, and Part Time Artist Skip McNutt.

Booth space is still available.  Antiques dealers may display and sell furniture, glassware and other items of historical significance, and artists may exhibit and sell works of original concept and craftsmanship. Each 10 ft. by 10 ft. space is $75 with additional adjacent spaces available for $50 if needed.  Electricity, if needed, is an additional $15 per booth.  Artists must submit photos of their work for approval by the festival committee. Dealers and artists may learn more and apply online at www.AdairsvilleInApril.com or call Rose McCranie at 770-877-5209.

            Adairsville is located in north Georgia, half-way between Atlanta and Chattanooga, TN.  Take I-75 Exit 306, go west on GA 140 one mile, go straight at intersection with US 41, then left onto Main Street. Continue less than one mile to Historic Downtown Adairsville on right.   Plan your visit at www.NotAtlanta.org. 

Loudermilk column: Senate Approves Formulation of Science & Technology Game Plan to Spur Economic Development

 

By state Sen. Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville

 

When you think about jobs in the science and technology industry, you might picture cartoon engineer Dilbert with his upturned tie and thick glasses trying in vain to develop gadgets under the watchful eye of his incompetent boss. Or, you might picture Ph.D.s in lab coats pouring liquids from test tubes to beakers.

 

Maybe that's true, to an extent. But when tech companies come to town, they also offer jobs in customer service, in production, in shipping, in sales and, yes, even in management. Post-college graduates find placement in companies to develop new tools for our everyday lives. Tech-school graduates will help put together these innovative products and will help run fiber-optic cable directly to homes and businesses to keep up with ever-faster Internet speed. Advanced users will run help desks and customer service centers. Shipping companies and retail workers will provide these new products to customers.

 

In Georgia, the average job in the technology industry pays $30,000 more than the average non-tech wage. These are the companies we want.

 

Eight states, including nearby Alabama and North Carolina, have developed plans to lure science and technology companies – and to lure the jobs they bring. Georgia has been a technology hub that includes The Centers for Disease Control, massive "carrier hotel" data centers and literally thousands of IT companies. Yet we do not have a Science and Technology Master Plan.

 

This week, the Senate unanimously passed my bill to develop such a plan. When this bill passes the House of Representatives and is signed by the governor, we can and we will ensure that Georgia remains a center of technology and continues to be "The Place" where companies want to start their endeavors.

 

All evidence shows that advances to our economy come from advances in science and technology. After The Great Depression, the automobile and the television helped make the United States a superpower. After the recession in the late 1970s, home computers drove our economy to new levels. After another recession in the early 1990s, the Internet and cell phone technology brought us economic growth that pushed Wall Street to new heights.

 

Those opportunities are out there now. Through partnerships between industry, our technological universities and our state government, the next great technological revolution can start right here in Georgia. Our forthcoming Science and Technology Master Plan will help ensure it.

                                   

Sen. Barry Loudermilk serves as Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee.  He represents the 52^nd Senate District, which includes Floyd County and portions of Bartow and Gordon counties. 

Crimewatch: Teacher arrested; burglary suspect held; Bartow jail reports. Bartow County now region's largest. Updates on key regional building projects. Great weekend forecast

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Crime watch:

-Kingston teacher indicted on child pornography distribution charges.

-Suspect arrested in burglary case.

-Latest Bartow County Jail records.

 

Building buzz:

Zoning moves in Emerson for Dream Parks at LakePoint project.

-With fence gone at Publix site,perhaps signs of things to come?

-Senior housing at Etowah Terrace under way, 15 months away.

-T-minus two weeks on cancer center opening? Public open house April 10.

 

Census shows Bartow home to 100,000-plus; Floyd around 4,000 behind. 

 

Latest updates from the chamber of commerce.

Weekend watch:

-Latest public health restaurant scores.

-Huge weekend for North Georgia wineries -- and for visitors. 

 

Your weekend weather: drop dead gorgeous:
-Friday: Sunny, high of 80, low of 49.
-Saturday: High of 79, low of 54.
-Sunday: Some clouds, high of 73, low of 52. Slight chance of rain.

 

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey.

-UT basketball coach in troubled waters; NFL coaches' salary hit.

 

Atlanta Braves' legend Bruce Benedict to throw out first pitch on opening night for Rome Braves

 

Kingston man teaching in Woodstock faces child pornography distribution charges

Media release: RAYMOND WATTS a/k/a "Robin St. Taw," 55, of Kingston, Georgia, a teacher Mill Creek Middle School in Woodstock, Georgia, was arraigned today after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of distribution and possession of child pornography. 

        United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said: "Anyone who has daily contact with children and is in an authority position with children must be someone whom parents can trust. These disturbing charges involve a middle school teacher who has close contact with children. Federal investigators and this office took quick action to see that he was charged and away from those children."

        "Identifying and investigating those who victimize children -- especially those who hold positions of public trust -- is one of the most important responsibilities we have," said Brock Nicholson, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations in Atlanta. "Sexually exploiting children is despicable, and we will continue to go the extra mile to catch those individuals who prey on innocent victims in this manner."

        According to United States Attorney Yates, information in public documents and in open court: During the course of an ongoing child pornography investigation, law enforcement discovered that WATTS might be a possessor of sexually explicit images of children, in particular minor boys. In early 2011, an undercover law enforcement agent made contact with WATTS, which led to in-person meetings between WATTS and an undercover agent.  During one of their meetings, WATTS distributed numerous images of child pornography to the agent. WATTS was found to have hundreds of sexually explicit images of children on his home computer. WATTS was charged in a criminal complaint and made an initial appearance and had his detention hearing before United States Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson on March 1, 2011. Evidence in that hearing indicated that WATTS was also a swim coach and that he had also cut out photos of students and laminated them on a large bookmark that he carried during his teaching duties. WATTS was detained pending trial following preliminary and detention hearings on March 1, 2011, and remains in custody while the investigation continues.

        Members of the public are reminded that an indictment contains only charges.  A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government's burden to prove the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.       

        This case was investigated by the Special Agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

        Assistant United States Attorney Jill E. Steinberg is prosecuting the case.

Floyd gains 400 jobs vs. Jan, loses 400 vs. Feb. 2010. Census data due today. Church's new way to mark St. Patrick's Day. Sunny, high of 74.

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February employment stats: Split decision.

-Rome/Floyd gains 400 jobs vs. January.

-But compared to February 2010, county lost 400 jobs.

-Slight decrease in state's jobless rate last month.

 

Georgia Census reports due around 2 this afternoon.

-Big impact on governments, hospitals and politics expected.

 

Cartersville City Council meets tonight.

 

Two arrests in burglary case; latest jail reports.

 

United Community Banks get big boost in capital.

 

St. Patrick's Day:

-Outdoor fountain at St. Mary's Catholic Church flows with green water today.

-Corned beef, cabbage, beer specials part of holiday toast.

 

Massive equipment sale in Calhoun delayed as auctioneer completes move to new quarters.

 

Latest public health restaurant inspection scores.

 

Loudermilk's bill on abortion information passes Senate. 

 

Your latest forecast:
-Thursday: Even nicer: Sunny and 74, low of 43.
-Friday: Sunny, high of 81, low of 46.
-Weekend outlook: Sunny, upper-70s Saturday, Sunday; lows near 50.

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey. -S. Carolina QB in trouble again; no interviews for Mettenberger

Senate Passes SB 210 - Protects Women Against Improper Abortion Procedures

 

Media release: The Senate passed SB 210 today, which protects women by allowing them to sue abortion providers if the provider does not conform to Georgia abortion law.

 

If passed by the House of Representatives and signed by the governor, Senate Bill 210 would allow a woman to sue an abortion provider if an abortion was performed on a minor without her parents' consent; if an illegal abortion; if the abortion provider did not follow the requirements of the "Women's Right to Know Act;" or if the abortion provider violated any other existing abortion laws.

 

Under the Women's Right to Know Act, passed in 2007, an abortion provider must offer the woman a chance to view an ultrasound or listen to the baby's heartbeat before she has the abortion. The law says it must be offered; the woman can decline.

 

"Generally speaking, Senate Bill 210 helps us enforce abortion rules that are already on the books," said Sen. Barry Loudermilk, the bill's sponsor. "Abortion is legal in Georgia and this will not stop that. SB 210 works with existing laws to make sure abortions are safe. Even the most ardent abortion supporter says abortions should be safe, legal and rare."

 

Sen. Judson Hill, a strong supporter of SB 210, said: "This bill protects the rights of women and ensures they are given a fair day I court if they are coerced into having an abortion.

 

"The language in this bill will help make sure our existing abortion laws are followed. Georgia has specific laws that say doctors must offer to let the woman see a sonogram before an abortion and doctors must wait 24 hours after notifying an underage woman's parents about a pending abortion. Without this bill, we don't know if those laws are being followed."

 

SB 210 also allows a woman to sue for wrongful death if an abortion occurs because of a crime, negligence or defectively manufactured equipment.

 

 

Sen. Barry Loudermilk represents the 52^nd Senate District which includes Floyd County and portions of Bartow and Gordon counties.  He may be reached by phone at 404.656.0034 or by e-mail at barry.loudermilk@senate.ga.gov.

American Cancer Society to Hold Special Breakfast in Cartersville March 28 for cosmetologists, nail techs, beauticians, aestheticians and other trained beauty professionals

 

 

 

WHAT: A special breakfast for area cosmetologists, nail techs, beauticians, aestheticians and other trained beauty professionals to learn about the Look Good…Feel Better program in Cartersville and hear the stories of Cartersville cancer patients who have benefited from the service

WHO: Cosmetologists, Nail Techs, Beauticians, Aestheticians and other trained beauty professionals, local media and community members

WHEN: Monday, March 28, 2011

9::30AM

WHERE: Cartersville Medical, Classroom 2

Cartersville, GA 30121

WHY: The American Cancer Society, in partnership with the National Cosmetology Association, provides the Look Good…Feel Better program in Cartersville. It is a free, community-based program that teaches beauty techniques to female cancer patients currently undergoing chemotherapy or radiation. The program is priceless in that it helps restore the patients' appearance and self image.

Patients as well as American Cancer Society Staff will be available for interviews at their discretion.

For more information about Look Good…Feel Better, American Cancer Society, or to volunteer, please contact the local ACS office at 770.429.0089.