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Lori Jewell, education coordinator for the Pettit Environmental Preserve, explains owl behavior using a taxidermy great horned owl. On Oct. 22, a naturalist with the Chattahoochee Nature Center will bring a live owl to demonstrate the raptor’s abilities. SPECIAL
Pettit Environmental Preserve presents Owls & Spiders & Bats, Oh My! -- A Fall Hike Oct. 22
For Marina Robertson, executive director for the Pettit Environmental Preserve, a recent visit to the Chattahoochee Nature Center sparked a newfound respect for owls. Among the many interesting fac...
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Bartow County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. James Jonason, left, speaks with Soumaya Khalifa with the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta, center, and Navtej Singh Khalsa, Southeast Regional Director of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, during a break in Thursday’s cultural awareness training seminar at the Clarence Brown Conference Center. Jonason, who spent time in Saudi Arabia while in the U.S. Army, said he made an effort to speak to Khalifa and Khalsa because he understood how it was to be in a place and feel isolated.  SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Tensions flare in cultural awareness training
We have been through this before -- racism, bigotry, hatred. In the 1940s, it was the Japanese. In the 1960s, it was the black population. Today, it's Muslims, Arabs, Sikhs, anyone who looks remote...
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White UMC Chic-O-Pen Festival Saturday
Safeguarding his former pastor's recipe for more than 30 years, Bob McMillan will once again create the renowned, classified barbecue sauce for Saturday's Chic-O-Pen Festival. Starting at 8 a.m., t...
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Library to hold first crafts fair
The Bartow County Friends of the Library will hold its first craft fair on Oct. 29 in hopes of drawing a crowd for local artists while raising money for the library. "What we've thought about is a ...
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Euharlee increases fines, discusses traffic signals
Citizens of Euharlee can expect to pay larger fines for various crimes in the future as the city council voted to accept all proposed amendments to fines and forfeitures listed in a city ordinance ...
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Three shooters denied bond
Three men accused of firing on motorists and a Georgia State Patrol trooper over the weekend were denied bond in Cherokee County Magistrate Court Tuesday afternoon. Judge James Drane III said, "The...
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Atlanta tops the chart in rush hour commute time
A new study puts Atlanta area commuters No. 1 on the list but last to make it home. According to the Texas Transportation Institute's 2011 Urban Mobility Report, Atlanta ranked modestly in most com...
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Michelle Dollar listens to Rachelle Carnesale, director of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, keynote speaker at the Advocates for Children Annual Meeting Tuesday. Dollar was among the award recipients that included 30 partner awards and eight volunteer awards including Dale and Kathy Yarbrough, The Guardian, Service Partner of the Year; Amanda Hyde,  CASA Volunteer of the Year; Marleen and Byron Manley, Project Linus NW Atlanta, A Better Way CAC Volunteer of the Year; Marc Kinney, Kona Ice, Safe Place Partner of the Year; James Satterfield, Jacob’s Ladder Mentor of the Year; Cartersville Medical Center, Community Partner of the Year; Buffy Tumblin, Fundraising Volunteer of the Year and Susan Simonton, Nancy K. Newman Volunteer of the Year.
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Advocates honors partners, volunteers
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Bartow County Hospitality Association gets off to promising start
Even though the Bartow County Hospitality Association’s first meeting drew modest attendance on Thursday, the group’s organizers are pleased that the gathering featured a wide cross section of repr...
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Health department issues food service scores
The following food service inspections were issued by the Bartow County Health Department from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1: * Burger King, 4 N. Dixie Ave. in Cartersville, inspected Sept. 28, 95/A; * Gourme...
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Kingston discusses grant for overhauling water system
Kingston's work session Monday night saw a number of discussion items, many of which will go forward next week for a vote. Tabled last month due to the absence of Councilman Ed Miklas, the installa...
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Friends remember Judge Jere White
Former District Attorney and Superior Court Judge Jere Field White passed away Monday on St. Simon's Island. White served Bartow County and north Georgia for more than 20 years. Bartow County Admin...
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Cartersville-Bartow County Drug Task Force agents Sgt. Mark Roberts, left, and deputy Scott Blackman lead a suspect out of the woods. The man was captured Monday during a manhunt spanning 5,500 acres. The man, who has not been identified, is one of three accused of firing on motorists and a Georgia State Patrol trooper late Sunday afternoon.
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Multi-unit task force captures interstate shooters
A coordinated manhunt between numerous regional agencies ended about 5 p.m. Monday when the last of the suspects in a Sunday shooting was apprehended. With helicopters circling in the air over roug...
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CFD encourages residents to keep homes safe during Fire Prevention Week
What's the best way to protect your family from fire? Be ahead of the game, of course. With more than 360,000 home fires reported in the United States in 2009, according to the nonprofit National F...
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Cartersville-Bartow County Drug Task Force agents Sgt. Mark Roberts, left, and deputy Scott Blackmon lead a suspect out of the woods. The man was captured Monday during a manhunt spanning 5,500 acres. The man, who has not been identified, is one of three accused of firing on motorists and a Georgia State Patrol trooper late Sunday afternoon. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
UPDATE: Suspects captured in manhunt
Bartow County authorities captured one suspect late Monday morning in the search for three men who fired on motorists and a Georgia State Patrol trooper. Two other suspects were taken into custody ...
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