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Caroline Wright serves herself a dish of frozen yogurt while her birthday wishers look on. Wright was celebrating her ninth birthday with friends at the recently opened The Sweet Spot located on West Main Street in Cartersville. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Cartersville finds its Sweet Spot
Returning to his roots and joining a culinary trend, Kasey Carpenter owns and operates The Sweet Spot in Cartersville, the city's first shop diving into a frozen treat sweeping the nation. The Swee...
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Rick and Carol Young in their historical attire teach visitors how to dance the Virginia Reel at Saturday’s “Harvest Time at the Homestead” at Red Top Mountain State Park. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Harvest Time at the Homestead
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Sep 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Don Cornett demonstrates how a wooden spoke is driven into a mortise by one of the rare antique machines he utilizes to produce wheels. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Cartersville wheelwright perfects craft using 100-year-old machinery
Locally, Don Cornett is known as a neighbor, husband, father and grandfather, but in the wheelwright world he is "a one-in-a-million" craftsman, internationally recognized for his self-sufficient w...
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Janet Cochran, regional tourism representative, shared ideas Thursday on inexpensive travel in northwest Georgia with guests at the Cartersville Public Library. MATT SHINALL/The Daily Tribune News
Focus on 'Ways to Save' brings inexpensive Georgia travel to library
From Native American history and Civil War battlefields to high-flying adventure and fine dining, local library patrons got a taste Thursday of northwest Georgia offerings. Janet Cochran, regional...
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Kennesaw State University senior Amanda Rucker works to restore the sunken garden section of In the Valley, located in Rydal. JOHN DeFOOR/The Daily Tribune News
Kennesaw State University works to preserve In the Valley
Kennesaw State University faculty, staff, students and alumni gathered together Saturday morning at In the Valley, Rydal, in an ongoing effort to preserve the historical site and its lush vegetatio...
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Johnny and Jill Mitchell’s Euharlee restaurant, Johnny Mitchell’s Smokehouse, has won the People’s Choice Award for the past three years. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
BARTOW BIO — Recipe for success: Owners of Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse discuss third People's Choice Award
Over a glass of champagne, Johnny and Jill Mitchell smile. It has been a week worth celebrating. On Sept. 19, Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse was named Best Restaurant for the third consecutive year i...
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Cheryl Barnes holds her 2-year-old daughter Sadie at the Bartow County Navigator Team’s meet-and-greet Sept. 8. Barnes is a Babies Can’t Wait representative whose 5-year-old daughter, Summer, has spina bifida. SPECIAL
Bartow County Navigator Team provides support to special needs families
Through the Bartow County Navigator Team, families of children with special needs are finding a network of support. Referring to its numerous benefits, Team Leader Wendy Allen said some of the grou...
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Kingston Elementary Media Specialist Lori Pilgrim uses a Promethean Board to conduct an interactive lesson with a fourth grade class in the school’s library. Pilgrim received the GaDOE Education Exceptional Library Media Award and was recognized recently by the Bartow County Board of Education. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Kingston Elementary receives state library award
Kingston Elementary School last week received an Exceptional Library Media Program Award, honoring the school's ability to provide a fun and educational library for students. "[The Exemplary Librar...
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Gov. Nathan Deal, far right, and Bartow County Commissioner Clarence Brown, far left, witness James Jarrett, chair of the Cartersville-Bartow County Joint Development Authority, center left, and Jim Hawk, president of Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing, signed an agreement in July increasing Toyo’s bond capacity to $910 million with a goal of adding 470 jobs over the next 10 years. For this, the city, county and Toyo were awarded Wednesday a statewide award for Deal of the Year. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News, file
Toyo, community awarded for teamwork
State association names Toyo: 'Deal of the Year'
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Golfers sought for Christian League for Battered Women benefit
With the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence reporting "domestic violence affects one out of four women at some point during her lifetime," Bartow County's Christian League for Battered Wom...
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Juried artist winners chosen at 36th Annual Arts Festival at Rose Lawn
Seven artists were chosen as winners from a field of more than 100 vendors at the 36th Annual Arts Festival at Rose Lawn on Sept. 17 in Cartersville. A total purse of $1,000 was awarded. Serving as...
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Friends help family members clean up after devastation from April’s tornado that skipped through Bartow County destroying dozens of homes. Area tornado victims will be given the opportunity to view a screening of the upcoming film “Courageous” due to local entrepreneur Bruce Thompson, owner of The Thompson Group. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News, File
Local business reaches out to April tornado victims
Excitement grows over 'Courageous' movie
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Riding high at the Bartow County Fair and hanging on tight Wednesday were Shaquoia Thurman, left, and Grace Ward. The fair continues at the Bartow County Fairgrounds through Saturday. Gates open Thursday and Friday at 6 p.m. and on Saturday at 3 p.m. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Bartow County Fair Fun
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Runner Paige Miller gets in a run at Dellinger Park Tuesday. Two road races will be happening in the area this weekend. The Cartersville Lions Club SeeVille’s 10K Vision and 1 Mile Fun Run at Dellinger Park and the White Elementary 5K Dash at White Elementary School. Details about both races are in the recreation calendar in today’s sports section print edition, page 3B. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Fun To Run
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Barge to address Georgia Performance Standards
State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge and Georgia Department of Education staff today will host a telecast to discuss the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards. This broadcast will be aire...
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