Paulding Stands Up to Cancer at Relay for Life
Hundreds of Paulding residents last week came together to celebrate life and to raise money to battle a disease that affects many.
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Funeral Announcements: May 20
Death notices and funeral announcements for Sunday, May 20. Click on the names of the deceased to be taken to their full obituaries posted on the funeral homes' websites.
No new announcements William "Bill" Lee Woodall: Feb. 26, 1946 - May 19, 2012. A graveside service for the Dallas resident will be held Monday, May 21, at 2 p.m. at the City of Dallas Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday, May 20, from 2 to 6 p.m. Attorney Hubert G. Holland: Nov. 15, 1930 - May 15, 2012. A memorial service will be held Sunday, May 20, at 5 p.m. from Clark Funeral Home in Hiram, with Reverend-Attorney at Law Jeremy Abernathy and the Rev. Frank Crowe officiating. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 4 p.m. until the service time. The family requests no flowers; donations may be made to the Hubert & Naomi Holland Scholarship Endowment at the University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple St., Carrollton, GA 30118…
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Student's Ban from Graduation Not Unprecedented
Court documents shed light on the Paulding County School Board's move last month to bar Jake Zimmerman from graduation. A judge Thursday tossed that punishment.
Food Scores
Food Scores: Fuji Sushi Earns 83
See how 11 local establishments fared in the food scores for May 12-18.
The following food and health scores were reported by Paulding County Environmental Health within the past few days. Environmental Health’s goal in rating establishments is to give the public the information needed to protect themselves from risk factors linked to illness or injury. Each item on an inspection form has a point value ranging from 1 to 9 points, with violations deducting points from a best possible score of 100. Higher points are taken for items with higher risk to cause illness, while repeat violations take more points. Letter grades assigned are A for totals of 100 to 90 points, B for 89 to 80, C for 79 to 70, and U for less than 70. Bentwater Golf Club Grille 100 Golf Links Drive, Acworth Last inspection: May 15. Score/…
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Yotropolis is Your Favorite Yogurt Destination
The Hiram business was this week’s Readers’ Choice winner.
Some may find it hard to choose a flavor at their favorite frozen yogurt place, but as far choosing their favorite destination goes, the choice must have been pretty easy for our readers this week. Yotropolis Frozen Yogurt & Smoothies was the hands-down favorite in this week’s Readers’ Choice feature. The fro-yo shop got an overwhelming 82 votes. Victoria Weinert with Yotropolis said Friday that the results show that the business has plenty of loyal customers. She says the store, which is family-owned, came about from their love of fro-yo shops and a desire to bring one to their home area. “We have found such a welcome here and strive to return the favor by giving back to the community as much as we can,” she says. We won't have a Readers…
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Gingrey Focuses on Economy at Town Hall
The representative of Georgia’s 11th district also discussed gay marriage, Obamacare and this year’s presidential race Monday night.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Officials: Graduation Ban Was Precedent
Court documents show that the Paulding School Board had barred students from taking part in commencement exercises as part of their punishments in years past. A judge Thursday threw out such a punishment for Jake Zimmerman on constitutional grounds.
Officials with the Paulding County School System say Jake Zimmerman was not the first student to be barred from taking part in his graduation ceremony as part of a suspension from school that spanned until the end of the school year. But a judge Thursday said that precedent did not trump Zimmerman’s legal right to protest the punishment he received for taking part in a “senior prank” with other students. Zimmerman was one of the 24 teens arrested following the March 11 vandalism of East Paulding High School and surrounding areas; the majority of those arrested were East Paulding students. Zimmerman, like the other students deemed to have been involved in the incident, received from a school tribunal a punishment of 10 days of out-of-school…
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Judge: EPHS Student Allowed To Graduate
East Paulding High senior Jake Zimmerman will get to take part in the school’s graduation ceremony next week following a judge's injunction Thursday against a Paulding County School Board decision.
PatchCast
PatchCast: Peeping Tom; Arts Festival
Here's your roundup of regional headlines for Friday, May 18.
Follow these links for more on today's stories: Judge: East Paulding’s Zimmerman Can Attend Graduation (Dallas-Hiram Patch) School Official: We Will Honor Judge’s Decision (Dallas-Hiram Patch) Detectives: Help ID Peeping Tom (Cartersville Patch) Canton Festival of the Arts (Canton-Sixes Patch) Pope Meets Lambert for State Lacrosse Title (East Cobb Patch)
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Small Business Q&A: Babies R Talking
Tricia Lowther talks about her Dallas business, which offers therapeutic, educational and enrichment programs for young children.
Dallas-Hiram Patch Editor Jon Gargis recently talked with Tricia Lowther to learn about her business, Babies R Talking LLC. Dallas-Hiram Patch: How long have you been open? Tricia Lowther: Since June 4, 2011. Dallas-Hiram Patch: What's the hardest thing about being a small-business owner in Dallas? Lowther: Getting the word out that we here. Dallas-Hiram Patch: What's the best thing about your job? Lowther: The appreciation from the parents and participating in the progress of their children. It is truly a joy to see children succeed and proud of themselves. Dallas-Hiram Patch: What's the best thing about Dallas? Lowther: It offers the same access as Cobb County for my customers without the high cost. And it is a much more peaceful …
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12:17 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
What is most alarming to me is the fact that the public does not know the whole story. There were children involved in the senior traditional prank who did way less than the plaintiff. Some of these sweet children who never set foot on school property were arrested at someone's home, spent 18 hours in jail, and were even placed into general population. Others were tackled by unidentified adults … more ›