🌱 Foul Flyers Found + Whisper Speaks + Forty Year Sentence

Hi all. Josee Noble here with your Thursday edition of the Cartersville Patch newsletter. Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about what's happening in town, including updates on:

• Anti-Semitic flyers found on vehicles at the courthouse.
• 'Whisper' speaks at BOE meeting.
• A man receives a forty year sentence for child molestation charges.

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But first, today's weather:

A shower and thunderstorm. High: 64 Low: 44.

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Here are the top three stories today in Cartersville:

1. "Vehicles at the Bartow County courthouse in Cartersville were papered with anti-Semitic flyers on Feb. 8 amidst a pending civil case involving a man with ties to far-right organizations." (Daily Tribune News via Twitter)
2. 'Whisper' began at Adairsville Middle School in the 2021-2022 school year and is making big changes with students within the Bartow County School System. Representatives of the "peer-to-peer" movement spoke recently at the Bartow County School Board of Education meeting on Feb. 6th. Woodland Middle eighth-grader Tanner Tidwell told the board, "Whisper is a movement to help students understand that the culture of our school can be changed." (Subscription: The Daily Tribune News)
3. A Cartersville man pled guilty to child molestation charges and was sentenced on Feb. 7 to a forty-year prison sentence. He was found "illegally taking Native American artifacts from a site in Bartow County" and his phone was subsequently searched. Explicit photos were found and turned over to the GBI, which resulted in the charges. The first 25 years of his sentence will be served in state prison, with the rest served on probation. He will receive credit for time already served since 2020. (Subscription: The Daily Tribune News)

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Today in Cartersville:

• Matthew Scott State Farm Ribbon Cutting - 650 Henderson Drive, Suite 106 (11:30 AM)
• Mexican Train Dominoes - Cartersville Library (2:00 PM)
• Knit & Crochet Group - Cartersville Library (6:00 PM)
• Sip & Paint with Mary Ann - JZ's Taste of Georgia (6:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Tune in this morning to WBHF. "Our monthly interview with Bartow Superintendent of Schools Dr. Phillip Page starts at 7:40 a.m." (WBHF via Facebook)
• Yesterday's Severe Weather Preparedness Week safety message reminds us how important tornado preparedness is. "Stay Alert and Stay Safe!" (Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services via Facebook)
• "We are pumped to announce that ticket sales are LIVE for our 2023 St. Patty's Pub Crawl!!" (Downtown Cartersville via Facebook)
• "Adairsville High School is looking for volunteers to prepare students to succeed in work interviews. It is hosting an event on Friday, March 17, to assist with resume assistance, dressing for success, completing job applications, etc. Will you consider investing your knowledge into our youth by volunteering? Contact Alicia Brown at 770-606-5800 or alicia.brown@bartow.k12.ga.us. Our youth need you. Thank you!" (Cartersville-Bartow Chamber via Instagram)
• Next week's Crafternoon will be Tissue Paper Flowers, "inspired by paper flower folk art from Mexico." On Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 3pm, we'll see you at the Cartersville Library!" (Bartow County Library System via Facebook)
• "Printing & More has been decorating garments such as shirts, shorts and hats for over 13 years. They are now looking to hire a motivated and dependable Product Associate to add to their growing legacy of excellence." (Cartersville-Bartow Chamber via Instagram)

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Now you're ready to start this day off on the right foot! See y'all tomorrow for your next update.

— Josee Noble

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