Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) voted for and the House passed the VA Accountability First Act (H.R. 1259), which increases accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Friday, March 10 th , brought to a close day 31. With the Crossover deadline behind us, we began to concentrate on hearing and voting on the many Senate bills up for review. The final days of any session are hectic as we work to ensure we pass sound policy for the benefit of our Georgia citizens.

Paulding Ministerial Association welcomed members of the Paulding chapter of the Gideons. Mr. Carl Walker made a presentation to the group regarding their grassroots project, “PrayPaulding.com.” They are sponsoring a non-denominational effort to read through the Bible May 4-6 at three different locations in Paulding.

Paulding Retired Educators held a breakfast meeting on March 14th at the First Baptist Church in Dallas. Marc Pedersen, a past recipient of a PREA scholarship, described the award winning program of the Academy of Science, Research and Medicine at PCHS.

The North Paulding Wolfpack baseball team improved their record to 6-4 on the young season with a victory on the road at Hiram by a score of 9-2 in blustery weather conditions.

The administration of Hiram High School was alerted about a student who was possibly looking into a girl’s restroom through “peep holes” in the ceiling tiles. Another student observed and took a photograph of the 15 year old male suspect climbing down from the ceiling area back into the boy’s bathroom.

Exciting Spring Tennis shows up in South Paulding. The Spartans show they are ready to fight back the cold-weather and usher in spring with some tennis talent. Hannah Brooks, Emma Clarke and Keely Pirtle flex their muscles and speed to Douglas County.

Carroll EMC presented a check to the Paulding County Economic Development February 16 to support area economic development efforts. The check is funded from unclaimed capital credits and one of many distributed to local community organizations.

North Paulding High School honors its teacher and rookie of the year for 2017. Both are doing outstanding work as educators in North Paulding. Both bring to decades of experience and have achieved excellence in educating and participating with students.