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Sometimes college football fans can be crazy, and Jim Alred’s wife believes his intense and often irrational hatred of Notre Dame definitely falls into that category.

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Harbin Clinic, after celebrating more than 20 years in Bartow County, is shifting their focus on strategic growth to further serve the Cartersville community.

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First established in 1943 during WWII, Battey State Hospital evolved into much more than a place to treat tuberculosis.

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Publisher's Note As a child, I was absolutely terrified by anything remotely scary. Like most, I was drawn to the rush of the thrills and chills provided by a good creepy movie, but the results on little Ian lasted days, if not weeks. Sprinting to the bathroom and back to my room where the safety of my covers waited was the norm after a viewing of movies such as “Alice, Sweet Alice,” “The Omen” or the original “Halloween.” I wasn’t supposed to watch these films, O W N E R & C E O Ian Griffin so looking back and now having children of my own, this is another case where I would like to apologize to my parents who far from condoned my viewing them.

That said, when the opportunity to watch something scary presented itself, I’d dive in. And while those aforementioned films certainly stuck with me, nothing held a candle to “The Shining.”

It still stands as the most haunting movie I’ve ever seen, which isn’t surprising considering Stephen King penned the novel and Stanley Kubrick directed the film…those two certainly know a thing or two about painting a frightening scene.

As I grew older, the movie magic aspect clicked for me, and while movies of this nature still make the hair on my neck stand up to this day, I can enjoy them for the entertainment they are… without sprinting to the bathroom in the middle of the night in fear.

Almost everyone has at least seen the more iconic scenes from "The Shining" (think “Here’s Johnny” or “Come and play with us forever”), and some may remember the extremely weak TV mini-series that stuck closer to Kings novel, but lacked every ounce of character the original film encompassed. It was, however, shot at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, the notoriously haunted hotel in which Stephen King wrote the novel while staying in room 217.

That hotel is famous for King’s novel and its hauntings, drawing paranormal enthusiasts to the hotel year-round. Over the Labor Day weekend, my wife, some friends and myself added it to the itinerary for our visit to the Denver area at the last minute. The drive alone was worth the trip, as the Rocky Mountains are absolutely breathtaking, but the hotel itself was as stunning as I expected. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to take the official tour, but we walked through the lobby and museum, and that was all I really needed to see.

The hotel is turning a nice profit off of their history with the unknown and the countless experiences people have had at least make one consider the possibilities, but we weren’t seeking such encounters, so just a stroll around the grounds where one of the greatest thrillers of all time was conceived made for a great experience.

As we near Halloween, the horror movie marathons are in full force on TV’s, while theaters have their fair share of modern slasher flicks playing. It may be cheesy, but this season certainly draws me back to that genre. I will undoubtedly re-watch “The Shining” before the month is done and will be looking forward to the release of its sequel, “Dr. Sleep” on November 8th. My trip to The Stanley will certainly enhance those viewings and might even inspire a sprint to the bathroom in the middle of the night…hopefully I won’t pull a muscle!

From all of us monsters at V3, Happy Halloween.

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WHILE WATCHING COLLEGE FOOTBALL THE OTHER DAY, a commercial teasing the Georgia versus Notre Dame game scrolled across the screen. This prompted me to restart an argument my wife and I have had going for better than two decades.

I’m sure Notre Dame is a great school and I have nothing but respect for their academic tradition, but please don’t get me started on their football program or the many, many times the Fighting Irish have been allowed

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a prominent spot in games, polls, awards, etc... when quite honestly, they didn’t deserve it.

But on this particular Saturday, I knew my words were about the same as picking up a sharp stick and poking a bear. However, the bear in this case is gorgeous, much smarter than me and has the ability to scare me more than a Grizzly Bear that once chased me in Montana.

ME: I rarely if ever pull for Georgia, but I hope the Dawgs put 80 on Notre Dame.

(Long, silent pause as anger builds.)

MY WIFE: What do you have against Notre Dame?

Why do you hate them so much?

And you do realize you’re Catholic right?

ME: You remember my first night at RCIA (Right of Christian Initiation of Adults, for those that don’t know) program, right?

MY WIFE: Yes, but that doesn’t matter and really the priest probably thought you were crazy. Who shows up to convert to Catholicism with such a crazy demand?

Flashback to 2002 where after the opening meeting of the RCIA program at a Catholic Church in Naples, Florida, I waited patiently to ask the priest a few questions. Having been Protestant my whole life, I had a few issues, but one loomed particularly large. After the priest calmed my fears about everything else, one question remained— “So I’m telling you straight up right now that when I convert, if I’m required to pull for Notre Dame that’s a deal breaker.”

The priest laughed, not some soft laugh but a good belly laugh, clapped his hand on my shoulder and then looked at my face. He stopped laughing and waited for a moment.

“You’re serious, aren’t you?”

I nodded my head. “I will never pull for Notre Dame.”

The priest contemplated this for a minute, and then laughed again.

“You don’t have to pull for Notre Dame.”

Thirty-two weeks later, my conversion to Catholicism was finished, and 17 years later I’ve still never pulled for Notre Dame. Quick note, this is a half-lie, as I pulled for them to beat USC in 2004. Alas, I pull for them once and guess what… they still mess me over. USC won and my undefeated Auburn Tigers were left out of the national title game.

MY WIFE: And furthermore, I love the movie “Rudy” how can you not. It’s a movie about heart.

Side Note: Rudy is based on the true-life story of a kid who walked on at Notre Dame, got the crap beat out of him in practice for several years before he was allowed to play the final two snaps in a meaningless game. He did sack a Georgia Tech quarterback, however. The Hollywood version took several liberties.

ME: Mike Golic, who played at Notre Dame at the time, along with a slew of others have gone on record saying about 90 percent of the movie is fabrication.

There are stories of amazing walk-ons at practically every school. So let’s pick this one guy, who really doesn’t have a story and make a movie out of it. Why? Because he played at Notre Dame.

MY WIFE: It’s a great movie, and it’s about heart. He had a lot of heart.

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ME: Two words explain the only reason the movie got made—Notre Dame.

MY WIFE: Or maybe you hate the movie because you have no heart?

ME IN MY HEAD: Uh-oh. She’s just getting warmed up now, and she just shot me the teacher look she saves for unruly kids in her classroom and uses on me far too many times to count.

MY WIFE: Honestly, your hatred of Notre Dame makes your superstitious moments of changing your Auburn shirt, sitting on the lucky couch or only eating and drinking certain things before games actually look rational.

ME IN MY HEAD: I’ve said way too much. Maybe if I just smile and nod, I can defuse this situation. And yes, I know I started it.

MY WIFE: And what do you have against poor Lou Holtz. He is such a nice man.

Aside—My wife knows this is like waving a red flag in front of a bull, except in this case the bull is quite small and not terrifying at all.

ME: You realize the 1988 Notre Dame team was at best the fifth best team in the nation and the only reason they won the national championship is that they played a very weak West Virginia team.

MY WIFE: But that was the system in place at the time. There was no BCS or college football playoff. It’s not their fault they were in the game.

ME: Yes, because if there had been a BCS or playoff Notre Dame would have gotten trucked like they did in the BCS against Alabama and in the playoff against Clemson. They didn’t deserve to be in those games either, but hey it’s Notre Dame so let’s put them in.

MY WIFE: There is no logic to your arguments. Now I’m thinking you not only don’t have a heart, but you might be lacking a brain as well. What do you think about that?

ME: I’ve been a sportswriter for close to 25 years, you know as well as I do that many people would have no problems believing your assertions.

MY WIFE: Eye roll, shakes head, emits long exasperated sigh, probably wonders how in the world she ended up in this situation to begin with.

ME: blank stare.

MY WIFE: So, I hope you realize how irrational and stupid you are being right now. Not to mention I think you’re half crazy and you owe Rudy, Lou Holtz and Notre Dame an apology.

ME: …………...

MY WIFE: Well?

ME IN MY HEAD: Don’t do it, don’t do it, don’t do it.

ME OUT LOUD: Maybe I’m irrational, heartless and brainless and I guess I kind of see your point. Now I hope UGA hangs 100 on Notre Dame.

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Harbin Clinic Expands Services in Bartow County When you have aches, pains, sickness and strains, it’s relieving to know that your health is in the right hands at Harbin Clinic in Bartow County.

Harbin Clinic provides medical care you can count on. Whether you’re visiting your primary care physician, seeking specialty care or preparing to undergo a surgical procedure, the expert medical care at Harbin Clinic is something the community of Northwest Georgia has trusted for generations.

Throughout the region, Harbin Clinic is a household name. As Georgia’s largest physicianowned, multispecialty clinic with more than

250 clinicians across more than 30 specialties in 20 locations, Harbin Clinic has celebrated more than 20 years in Bartow County. With a focus on strategic growth, it’s been a mission of the clinic to serve the Cartersville community and beyond.

“Harbin’s board of managers established a plan to expand healthcare services throughout Bartow and the surrounding region through strategic growth,” explains Harbin’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Edward McBride. “This growth includes investments in physicians, advanced practice clinicians, care team members, diagnostic services and new facilities that enable Harbin to meet the healthcare needs of our patients right here in Bartow.”

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An Era of Growth

In addition to the multi-specialty clinic facility located at 150 Gentilly Boulevard, Harbin Clinic recently celebrated the opening of a 10,140 squarefoot clinic in Adairsville that houses Family Medicine & Pediatrics.

“As the county continues its rapid growth, this new facility allows for the provision of additional primary care services for families in North Bartow,” explains Dr. McBride.

Within months of opening their new facility in Adairsville, Harbin Clinic held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new medical office building in Cartersville, located at 200 Gentilly Blvd. Construction completed in the summer of 2019, and the new space allows for expansion of existing services, as well as the introduction of new specialty services into the Bartow market.

“Essentially, we quickly exceeded the capacity of our one building here in Cartersville, as we were always very busy,” explains Dr. Maxwell Prempeh, Harbin Clinic’s Assistant Medical Director for Bartow County. “It got to the point where we had to open up a second building in order to allow ourselves room for growth.”

The new facility, which is conveniently located next door to their current Cartersville clinic, showcases two stories and an expanded parking lot.

“Not only did the move into this new building give the pediatric unit more room to grow, but it has also made things more convenient for our patients,” explains Dr. Tammy Williams with Harbin Clinic Pediatrics Cartersville.

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“With the move, the pediatric unit gained six additional exam rooms, which will help us tremendously in the coming months as we prepare to welcome a new pediatrician in January. This will give us more availability for appointments,” says Dr. Williams with a smile. The pediatric unit also welcomed an in-house lactation consultant, just one of the services that Harbin Clinic provides in the new space.

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Dr. Prempeh has practiced cardiology in Cartersville for nearly nine years and has witnessed the growth first-hand.

“Harbin Clinic’s expansion is a great opportunity to enhance patients’ healthcare experience,” says Dr. Prempeh. “What we are doing is trying to open up our diverse specialties to more people, and within our specialties, we are trying to offer more services. That is one of the biggest reasons for opening another clinic here in Bartow County.”

“Here at Harbin Clinic, we like the idea that we can offer high quality services right here in Cartersville and Bartow County, so you don’t have to go anywhere else to receive that quality,” continues Dr. Prempeh. “Even in a smaller area like Cartersville, Harbin is able to provide the highest level of care available to patients. It’s a misconception that you have to travel to a big city to get state-of-the-art treatment. We have those services right here in Bartow.”

Harbin’s focus on growing its services in Bartow County—which is home to over 100,000 residents—enhances patient access to healthcare services. By providing expert primary care, specialty care, and diagnostic services, Harbin Clinic is on a quest to improve health and save lives so that the Bartow community flourishes.

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IF THESE HALLS COULD TALK

Have you ever wondered about the history behind the abandoned Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital?

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Chapel of St. Luke: Named in 1956 and currently stands on the property

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orthwest Georgia Regional Hospital, established in July of 1973 after a conversion from its former name Battey State Hospital, was once known as a city within the city due to its vastness.

The former hospital sits on 180 acres of land, which contains 145 buildings and a whopping 17 miles of corridor. There are also 30 staff homes on the grounds, plus accommodations for nursing staff and other personnel.

Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital was composed of two units: one specifically for Tuberculosis (TB) patients and one to house the Mental Health program.

The purpose of the TB program was to isolate patients with positive screenings, to treat patients with active tuberculosis and to get the patient well so that they could return to society.

The Mental Health Division provided medical and nursing care to acutely mentally ill patients.

In addition to those two wings, the hospital also included other units like an Adult Psychiatric Unit, an Alcohol and Drug Unit, a Child/Adolescent Unit and a Developmental Services Unit (also called the Mental Retardation Unit.)

With all of these healthcare services right here in the community of Rome and Floyd County, the basic overall philosophy of the hospital system was to reduce total dependence on hospitalization.

Hospital administrators hoped to do this by returning the TB patients to society as quickly as possible, maintain the patient with medicinal therapy, and follow the patient through the TB Control and Case-finding program.

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In the Adult Psychiatric Unit, the goal was to create a therapeutic community for adults who needed inpatient care. Of course, the Alcohol and Drug unit was for drug rehabilitation and helping patients with dependency issues. The Child/ Adolescent Unit’s purpose was to provide intensive, short-term treatment for youth who experienced extreme stress. And the last unit, Developmental Services (Mental Retardation Unit), was provide long-term care for the mentally disabled, and to train those who could be educated and prepare them for community living.

Battey State was first built during WWII as a temporary Army General Hospital. It was named after Dr. Robert Battey, a physician who built a successful practice and was key in advancing medical treatment here in Rome.

Early in the year 1946, the State of Georgia negotiated with the federal government and procured the 2,000-bed facility for use as a tuberculosis sanatorium for one dollar. The federal and state agencies needed to show a transaction for the property to legally change hands.

In June 1946, Battey General became Battey State and was re-opened as a tuberculosis hospital.

Locally, there were 2,534 newly reported cases of tuberculosis in 1946, and because of no advancements in treatment of this respiratory disease, an individual’s chances of survival were far worse than today. Studies then reported that 33.5 of each 100,000 persons infected with TB in Georgia would die.

At the time, standard treatment of tuberculosis was to place a patient on bed rest, isolate them

Nurses' Quarters for the original Battey State Hospital

from others and to give them medications for a cough. The patient would receive pneumothorax or pneumoperitoneum treatments for collapsing lungs in some cases.

The average amount of time an individual was required to stay at the hospital was 209 days, although it is recorded that some stayed as long as nine years. Battey State Hospital conducted an active research program to improve treatment of tuberculosis and was known nationally and worldwide for its treatment efforts. Doctors even identified a unique strand, Atypical TB Group III, Battey Type.

Over the years, there have been two significant land transactions.

In May 1950, 20 additional acres were acquired, bringing the total acreage of the facility to 180

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acres. Then, in 1965, 12 acres of land were transferred in August of 2003 to the Department of Juvenile Justice for purpose of constructing a juvenile detention center, which became the Bob Richards Regional YDC. The Georgia State Board of Health met in Rome in July 1967 to plan additional services the site would offer. Instructions were given to the State Department of Health to draw up plans and budget requirements for new multi-purpose facility to replace Battey State, and construction started on a new hospital in April 1971.

Georgia's Department of Public Health reorganized in April 1972 and was incorporated into the Department of Human Resources. The Mental Health Program of the new hospital was placed under the direction of the Division of Mental Health. The Tuberculosis Treatment program and the Community Tuberculosis Control Unit, which had been located on the hospital grounds since October 1967, were placed under the Division of Physical Health.

With the establishment of the Mental Health Unit, the first mentally disabled residents were transferred from Gracewood State School and Hospital in January 1971, and the Mental Health Program Directorate assumed responsibility for this group in 1973.

In July 1973, the name of the new hospital was changed to Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital at Rome and the new buildings were occupied in April 1975. Effective July 1975, the hospitals and institutions operated by the Department of Human Resources were placed under the direction of the Division of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. In August 1975, the first adult psychiatric patients and alcohol and drug abuse patients were admitted.

Northwest Georgia Regional operated for 27 years, serving the mentally ill and developmentally disabled patients covering a 16-county region, with some programs extending to serve patients in a 31-county region. By 1977, the hospital was averaging 281 patients a day with a staff of 605 professionals.

260 beds were reserved for mental health patients and 50 beds for tuberculosis patients; however, the inpatient tuberculosis unit was eventually phased out in the 1990s.

In June 2011, Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital closed amidst a settlement regarding treatment of patients in Georgia’s seven psychiatric hospitals. There was a five-year plan to move developmentally disabled and mentally ill patients to private setting and community-based services. This was not well received by all, including a State representative at the time, Ms. Barba Massey Reece (D-Menlo).

“While I understand the move to community, there are those who need supervision all the time,” Reece said. “More and more, folks with mental health needs are finding their way into our prison system. I’m concerned about not having enough support out there for those who need it.”

Governments agencies, from the federal to the local level, are still putting their heads together to find ways to better treat this underserved section of our population. The answer has not been easy, but the work continues. However, having a facility from the past that has helped so many of our neighbors and friends gives us a roadmap to a brighter future. Many have been helped in the hallways of this historic landmark and patients of the past were better because Battey State was there.

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Where History Meets Comfort This 80-year-old English Country House offers a glimpse into history with all of the comforts of home text ELIZABETH CHILDERS

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t might take you by surprise to know that just off of Fieldwood Road in East Rome, lies a stately manor fit for the English countryside. The home was built in 1939, and has been owned by Parke and Mollie Avery since 1991. From the outside, the home’s original brick and copper gutters establish a sense of importance, while the spacious 5-acre lot provides a feeling of being far further from downtown than only five minutes.

While Parke and Mollie Avery originally hail from Alexandria, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland respectively, they both knew that Rome was the place they wanted to call home. “We were looking for a place to raise a family, and once we came to Rome it was decided within a weekend,” Mollie recalls. “We just fell in love with Rome.”

Prior to purchasing the home, the Averys had known the previous owners through church and had attended many functions there, while even then loving the home and all that it had to offer. “I knew what a warm house it is, and people feel comfortable here. It has a graciousness, and a charm,” she says. When the opportunity arose to purchase the home, Mollie jumped at the chance, saying, “It was just a dream for us.”

Situated on 5 acres in the Fieldwood neighborhood, the home offers five bedrooms and three bathrooms within 3800 square feet with gracious amounts of storage and built in shelving and soaring 12-foot ceilings.

The home was built by Dean Owens, a lawyer in Rome who wanted to build a Virginian style home to remind his new bride of houses from her Virginia hometown. To accomplish this, Owens hired an architect from Atlanta named James Godwin, who later went on to design the National Cathedral in Washington DC in the 70’s. “So he was quite a talented and gifted person,” Mollie explains.

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This talent and level of detail in both planning and execution are evident throughout which might explain why after 80 years, Parke and Mollie Avery are only the fourth owners to have lived in the home. “People come here and they stay,” Mollie says.

The home itself is filled with stunning examples of craftsmanship from days long past, and many details that serve today as fascinating nods to the time in which it was built. Everything from the home’s still functional and miraculously clang-free radiators, to the telephone nooks located on both floors, to the brass doorknobs pay homage to the timing of the home’s creation.

Further illustrating the era of 1939, the home has two different types of hardwood flooring for a fascinating reason. While the first level’s floors are walnut, the second level of the home has oak flooring. “This was because when the house was built in 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War, oak was being used for battleships and was scarce for building, but walnut was not,”

explains Mollie. The Averys have been meticulous to preserve the history of the home and are eager to pass this love on to the home’s next owners, who will inherit the original blueprints used in the planning of the home.

One of the first rooms off from the foyer is the dining room, with soaring windows for light to stream in. The room is spacious and can seat up to 12 people comfortably, and features an intricate chandelier and wall sconces that are original to the home. At the end of the room, a door opens up to a small porch perfect for grilling.

The kitchen, while spacious, instantly conveys a warmth that makes someone want to pull up a chair and pour a cup of coffee. The floor to ceiling cabinets offer seemingly endless storage options, while the soapstone kitchen counters add a tone of subtlety to the room. The Delft tiles that make up the kitchen backsplash are from Clive Christensen Kitchens, and the flooring is made up of wide squares of Saltilla Mexican tile.

Its’ peachy terracotta tone adds visual warmth

to the room but also contributes to the room’s literal coolness during the hot summer months.

In the corner of the kitchen, Mollie points to an air conditioning vent that her pets love to frequent, lying in front of to cool off.

Connected to the kitchen is a small keeping room where the Averys will watch TV in the evenings. The room itself has had many uses, as Mollie explains, “The owners before us used this keeping room as a breakfast room, so it could certainly be used for that.”

Tucked inside a small alcove next to the coat closet is the home’s original doorbell, with its chimes resembling a panpipe capped off at the top by an early iteration of plastic called Bakelite.

The doorbell is still functional at the rear and front doors, echoing it’s classic “ding-dong” throughout the home.

Two steps down from the foyer is the living room which features original millwork lining the walls, handcrafted by an old Rome company called O’Neill Manufacturing, once located on

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North Broad, Mollie remembers. This room truly highlights the company’s craftsmanship, boasting a full wall of built in bookcases and cabinetry.

“Look how beautiful this doorway is,” said Mollie, gesturing to the cased entrance to the living room complete with rounded corners. This room also contains one of the home’s three fireplaces which is “perfect for roaring fires” says Mollie, as she points out the adjacent corner where the family would display their Christmas tree each year.

In addition, this room features floor to ceiling windows with custom made window treatments that would remain with the home.

Just off of the living room is a spacious porch spanning the side of the home. While the porch was originally screened in, the windows have also been framed with Lucite panels that make the space feel akin to a sunroom in the comfort that it offers. An additional set of doors connects the porch to the library, making it an excellent place for entertaining, as Mollie describes. From here, the original white paint of the home’s exterior

brick can be seen, preserved from the elements.

From the porch, the library boasts woodpaneled walls with shelves to accommodate any book lovers inventory. Adding to the coziness of the room is a gas fireplace, perfect for curling up beside with the perfect story.

Right down the hall from the library is a full bathroom with black and white tiling that is both original to the house and exactly the style that is once again popular in interior design, with its white hexagons and black diamonds patterning the floor. This bathroom connects to a room that has been used as both a family room and as a bedroom, with a closet so deep that it has one rod behind the other for ample storage space.

From this room, a gracious set of double doors open out onto the brick paved terrace.

The staircase leading to the second floor is more than deserving of attention of it it’s own, curving gracefully upwards with custom millwork on the walls curving to match and a towering window which looks out onto the front yard and

floods the foyer with light. The Averys sourced a custom oriental rug from Virginia to line the staircase, complete with brass runners to hold each step in place, and the family has agreed to leave this rug in place for the next homeowner to enjoy as well.

Upstairs are four bedrooms and two bathrooms, all with generous windows to take in views of the manicured garden and lawns.

While the master bedroom offers an attached bath with marble countertops, a nickel silver sink and a freshly refinished tub, what might be most impressive about this suite is the short hallway between bedroom and bathroom featuring floor to ceiling cabinetry for extra storage, a feature that this home certainly offers an abundance of.

Branching off further from the master is a small windowed alcove originally intended as a sewing room, that Mollie now uses as a vanity. She tells of once having a large mirror positioned in front of the window, but soon realized she much preferred the stunning views of the backyard instead. This

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room has served many purposes in the history as the home, as the owners prior to the Averys had it plumbed for a washer and dryer and used the space as a laundry room.

Adjacent to this alcove is the second upstairs bedroom, originally built as a child’s bedroom and now used as an office. From here, almost the entire backyard can be seen through the wide paneled windows, perfect for both working and daydreaming. In this room, Mollie points out that just inside the doorframe of each of the home’s closets is a small button that allows the interior lights to come on automatically once the doors are opened, a fascinating feature given its installment when the home was built in 1939.

Right down the hall from the master is a spacious cedar closet, with enough room to protect an entire family’s wardrobe from any offending moths. Next to this is the third bedroom that the family affectionately refers to as “The Garden Room,” aptly named for its wide spanning windows offering a view of the backyard’s garden. This room also featured small windows that crank open on opposite walls, a detail that the builder would have included to maximize airflow on hot, muggy days prior to central air conditioning.

The third bathroom in the home echoes the same notes of the classic black and white in it’s tile flooring original to the home, only this time in a captivating basket weave.

The final bedroom features details like an arched window that is reflective of many arched doorways from the main floor and its own wood-burning fireplace. Additionally, this room boasts a large walk-in closet that leads directly into the attic. Contrary to common perception that attics in old homes are required to possess a somewhat eerie quality, this attic’s two large windows allow for sunlight to shine in and banish any thought of the heebie jeebies.

Downstairs, the basement has space for the washer and dryer in addition to a spacious storage closet which must have once been a storage bin for coal to power the furnace, Mollie muses. Now the furnace has been converted to gas, easily accessible in the basement along with a brand new water heater.

Outside, the yard’s brick paved terrace is the perfect spot to sit beneath the shade of a tree and enjoy the view. A small fountain sits opposite the terrace, the whimsy of the trickling water belied with the seriousness of several stone lions heads mounted above.

From this view, the back of the home appears to be nearly symmetrical, lending its style to

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resemble more of a Georgian Palladian style home than the English County House that the home’s front might suggest. Off to the side of the terrace, a hand scrolled iron gate crafted by a local foundryman named Carl Dance, leads to the garden. Here, “all this area is just packed with thousands of daffodils,” Mollie says, gesturing across the sweeping garden. It was here in this very backyard that the Averys held their daughter’s wedding reception, with tables spanning across the rolling grass, a bar set up inside the latticed garage, and a band playing from the driveway.

“It was really wonderful,” she beams.

As to their surroundings, Mollie notes that the neighborhood’s two culs-de-sac are what contribute to both the feeling of safety and the peacefulness of the area due to the fact that there is practically no traffic driving through the neighborhood.

Ultimately, Mollie describes the home saying, “It’s a place that you want to take care of, and hope that other people will enjoy it as much as Parke and I have.”

For anyone looking for a home that offers all of the peace and comfort of a countryside home while at the same time remaining tantalizingly convenient to all that Rome has to offer, then this house is without a doubt, the perfect place to call home.

For additional information about the property or to schedule a showing, please contact Hardy Realty at 706-291-4321.

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Moe Foster Hicks

How many of us are free to let our inner colors out for the rest of the world to see?

Sadly, a professional setting and fear of long stares on the sidewalks keep many of our colors at bay.

But what if it wasn’t like that?

Meet Moe Foster Hicks, a hair stylist at Wiyanna’s Salon in Rome, Ga. Hicks is known for creating crazy hairstyles and colors for herself and for her clients with the goal of helping others think and be outside of the box.

“I really like when clients bring in inspiration pictures of celebrities or this and that,” says Hicks. “I always put my hand over the celebrity’s face, turn the picture around, and ask them if they still want the hair or if they want to be the celebrity. At the end of the day, you’re not going to be a celebrity, but you can have great hair.”

Hicks says the fear of creative hair is not as bad as it used to be, though. “It’s actually been quite the opposite in the last few years. For a while, people were hesitant. A lot of jobs are very conservative; they don’t want to see someone with rainbow hair because it’s not conservative. I have gotten strange looks my entire life for having crazy, funky hair colors. My mom was really cool and let me experiment with color, but it’s always been very strange to other people,” she recalls.

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“When I started doing hair ten years ago, it still wasn’t as acceptable as it is today. In the past ten years, I have given clients - from five to 85 years old - crazy rainbow hair or other creative styles. It’s really, really cool that people are more open to expressing themselves that way,” Hicks says with a proud smile. “At the end of the day, it’s just hair and you can change it back. You can do whatever you want with it. It doesn’t define how you do a job, or who you are really. I love that creative hair is more acceptable now.”

She is originally from Atlanta but moved to Rome five years ago. She has never had an issue expressing herself. “I’ve always been really introverted and extroverted at the same time. I know that is strange, so let me explain. It started when I met my best friend Crystal. We were in the fifth grade and she taught me to deal with everything with humor, but not in a burying it kind of way. So, I learned to mask some of my innermost thoughts and feelings with laughter, and never being afraid to express myself. From then on out, I lived that way,” says Hicks.

“I love creepy, Halloween-type stuff—I think it’s called ‘Goth.’ I’ve always been a not-your-normal, conservative person. And that’s been ever since I could decide who I wanted to be. I'm always outgoing and out there, and I want to see people smiling. So, I was always the class clown and social butterfly. I have so many different types of friends, I just float everywhere,” says Hicks, going deeper into why she is comfortable exercising her own freedom of expression.

“I’ve always been very artistic, as well,” she continues. “It started with painting when I was little, and then music, which has always been a really big gateway

for me. And I’m not a musician by any means; I just love music. The music inspires a lot of my work.

I’m just me.

"People see now that they don’t have to hide who they are behind social media. Social media is so present in everyday life now, and in everything.

Most people are not putting out 100 percent of their truths - meaning who they really are - out there,” says Hicks. “I like to show who I am on social media.”

Hicks has noticed more about people and their appearances, especially the menfolk.

“I like that men’s grooming is more popular. No offense to men, but there was a while there when nobody cared, really,” she explains. “Now, men are getting faded, getting their beards outlined, and I love it.

“Truth is, people want to feel better. I think when the recession happened, people were trying to look for something new to make them feel better because there’s this saying about the beauty industry and the liquor industry. They say that even when things are bad, money wise, people are going to make themselves look good and make themselves feel good.

Women are going to pay to get their hair and nails done. They are going to make sure they feel good when other things aren’t all 'good.' I think that’s kind of what inspired this trend of style evaluation.”

The first time someone goes in for a creative Moe Hicks hair style is a special event.

She will normally sit with the client for a consultation before they make a really big change, just to get a view of what they are really going for.

When it is all said and done, Hicks compares the change to a caterpillar becoming a butterfly.

“Before I moved to Rome, I was a Cosmetology educator. I was teaching the young stylists how to grow and to be successful in the hair world,” she says.

“When they start off, it is so funny. We used to take pictures of them on their first day of school and most are meek and shy. You have some who already have an 'it' factor, but most are nervous because they are just getting started on their new journey. We always made the joke, ‘by the end, you’ll be platinum blonde and about bald because all of the different things you’ve gone through.’ I’ve had students who have never colored their hair before. Then, they will walk in with crazy rainbow hair and the most layers you’ve ever seen on someone’s head, and it’s cool to watch their transformation,” Hicks explains.

“So, when a client comes in and asks for a dramatic style, I really want to make sure that they’re emotionally ready for what they’re about to do. I mean, even when I change my hair color it takes me a few days to get used to it. I’m not scared to do anything, and I mean I’m really not. But I still ask myself, do I really like this? In about two days I’m used to it. So, I’ll put myself in the chair with my clients.

“Before they leave, I always let them know to call me if they need anything, and that they are not going to hurt my feelings. This is their hair, I know it is done well, but it may not be what they actually wanted. It means the world to me to make a client happy; it is why I do what I do. It makes me feel powerful. I have a lot of confidence. Styling hair makes me feel really, really good,” she smiles.

Hicks relies on her personal feelings and experiences to help her put herself in her client’s shoes.“I don’t feel good if I walk out of the house and my hair is messed up. I’m just one of those people that is always dressed as if someone were going to take a picture of me. It is not an insecurity thing, I mean I walk out of

the house without makeup all of the time, but I hate doing it because makeup is a part of my everyday routine, my ‘warrior paint’ as I call it. Feeling good is what gets me through the day,” says Hicks.

“A few years ago, I was going through some depression due to the death of my father, and I would have to wake up and do my hair and makeup and get out the door on time. It just makes you feel good, it makes you feel better. It’s like a comfort blanket."

Moe loves to extend that same comfort blanket to her clients. “In the past ten years, I have not woken up and said I do not want to go to work. I wake up every single day excited for what I am going to do. I get joy from it, because I know I'm changing someone’s perception of themselves. I’ve had clients that I could tell had no inner self confidence. They have nothing inside of them that is driving them. I have done their hair before and see them look in that mirror and its transforming, you can see a light come on in them,” says Hicks.

“I do have to put a little bit of me in everything, though," she adds. "Even if I’m doing ‘Susy Homemaker Highlights,’ and I hope that’s not an offensive term, Susy Homemaker, because I love all of my crazy creative looks. From Avant Garde to plain old highlights, because really, they’re not just plain old highlights. Everybody has their own custom hair color, it’s not just a cookiecutter formula. Every one is different. It doesn’t matter where they come from or what they do, hair is hair,” she says.

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bunch of hair magazines: Modern Salon, cover for Metal Hammer (a UK-based rock magazine), etc. That was the coolest thing when I started out, and I said to myself, oh, You made it girl! You did it!"

She continues, “I’ve done hair and makeup for bands, I’ve worked a lot in movies and in a lot of music videos… just some really cool stuff,” says Hicks.

“My favorite was working on “Iron Man 3.” Then about two years ago, my students got to do all of the perms for the “Stranger Things” cast, and I got to

"I wake up every single day excited for what I am going to do. I get super joy from it, because you know you’re changing someone’s perception of themselves." work with them on that. Think about it, they were still in school and doing this really cool thing for a TV show. I’ve really done a lot of stuff, but mainly I’ve been recognized for my creative hair colors and my Avant Garde work. I also love making crazy wigs. I’ve had famous drag queens to wear my wigs. I’ve been really blessed.”

If you’re wondering if any famous people have been to Rome to see her, Moe says, “no, not yet.”

“I’ve actually kind of quieted down since I moved to Northwest Georgia.

Living up here is kind of new for me, and doing hair up here is really new for me, so really I didn’t know if Rome would be ready for my weirdness. But, it has been really great being back behind the chair, and I have to give my all to my clients, so I’m not really doing any movie stuff or things like that,” she says.

Moe, a married mom of two - a 13-year-old son and four-year-old daughter - had to make a move to see her family more. “The reason I moved to Rome and came to work for Wiyanna was to be closer to my family. I was driving to Atlanta every day, and that’s two hours of wear and tear not only my car,

but my psyche. I wasn’t getting to see my kids or husband much. I’ve quieted down and I like it. I like being behind the chair and be a little more intimate, and building a clientele, and getting to know people in Rome.”

Her family are fans of her hairstyles. “They love it. My husband is a rockand-roll guy and, although he looks very conservative, he has this crazy dude inside of him. He’s the lead singer of a band, and that’s where he gets his creativity out. My son has watched me go through hair school, all the way up till now, so he’s seen everything. He even has purple hair now. They just think I’m cool. My daughter is really honest. She’ll tell me if she likes and dislikes my hair color.”

Moe is definitely a color wheel lover. “I really love the color wheel; I’m such a nerd about it. I always have been, so I know how to play with it, how to neutralize and all that. That’s how I incorporate it into what I do with hair. I’ve always loved just playing with color,” she smiles. “You can’t change the color wheel and you can’t recreate it whatsoever, but you can do so much with it.

“There’s such a huge spectrum of different shades and tones everywhere. I just love creating and figuring out new colors. That’s what I get into at work, playing with the color wheel. It is never really painting one thing (as she is a watercolor painter), it’s going for color.”

Moe has always believed in herself. What she didn’t know was what her parents would think of her true ambitions. “I always knew whatever I did I would do it 180,000 percent more than the average person. I’ve always wanted to be known. And not known in a bad way obviously, but like ‘oh Moe, yea, she does that. She’s really great at that.’

“At first when I got out of high school, I wanted to be an Imagineer and work at Disney with animatronics, that was kind of like my first goal ever. I have always really wanted to do hair, but I was so scared my parents would say, ‘you can’t make any money doing that,’ so I built this block in my head of you need to go to college, you need to this or that. They never once said that,” Moe says with a laugh.

“I made this weird reality where they would be disappointed in me, so I went to college and did all that, and when I decided to do hair I said, ‘mom, I’m going to go to hair school’. She was like ‘okay.’ And I was like ‘what??’ She said that whatever I was going to do, I was going to be successful, because that’s just who she saw me as, and that’s what she instilled in me, that I was not going to fail. She was okay with whatever I chose to do, so here I am.”

Book your consultation with Moe Foster Hicks at Wiyanna’s Salon (4 East 3rd Avenue Rome, GA 30161).

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For hundreds of years, people have sought the solitude and peace of the Northwest Georgia countryside, and with good reason. The stars are in full view on clear nights and without the noise of a city, it’s ideal for those seeking a simple lifestyle. But much like the rest of the world, Georgia has a long history of darkness and sometimes that darkness leaves something behind.

When driving through, if you blink you may miss the sights of Euharlee, Ga. The city center consists of a mercantile, a tiny courthouse, museum, library and a covered bridge.

Much like the surrounding cities, Euharlee is scarred with the remnants of the Civil War. Union General William T. Sherman’s infamous march through Georgia led him and his 130,000 troops through Cartersville and straight into Euharlee. Trenches and artifacts can be found scattered throughout the area, but Sherman set up camp in the heart of Euharlee on a bit of land now known as Tilley Mill.

Joe and Betty Jane Tilley bought the property in 1994 and as tradition would have it, the name of the mill changed to match the new keepers.

The mill is in ruins now, but the Tilley’s transformed the area into an event space. With the influx of people to witness strange happenings and unexplained

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phenomena, it was only a matter of time before the passing around of a few unsettling stories.

Claims of supernatural encounters have come from the mill for years and it seems that whoever - or whatever - is around that property wants to make sure that the living know that they aren’t alone.

According to Betty Jane, the Rogers family built the original mill prior to the civil war around 1848. Across the path lies Mount Zion Cemetery, which is as old - if not older - than the mill. After purchasing the property, the Tilley’s had the grounds surveyed and Mount Zion cemetery was discovered.

“There are three tombstones there and one of them is a tombstone of Leddy Rogers,” explains Betty Jane.

Later, a friend, who has asked to remain nameless, was sent out by the Genealogical Society of Bartow County to gather information on the cemetery for the county records. Betty Jane says, “he found the Leddy Rogers tombstone and he happened to be by himself. He told us that he usually brings his wife with him. It was a hot August day and he was leaning over to get the information off the tombstone and suddenly a white cloth went across his brow and it got dark. He whirled around but he didn't see anything. So, he tried straightening up the tombstone and again the same thing happened. It was like a white cloth went across his brow.”

This experience rattled him, to say the least, but the man did not feel the need to share his experience with the property owners. Betty Jane continues,

“Joe had gone over to the cemetery by himself after all of this and the same thing happened to him. He was trying to straighten up the tombstone because the surveyor had come to us and told us that the tombstone had shifted from its original location. All he said was, ‘you need to straighten it up’ and he didn’t tell us anything else. Well, Joe had the same experience, this white cloth went across his brow and he jumped up and got out of there.”

It wasn’t until later when the surveyor was giving a presentation about the cemetery that they discovered both men had shared in this encounter with Leddy Rogers’s tomb.

Betty Jane herself has never experienced anything supernatural at the gravesite and claims that Leddy, “seems to only make her presence known to the men.”

But Leddy isn’t the only being to worry about in those woods.

Local boy scout troops often find their way to Tilley Mill to camp and assist the owners in maintaining the property, including the cemetery and an old bridge that crosses Euharlee Creek. Author Corinna Underwood published a book "Haunted History: Atlanta and North Georgia" after a visit to Tilley Mill

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and the cover of the book is General Sherman crossing the bridge on that piece of property. Betty Jane recalls Underwood as a ghost enthusiast who, “vowed and declared that our whole location was full of ghosts.”

According to those boy scouts, Underwood may have a true sense about the supernatural. Multiple groups have claimed to hear the rattling of chains under and around the bridge during the night. With the violent history surrounding the area, it’s not surprising that even without their voices, those left behind after the war might still be trying to tell the world their story.

Tilley Mill is not the only haunted place in Euharlee. Perhaps the most haunted area in Euharlee is located in the center of the town.

The Euharlee covered bridge is one of the most well-known spiritually active places in North Georgia. Legends and rumors have been circulating for decades about the ghosts that haunt downtown Euharlee. This town is so small that it doesn’t have a post office or a traffic light and the Christmas parade consists solely of tractors and ATVs. Still, there are stories so dark that driving through the area at night makes some so uncomfortable that they are willing to risk a speeding ticket just to get out of there faster.

The covered bridge was built in 1886 and, like the bridge at Tilley Mill, it was built to provide a crossing over Euharlee Creek, a limb of the Etowah River.

Like most tragedies, this one started with a curse. Just a few yards in front of the bridge lies a well. According to legend, a witch was traveling through the area and when she was denied shelter and food from the locals, she cursed the well, the water that fed it and the people of Euharlee.

History has forgotten what exactly the curse was meant to accomplish.

However, the violent events that followed would leave a trace.

The legends told are gruesome and are not for the faint of heart, so be warned. Stories tell of a young girl who was abducted, assaulted and then hung from the rafters of the bridge. She leaves behind the sound of a groaning rope as her body sways over the rush of the water below.

Another legend tells of a mother who lost her child and, in her grief, she crafted a noose and hung herself under the bridge. She left her form walking the grounds around the bridge, screaming for her baby.

Some leave behind screams and splashes and some leave laughter and whispers.

No one knows the full extent of the damage that witch's curse brought to Euharlee, but some have an idea. Folks claim that the reason for the paranormal activity in the area is because the witch cursed every soul who drank the water. She cursed them to remain without rest in the small, uneventful town of Euharlee.

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There is some evidence to back up that claim. In the early 2000s a paranormal investigation took place on and around the bridge. They heard what the locals heard but they decided to try something to gain some physical evidence. They closed off the bridge and laid down sand end to end. The team, along with some local residents, held a vigil overnight and guarded the bridge from entry.

When dawn broke, they approached the bridge to find boot prints, hoof prints and tracks like those from a wagon. An imprint of trapped souls looking for a way out of Euharlee.

Some scary stories are just that, stories. Told around a camp fire or just before bed, these tall tales of misery and spirits trapped in a hellish purgatory are only meant to put us in a temporary state of terror. But there are those times when we see and hear things we wish we could forget; we know things that we wish we could erase from our minds so that we may sleep easier or not look over our shoulders when the darkness falls over the foothills of Appalachia. Is Leddy calling for the attention of the living? Is the witch's well the source of a wicked curse?

Better yet, are you willing to take a trip to Euharlee to find out for yourself?

Slow down a bit when driving through the sleepy town where restless souls seek to speak their truths. They'll be expecting you.

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