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The Cedartown Bulldogs will host the Lithia Springs Lions in their 2010 home opener tonight. The Bulldogs are 0-1 after a disappointing lose against their cross county rivals. The Yellow Jackets defeated the Bulldogs 14-0 in 3 quarters of play in last week’s game. The Bulldogs will look to pick up their first win of the season at tonight’s game. The game is going to be a black out and everyone is encouraged to wear black. The CHS cheerleaders are selling black out t-shirts. The game will begin at 7:30 p.m. at CHS and the Big AA will bring you live play by play coverage of tonight’s game.

The Polk County Narcotics Enforcement Team busted a meth lad yesterday afternoon in Rockmart. Law enforcement officers executed the raid at 112 Floyd Mountain Circle in Rockmart, which lead to two arrests. Lisa Dawn Pope, 42, of 112 Floyd Mountain Circle and James Van Dover, 51, of  2050 Old Cedartown Road in Cedartown were both arrested and charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine.

According to Georgia Power there will be a scheduled outage in Cedartown today from approximately 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The area that will be affected by the outage includes Oakwood Drive, Blanch Road between Oakwood Drive and the bypass, Joy Drive, Breckenridge Drive, Breck Drive, Kimwood Drive, Westwood Drive, and Perry Street.

The Cedartown Bulldogs will open their 2010 football season tonight at Rockmart. The Bulldogs will look to open the season with a win against their cross county rivals, the Rockmart Yellow Jackets. Cedartown is now in region 7 AAA, which means new opponents, as well as a new head coach for the Bulldogs. Coach Hendrix will lead the Bulldogs against new teams such as Lithia Springs, Murray County, and Pickens County. Tonight’s game will get under way at 7:30 p.m. in Rockmart. Be sure to listen to the Big AA for live play by play coverage of tonight’s game.

The Cedartown High School Lady Dawgs softball team managed to rally late in the game against the Gilmer County Lady Bobcats to get a region win. Kaci Swafford was the starting pitcher for the Lady Dawgs and pitched seven solid innings allowing only 1 run and striking out 6 Lady Bobcats. The Lady Bobcats would take a 1-0 lead in the top of the 6th inning, but the Lady Dawgs would rally. Cedartown would score two runs in the bottom of the 6th with help from two doubles by Rebecca Roberts and Skylan Cole. The Lady Dawgs will take on Cass today at 5:55 p.m. at the Cedartown High School Softball field. This will be another region game for the Lady Dawgs, which means it will be a hard fought game as the Lady Dawgs look to pick up another region win.

Fire crews from five Polk County Fire Departments responded to an early morning house fire this morning. Firefighters from Young’s Station, Antioch, Blooming Grove, Lake Creek, and Prior Station fire departments responded to the abandoned house on Grogan Road around 2:30 a.m. Upon arrival fire crews found a fully involved structure with a near by out building dangerously close to burning house. Crews quickly extinguished the flames closest to the out building to prevent it from catching fire. Firefighters then extinguished the remainder of the fire and put out hot spots. Crews spent nearly two hours extinguishing the blaze that completely destroyed the home. The cause of the fire is unknown and is currently under investigation.

According to City officials, the Streetscape project going on in downtown Cedartown may be nearing completion. The Cedartown City Commissioners received reports from a civil engineering firm in Atlanta, that the project should be completed by mid-September. The firm explained that some places have slowed down in completion due to an issue with the quality of the soil. New soil is being brought in to serve as a better base for the new sidewalks. The City Commissioners also approved $42,000 worth of changes. Officials explained part of this money is to cover the cost of the new soil. The start date for the second phase of the Streetscape project has yet to be set.

Cedartown schools have set the date and times for their Open House. All schools will have Open House on Thursday, September 2nd. Cherokee Elementary, Westside Elementary, Young’s Grove Elementary, and Cedartown High School will have Open House from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Northside Elementary and Cedartown Middle School will have Open House from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sixth grade orientation at Cedartown Middle School will be at 4:30 p.m. in the CMS cafeteria.

The Cedartown City Commission will hold a special called meeting, tonight at 6:00 p.m. in the council room of City Hall. Several items are on the agenda for tonight’s meeting including discussion of the millage rate, and changes to the Streetscape orders.

A Haralson County police officer was hit by an automobile while directing traffic yesterday afternoon. Officer Harry Hines was directing traffic at Haralson County High School when he was struck by a car according to the Haralson County Sheriffs Office. Hines was transported to Atlanta Medical Center where he is receiving treatment for the injuries sustained in the accident. The Haralson County Sheriffs Office, as well as the Georgia State Patrol are investigating the accident.