from the pages of History
A GRAND SLAM DAY FOR COBB TUESDAY,
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75 CENTS
HOME
OF THE
BRAVES
Team president ‘100% certain’ move to Cobb will take place;
new stadium to be built near Cumberland Mall; batter up in 2017
By Jon Gillooly
jgillooly@mdjonline.com
CUMBERLAND — If County Chairman
Tim Lee and Atlanta Braves President John
Schuerholz get their way, Cobb will be the
home of the Braves by 2017.
That was the bombshell news item out of
left fi eld that rocked the metro-Atlanta area
Monday morning.
But fi rst the plan must pass muster with
the Cobb Board of Commissioners, which
will have fi nal say on the contract and is
expected to take the matter up for a vote at its
Nov. 26 meeting.
Schuerholz announced Monday that his
organization had selected Cobb as the site to
build a proposed $672 million, 42,000-seat
Major League Baseball stadium. He reiterated
later in the day, saying he is “100 percent
Most Braves fans in Cobb
are caught by surprise;
reactions mixed / 3A
Sports Editor John
Bednarowski looks at
other new stadiums
around the country and
paints some possibilities
for the new Braves facility
planned for Cobb / 4A
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COBB FOOTBALL TEAMS WILL PLAY WITH LIMITED PRACTICE TIME DUE TO FLOODING 1C
Marietta Daily Journal
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‘You have to focus on the things you haven’t lost, and there’s a lot we haven’t lost.’ — Peggy Isenhour, below left
Staff/Laura Moon
The Legacy Park Circle, between Kentmere
and Lullwater subdivisions, was closed after
a section of the road collapsed.
Georgia residents
get crash course
in flood insurance
Atlanta’s RM Clayton Water Reclamation
Center was heavily damaged by flood
water, officials reported Tuesday.
Damage by floods
could cost millions
for sewage plants
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ADVICE 2D
BUSINESS 6B
CLASSIFIEDS 5C
COBB/STATE 1B
CROSSWORD 5C
STOCKS 6B
LIFESTYLE 1D
LOTTERY 2A
MOVIES 3D
OBITUARIES 3B
OPINION 6A
SPORTS 1C
Photo courtesy of WSB-TV
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HIGH LOW
Rainy More on page 8B
Staff/Mike Jacoby
Left: The spirit of resilient American citizens was summed by the above quote from
Peggy Isenhour on Tuesday as she and her husband Greg paddled from their Vinings
home along the Chattahoochee River to the safety of dry land. Like thousands of others
in the Atlanta Metro area, the Isenhours were forced from their home by the unrelenting
rain for a solid week that caused rivers and creeks to rise dramatically and flood
homes. Right: Lynn Stowe, who lives on Cochise Drive along with the Isenhours, paddles
her kayak to safety as her black Lab Maggie follows along. Stowe’s home, middle,
was flooded. Inset: Her husband Clarence Stowe tries to reach their insurance agent.
COBB COMES UP FOR AIR
IINSIIDE::
Civic Center becomes home
to more than 300 flood victims
The Red Cross chose the Cobb Civic
Center as its one site in Cobb to house
victims of the flood who had been forced
to leave their homes. 1B
Grim figures: 9 dead; cost
could reach as high as $250M
The result of the flooding across the
Atlanta Metro area and Southeast has left
eight dead, and damage has been
estimated at close to $250 million. 8A-9A
‘Mr. Ethics?’
City Council candidate
Wes Godwin has done a
lot of schmoozing at City
Hall and has received a
lot of favors in return.
Does Marietta really
want him in a city leadership
role? 6A
Cobb County photo
Even though the rain relented, floodwaters continued to rise Tuesday, leaving this Mableton subdivision almost totally submerged.
Finally, rain relents; Cobb escapes
Cobb schools closed again today;
with no fatalities, but damage great
Marietta schools open classrooms
By Kim Isaza
kisaza@mdjonline.com
MARIETTA — The ravaging floodwater
began to recede across Cobb on
Tuesday with no fatalities being reported
in the county. The recent storms and subsequent
flooding has been blamed for at
least nine deaths in Georgia and Alabama.
On Monday, some parts of the county
saw as much as a foot of rainfall in a single
day, county executives said.
As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, about 70 roads
were still closed in Cobb, though there
are hopes that this morning would begin
a return to normal routines. For road closures
see www.cobbcountyga.gov.
Marietta City students are returning to
classes today, but Cobb County schools
will remain closed. Cobb’s athletic and
extracurricular activities are canceled.
Students were evacuated Monday
from Clarkdale Elementary off Wesley
Drive in Austell before floodwaters inundated
the school. As of Tuesday afternoon,
the main building remained substantially
under water, with Cobb County’s
Emergency Management Director
Lanita Lloyd calling it a “total loss.”
Cobb County School District officials
have prepared a contingency plan to
place the 442 Clarkdale students at nearby
schools. According to the district,
Austell Intermediate will host 225 students
in grades 3 through 5, while Compton
Elementary will take in 217 students
The Associated Press
David Bush of Vinings had a sweeping
view of the Chattahoochee River from his
backyard. And when he returned to his
house Tuesday, the surging river was in his
front yard, too.
But he was fretting for another reason as
he paced the banks along his street: He had
canceled his flood insurance just a few
months ago, frustrated with high costs and
hopeful that the river would never reach his
front door.
By Brandon Wilson
bwilson@mdjonline.com
COBB COUNTY — Two wastewater
plants across from one another on the banks
of the Chattahoochee have been compromised
due to flood waters, causing millions
of gallons of partially treated wastewater to
flow into the swollen river. Meantime, officials
say there are no issues with Cobb’s
drinking water supply.
Officials are reporting that the city of
Atlanta’s RM Clayton Water Reclamation
See Insurance, Page 3A See Sewage, Page 3A
See Damage, Page 3A
Terror alert
New York City
gripped by fear of
al-Qaida bombing
plot / Page 4A
Marietta Daily Journal C B’ S L O C A L N E W S S O U R C E S I N C NOV. 12, 2013
Staff/Todd Hull
From left: Chairman of the Cobb Board of Commissioners Tim Lee, Commissioner Bob Ott, who represents the area, and Tad Leithead, chairman of the Cumberland
Community Improvement District, stand on the undeveloped land that Braves offi cials said Monday will become the site for the new Atlanta Braves Stadium.
certain” the move will take place.
The Braves franchise, he said, will not
extend its lease at Turner Field when it expires
at the end of 2016.
“The new stadium, we believe, will be
one of the most magnifi cent ever built,”
Schuerholz told reporters on Monday.
The open-air stadium is projected to seat
between 41,000 to 42,000, compared to
Turner Field, which can seat 49,586.
The franchise is eyeing a 60-acre wooded
parcel near the Cumberland Mall. The new
stadium would sit on 15 of those 60 acres. The
Braves have an option to buy the site from
Bethesda, Md.-based B.F. Saul Co.
Circle 75 Parkway and Windy Ridge
Parkway are the two roads that help form the
perimeter of the property.
The stadium would be owned by the Cobb-
Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority,
which also owns the Cobb Galleria Centre and
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
‘The new
stadium, we
believe, will be
one of the most
magnifi cent
ever built.’
John Schuerholz,
Braves president
See Move, 3A
‘Let’s do lunch’
‘Matchmaker’ Rep. Ehrhart got Braves’ exec,
Cobb chairman together, pitched idea of move
By Jon Gillooly
introduce them to those in Cobb County.
jgillooly@mdjonline.com
They laid out some very clear metrics for
me that most of the population of Braves’
CUMBERLAND — Call him the
fans are right here in the Cobb County area.
matchmaker.
Then they showed me the $800 million or so
Cobb Board of Commissioners Chairman
of economic impact that it could have, I’m
Tim Lee said it was state Rep.
Earl Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs)
who put him in touch with Atlanta
Braves executives in a lunch that
ended up in a proposal to move
the Braves to Cobb County in
2017, if all goes as planned.
Ehrhart has befriended a
number of Braves executives
through his involvement in
developing Emerson-based
LakePoint Sporting Community in
Bartow County, which describes
itself as the largest sports vacation destination
in the world.
“It just came up in a conversation out
here,” Ehrhart said. “They asked me if I could
thinking, wow, this is a wonderful
thing for Cobb County.”
Ehrhart said he arranged for Lee
to meet with Mike Plant, Braves
executive vice president of business
operations, at the Marietta Country
Club in July.
“We sat and talked for about
three hours and Tim and his team put
together an awesome deal, I think,”
Ehrhart said.
During a press conference in
Atlanta on Monday, Plant said
Mike Plant, Braves
executive vice president
following that lunch, “Tim quickly — as
Cobb County conducts its business — got
the Chamber’s economic development
See Lunch, 3A
Staff/fi le
Cobb Chairman Tim Lee said state Rep.
Earl Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs), above,
set the plan in motion on the Braves move.
THE MOVE: INSIDE
Man on
the street
New stadium
has wow power
Leo Mazzone
likes the move
Former Braves pitching
coach and Cobb resident
Leo Mazzone thinks the
team’s move will be
great for Cobb / 4A
Marietta Daily Journal
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Washington J. Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe J.Q. Adams Jackson Van Buren W. H.Harrison Tyler Polk Taylor Fillmore Pierce Buchanan Lincoln A. Johnson Grant Hayes Garfield Arthur Cleveland
THE 44 HISTORICAL DAY FOR U.S.
B. Harrison Cleveland McKinley T. Roosevelt Taft Wilson Harding Coolidge Hoover F. Roosevelt Truman Eisenhower Kennedy L. Johnson Nixon Ford Carter Reagan H.W. Bush Clinton G.W. Bush Obama
A MOMENT UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN THE LIFE OF AMERICA
with a foreign-sounding name take command
of a nation founded by slaveholders. The
scene was watched in fascination by millions
more — maybe billions — around the world. I
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BUSINESS 6D
CLASSIFIEDS 10C
COBB/STATE 1D
CROSSWORD 10C
INAUGURATION 1B
LIFESTYLE 6C
LOTTERY 2A
MOVIES 9C
OBITUARIES 3D
OPINION 4A
SPORTS 1C
th Barack Obama
PRESIDENT
The Associated Press
President Barack Obama takes the oath of office Tuesday as his wife, Michelle, holds the Lincoln Bible and daughters Sasha, right, and Malia watch.
Still, for all the hoopla, Barack
“No Drama” Obama took the oath
of office and became the first black
president sounding inspirational
themes, warning foreign foes and
hearing waves of cheers — just like
every president before him.
“We gather because we have
chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose
over conflict and discord,” the
nation’s 44th president said.
He had a message for the world:
“We are ready to lead once more.”
Meaning that he, the young
African-American, was ready to
lead.
Obama didn’t forget he was
black.
“This is the meaning of our liberty
and our creed,” he said, “Why
men and women and children of
every race and every faith can join
in celebration across this magnificent
Mall, and why a man whose
father less than 60 years ago might
not have been served at a local
restaurant can now stand before
you to take a most sacred oath.”
No one blinked. That was that.
The presidency passed to black
Democrat Obama from white
Republican George W. Bush at the
stroke of noon, marking one of
democracy’s greatest gifts: the
peaceful transfer of power.
It was a stark transfer all
the same. In one of the new
administration’s first acts,
Obama ordered federal
agencies to halt all pending
regulations until further
review — this after Bush’s
final weeks raised heated
debate over rushing new rules into
effect on the way out the door.
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South Cobb gets
moment to shine 1D
t was a moment unlike any other in the life of
America. A jubilant crowd of more than a
million, perhaps the biggest throng ever in
Washington, stood for hours in frigid temperatures
Tuesday to witness a young black man
By Jennifer Loven Associated Press Writer See Obama, Page 6A
Pictured, top left, is the Dec. 8, 1941,
page front showing Congress declaring
war against Japan after the attack on
Pearl Harbor; center, is the July 21,
1969, page front showing the moon
landing; bottom left, is the Sept.
23, 2009, page front showing the
devastation from the historic flooding
in south Cobb County; bottom center,
is the Jan. 21, 2009, page front showing
the inauguration for President Barack
Obama; and bottom right, is the Nov.
12, 2013, page front showing the
Braves selecting Cobb County as the
site of their new stadium.
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