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Trojan running back Enrico Harden (21) will lead LC tonight when they battle Spencer in Columbus. Harden had four TDs last week. (Photo: Walter Geiger)

Updated: Trojans fall 35-7

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Walter Geiger

Friday, October 20. 2017

Updated: 7 hours ago

The Lamar County Trojans (1-6, 1-1) battle the team with the strangest nickname in Georgia high school sports tonight as they take on the Spencer Greenwave Owls (4-3, 1-1).

Spencer is coached by Pierre Coffey. The teams have one common opponent in Jordan whom the Owls beat 12-7 on Oct. 6.

Check back often for realtime scoring from the game by Walter Geiger.

5:30 1st. qtr.: Spencer 6 LC 0: Owls 14-yd. TD run. PAT fail.

3:07 1st qtr.: LC 7 Owls 6: Qua Parks 14-yd. TD run. Dawson Davis PAY. KEY PLAY: Fumble recovery by
Qua Bateman on punt return at Spencer 14.

:44.2: Owls 14 LC 7: Owls 43-yd. TD run. Two point PAT good.

4:23 2nd qtr.: Owls 21 LC 7: Owls 18-yd. TD run. PAT good.

HALFTIME: 21-7

9:16 3rd. qtr.: Owls 28 LC 7: Owls 4-yd. TD run. PAT good.

10:49 4th qtr.: Owls 35 LC 7: Owls 23- yd. TD pass. PAT good.

FINAL: 35-7

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Norman Cook and the tractor that almost killed him. (Photo: Walter Geiger)

Norman Cook is a miracle man

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Walter Geiger

Friday, October 20. 2017

No one in his family has ever made it to age 75 and 71-year-old Norman Cook came dangerously close to doing his part to keep that streak alive Sept. 20.

Cook was on his Ford 4100 tractor spreading sawdust in the vegetable garden at his Etheridge Mill Road mini-farm when he saw something shiny out in a pasture a little after 6 p.m. He drove the tractor toward the object, opening a gate in the process. He got off the tractor and retrieved a vent cover from a camper trailer that apparently blew off when the remnants of Hurricane Irma blew through nine days earlier.

He was taking the cover back toward the camper when he saw his tractor was moving. The tractor had a bucket on the front and a large box blade on the rear.

“I thought I had set the brake but I hadn’t. That was my big mistake. It was just creeping along. I got up beside it and tried to push the lever to lower the bucket which would have stopped it. That was another mistake,” Cook related. [Full Story »]

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City manager Kenny Roberts

Updated: Kenny Roberts to retire

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Walter Geiger

Tuesday, October 17. 2017

Updated: 1 day ago

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After nearly five decades with the City of Barnesville, Kenny Roberts is retiring. Roberts, who began his career in 1970 in the electrical department as a ground man, has been city manager since 1993.

He plans to work through the first of the year with an effective retirement date of Feb. 1, 2018. [Full Story »]

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Broccoli and Ham Breakfast Casserole

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Walter Geiger

Monday, October 16. 2017

INGREDIENTS
3 cups broccoli florets (fresh or frozen)
2 cups cooked ham, diced
8-10 eggs, beaten
1 cup feta cheese, diced or in thick chunks
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
¼ cup milk
½ cup yellow onion, diced
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper [Full Story »]

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