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COVID-19 Monitor

May 15: 1358 cases, 46 deaths

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Saturday, May 15. 2021

Lamar County held at 1358 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 46 deaths as of the Saturday case count update from DPH. Lamar has recorded 123 hospitalizations.

Lamar deaths include: (latest) black female (78), white male (63), black female (82), black female (68), black male (59), white male (82), white female (71), white male (70), white female (74), white male (78), black male (62); white female (73), white male (66); white male (81); black male (67); black male (64); white male (85); white male (81); white male (60); white female (80); black male (53) white male (81); white male (70); white male (86); black female (84); white female (68); black female (73); black male (90+); white male (69); white male (73); white male (55): white female (88); black female (66); white female (70); white female, (72); white male (80); black male (49); white female (81); white female (83); white male (87); white female (88); white male (86); white female (85); white female (74); black female (87); white male (85).

Statewide there have been 889,893 confirmed cases with 62,646 hospitalizations and 17,803 deaths.

Surrounding counties:

Pike: 1076 cases, 72 hospitalizations and 26 deaths.
Upson: 1825 cases, 179 hospitalizations and 107 deaths.
Monroe: 1880 cases, 193 hospitalizations and 87 deaths.
Butts: 2353 cases, 126 hospitalizations and 78 deaths.
Spalding: 4133 cases, 441 hospitalizations and 158 deaths.

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Headlines

Milner man arrested in Monroe County

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Walter Geiger

Wednesday, May 12. 2021

A 35-year-old Milner man was arrested by Monroe County deputies after fleeing an attempted traffic stop on a yellow dirt bike.

Cpl. Tyler Rodgers was dispatched to Willis Circle at about 10:45 p.m. May 1 after a loud music complaint and reports of reckless dirt bike riders. He encountered two dirt bikes, one yellow and one red.

The bikes split up with Rodgers pursuing the red one. The driver wrecked and fled on foot to Forsyth Garden Apartments. Police in the area spotted the yellow bike and Rodgers identified the rider who fled on it.

Andrickes Jamall Roussaw went to jail charged with fleeing and attempting to elude, tail light violation, headlight violation, passing in a no passing zone, reckless driving, no helmet, no brake lights, no turn signals and no horn.

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Features

Austin Ogletree

Ogletree earns TAF fellowship

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Walter Geiger

Wednesday, May 12. 2021

Austin Ogletree of Barnesville, an LCHS graduate, was one of only 50 students nationwide to be chosen for the Television Academy Foundation’s 2021 summer fellows program. Ogletree attends UCLA and is working toward an MFA degree in film, television and digital media production. Ogletree aspires to be a producer and an agent for entertainers and others.

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Sports

LC announces 2021 football schedule

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Walter Geiger

Wednesday, May 12. 2021

The 2021 football schedule for the Lamar County Trojans has been finalized. It will be the first season under new head coach Travis Ellington. [Full Story »]

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Opinion

Fogeyism

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Walter Geiger

Wednesday, May 12. 2021

By Mike Ruffin

Did you celebrate Star Wars Day on May the fourth? Get it? Star Wars Day on May the Fourth—as in “May the Fourth be with you!” (If you worship in a liturgical tradition, the proper response is “And also with you!”)

(I could go on to explain that it’s a play on “May the Force be with you,” but a pun that has to be explained is a poor pun. That reminds me of a pun that appeared on many church message boards in the early days of email: “God answers knee mail.” It was a pretty good pun, as church message board puns go. But then I saw a church message board that said, “Like email, God answers knee mail.” I thought, “Way to disrespect the intelligence of your readers, church message board message writer.” It struck me as condescending, which means to look down on).
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Death Notices

Nancy Butts

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Walter Geiger

Thursday, May 13. 2021

Nancy Butts died on May 8, 2021 as a result of injuries suffered when she was hit by a train while walking in Barnesville on April 22, 2021.

Nancy was born in Cleveland, Ohio on April 21,1955. She graduated from Duke University with an AB in religion in 1977. After moving to Barnesville Nancy enrolled in the Emory University School of Medicine Physicians’s Associate program, but ultimately left the program to pursue her childhood dream of being a writer.

She went to work as a reporter and editor for the Herald Gazette where she won several statewide awards. She published two young adult novels, a non-fiction book on writing, as well as numerous articles. Nancy was a long-time instructor for the Institute of Children’s Literature, and collaborated on a number of projects with educational publishers. She also had a number of private clients for whom she served as editor, cheerleader, and friend. She was one-time winner as a contestant on Jeopardy .

Nancy loved Newfoundland dogs and was almost never without one.

Nancy is survived by her husband, Don; her son, Evan; her mother, Betsy Cobbledick; and sisters, Mary Ann Bennett, Jill Bill and Cory Springer.

Those wishing to honor Nancy can send donations in her name to Doctors without Borders or the Barnesville chapter of the Dolly Goodpuppy Society.

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