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Entries from January 2009

Assessors handle unusual appeal

Posted by
Sherri Ellington
in News
Thursday, January 15. 2009
The Lamar County tax assessors board ran up on an unusual appeal at its Jan. 6 meeting – for a vehicle. Records indicate it is the first such appeal the board has handled. [Full Story »] 

motown's 50th birthday: which of its acts...

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Geiger's Counter
Wednesday, January 14. 2009
Comments (2)
was/is your favorite? [Full Story »] 

Notification sent regarding suspected CUVA breaches

Posted by
Sherri Ellington
in News
Wednesday, January 14. 2009
Lamar County tax assessors addressed several Conserva-tion Use Valuation Assess-ments at its Jan. 6, meeting, releasing two families due to death and illness, tabling another and agreeing to send letters to numerous owners suspected of breaches. [Full Story »] 

Patterson, Idol appointed to IDA

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in News, Top Stories
Wednesday, January 14. 2009
Comments (9)
County administrator Wayne Patterson and citizen Cheryl Idol were appointed to the Barnesville-Lamar County Industrial Development Authority by the county commission January 13. [Full Story »] 

Deer destroyed by wild dogs

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Wednesday, January 14. 2009
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Animal Control was called to the home of Bob Taylor on Murphey Ave. in Barnesville this morning to pick up a stiff, dead deer that had been attacked at some point during the night. [Full Story »] 

Sheriff: No real threat at Rock Springs

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in News
Wednesday, January 14. 2009
Comments (19)
The school facility at the mammoth Rock Springs Congregational Methodist Church in northeast Lamar County was secured January 13 after a man showed up there threatening to take his own life. [Full Story »] 

Georgia cities green with envy as Piedmont Green Power and Greenco Environmental move in

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in News
Wednesday, January 14. 2009
Comments (7)
Green is the new black - or so they say anyway. [Full Story »] 

Interview with Commissioner Nancy Thrash

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in News
Tuesday, January 13. 2009
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A short interview with one of Lamar County's newest commissioners, Nancy Thrash, upon the close of 2009's first commissioner meeting. [Full Story »] 

Interview with Commissioner Jimmy Hearn

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in News
Tuesday, January 13. 2009
Comment (1)
Although a short and impromptu interview, these are the words of one of Lamar County's newest commissioners upon the close of 2009's first meeting. [Full Story »] 

County scales back meetings to once a month

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in News
Tuesday, January 13. 2009
Those among the growing cadre of citizen watchdogs will find themselves with one more free night per month following the Lamar County commission's vote January 13 to cuts its current meeting schedule in half. [Full Story »] 

County seeks to appoint surveyor

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in News
Tuesday, January 13. 2009
If approved by the state legislature, Lamar County will soon have an appointed rather than an elected county surveyor. [Full Story »] 

County to market Grove St. fire station property

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in News
Tuesday, January 13. 2009
Comments (3)
The Lamar County commission voted unanimously January 13 to market the property known as the Grove Street fire station. [Full Story »] 

talk about getting bad advice...

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Geiger's Counter
Tuesday, January 13. 2009
Comment (1)
uga cornerback asher allen has declared for the nfl draft. don't spend that $10K signing bonus in one place, asher. [Full Story »] 

Erin Cook is chamber chair

Posted by
Staff Writer
in News
Tuesday, January 13. 2009
Comment (1)
Erin Cook has been named the 2009 chair of the chamber of commerce board of directors. [Full Story »] 

IDA intrigue

Posted by
Staff Writer
in News, Top Stories
Tuesday, January 13. 2009
Comments (3)

One of the most intriguing agenda items for tonight's (January 13) Lamar County commission meeting is the appointments to the Industrial Development Authority.


Current commission appointees at the end of their terms are Gene Hardwick and Bruce Akins. 

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