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The Return, the world's foremost Beatles tribute band, will perform at the Fine Arts Center here Saturday, October 16.

Showtime is 7 p.m. [Full Story »] 

The Marietta Daily Journal

Today's Democrats could learn a lot from one of their icons, if they'd just pay attention.

Declared President John F. Kennedy in 1962, "It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now ... Cutting taxes now is not to incur a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy which can bring a budget surplus."
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More than 9,300 tax bills will go out in the mail Wednesday, Sept. 29, said tax commissioner Andrea Anthony. [Full Story »] 

The Augusta Chronicle

Ultraliberal filmmaker Michael Moore is so intellectually bankrupt that he hardly warrants the credit of a return argument. But sometimes his blather is so disgusting and offensive, you can't resist. [Full Story »] 

Notice to Debtors and Creditors, State of Georgia, County of Lamar
All creditors of the Estate of Barbara Sherling McDevitt, deceased, late of Lamar County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their demands by filing same with the Probate Court of Lamar County, Lamar County Courthouse, 326 Thomaston Street, Barnesville, Georgia 30204, according to law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Thomas H. McDevitt, Executor of the Estate of Barbara Sherling McDevitt
L. Scott Mayfield, Attorney at Law
Smith, Welch & Brittain, LLP, 404 Thomaston Street, Barnesville, GA 30204
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Notice
Georgia, Lamar County Probate Court
To: All Interested Persons
The petition of Frank Fletcher, for a year's support from the estate of Annie Maude Fletcher, deceased, for decedent's (surviving spouse), having been duly filed, all interested persons are hereby notified to show cause, if any they have, on or before Oct. 25, 2010, why said petition should not be granted.
All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and must be filed on or before the time stated in the preceding sentence. All pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
/s/Kathryn B. Martin, Probate Judge, 326 Thomaston St., Barnesville, Ga. 30204, 770-358-5155
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State of Georgia, County of Lamar County
All creditors of the Estate of Charles Lloyd Chapman Jr., deceased, late of Lamar County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 17th day of September, 2010.
Nedrell Renee Foster Chapman, Personal Representative, 520 South 6th St. Ext., Milner, Ga. 30257
Karen K. Martin, P.O. Box 358, 408 Thomaston St., Barnesville, Ga. 30204.
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Between Saturday, Sept. 18, through 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, the Lamar County sheriff’s office made the following arrests:
Jon Austin Ashley, 45, Barnesville, no insurance, DUI alcohol and other charges;
Jose Luis Brito Delgado, 48, Milner, family violence simple battery;
Antonio D. Mitchell, 18, Griffin, possession of a pistol or revolver by a person under age 18;
Charles David Nipper, 43, Barnesville, public drunkenness and terroristic threats and acts;
Christopher Phillip Turner, 18, Barnesville, possession of an alcoholic beverage under age 21;
Dylan Tyler Smith, 17, Milner, DUI alcohol and other charges;
Dustin Shane Patrick, 18, Milner, possession of alcoholic beverage under age 21;
Armond Terez Graves, 19, Barnesville, possession of alcoholic beverage under age 21;
Andrew Randall East, 28, Macon, arrested for another agency;
Robert John Kunst Jr., 50, Barnesville, arrested for another agency;
Cedrick Deone Leonard, 32, Marietta, no charges listed;
Shaun Ivey McCurry, 32, Conyers, Violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act;
James Justin Shirley, 26, Barnesville, two counts possession, sale, purchase or manufacture of methamphetamine;
Dearl William Clark, 47, Zebulon, two counts possession, sale, purchase or manufacture of meth;
Jeremy Marion Ennis, 27, The Rock, possession, sale, purchase or manufacture of meth and criminal conspiracy;
Kenneth Wayne Jones, 42, Barnesville, child support;
Joseph Randrof Rich, 34, Statesboro, probation violation;
David Kyle McMichen, 20, Meansville, weaving over roadway, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and other charges;
Christa Turner, 17, Barnesville, affray;
Neosha Yketta Bloodser, 17, Barnesville, affray;
Sue Ann Smith-Stubbs, 28, Barnesville, affray;
Maclovio Elmer Gonzalez-Bravo, 24, Vienna, DUI alcohol, driving without a license and weaving over roadway.
Lamar County Deputies answered 129 calls, Lamar County 911 center answered 100 calls, Lamar County Deputies responded to 29 calls, Barnesville Police Department responded to 29 calls, Lamar County Fire Department responded to 20 calls, Barnesville Fire Department responded to 1 call, Mid Georgia ambulance service responded to 53 calls, there were 10 accidents, Lamar County Deputies issued 56 traffic citations, Lamar county Deputies served 22 warrants, and served 14 subpoenas/civil papers. [Full Story »] 

Between Saturday, Sept. 18, and Friday, Sept. 24, the Barnesville police department made eight arrests:
Christopher Dee, 242 Midway Rd., Barnesville, reckless driving;
Johnny Edwards, 1527 Williams Mill Rd., Zebulon, probation violation;
Steven King, 112 Martin Luther King Dr., Zebulon, driving without a license, resisting arrest and loud music;
Dennis Myers, 138 Chappell Mill Rd., Milner, DUI, reckless driving and disorderly conduct;
Thomas Parks, 31 Powder Creek Rd., Molena, interference with an investigation and giving false information;
Carlan Robinson, 1246 Trice Cemetery Rd., Thomaston, disorderly conduct;
Jody Story, 3597 Highway 341, Culloden, DUI, reckless driving, suspended registration, no insurance and failure to obey officer directing traffic;
Nicholas Taylor, 7207 Hall Webb St., Hahira, theft by shoplifting.
Officers answered 77 calls for service including 10 accidents, four alarms, seven building security checks, eight crowd control, four damage to property, one disturbance, one dog complaint, four domestics, nine escorts, two fights, one fraud, one harassment, two juvenile complaints, nine miscellaneous, two noise complaints, one sexual assault, one shoplifting, four suspicious persons/vehicles, one terroristic threat, three thefts and one 911 hang-up. They issued 25 citations including two disorderly conduct, two DUI, one driving while unlicensed, one failure to obey an officer, one failure to obey traffic signal, one failure to stop at stop sign, one giving false information, one loud music, one no insurance, one no tag, three reckless driving, one resisting arrest, one seat belt violation, three speeding, one suspended registration, one shoplifting, two violations of license restrictions and one driving wrong way on one way street.
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Martin and Tammy Folson of Barnesville announce the birth of their son Tamrick Martin Folson at 12:51 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston.
He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Mary and James Lyons Jr. of Barnesville. Maternal great-grandparents are the late Luther and Mary Bland.
Paternal grandparents are the late Edward and Helen Williams Folson Jr. Paternal great-grandparents are the late Zett and Lena Williams and the late Edward and Ann Folson Sr. [Full Story »] 

In part three of its continuing series on salaries of local officials and top managers, The Herald-Gazette reports on the City of Barnesville. [Full Story »] 

By Conrad Fink
Athens Banner-Herald

He vanished from the stage as quickly as he arrived. But what wreckage he left behind. [Full Story »] 

Henry Douglas “Doug” Goen, 87, of Griffin, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Services will be held Tuesday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. at Conner-Westbury Funeral Home. [Full Story »]