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Entries from August 2012

Public Notices

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Staff Writer

in Public Notices and Legal Advertising

Tuesday, August 21. 2012

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Police Report

Posted by

Staff Writer

in Arrests

Tuesday, August 21. 2012

Between Saturday, Aug. 11, and Friday, Aug. 17, the Barnesville police department made four arrests: [Full Story »]

A preview of the 8.21.2012 edition of The Herald-Gazette

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Email Headline Preview

Monday, August 20. 2012

Hated mail:
Tax bills arrive in mailboxes throughout Lamar.

Polls open:
District three GOP race decided Tuesday.

Passionate leader:
Quest for economic growth drives Emily Johns.

Boots:
Fund drive for MDA coming this weekend.

SRE:
Coop's annual meeting is Saturday morning.

Have you seen these dogs?

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in News

Monday, August 20. 2012

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Molly and Raven, a Maltese and Maltipin respectively, have gone missing in the vicinity of TJ Outfitters off Hwy. 36 West.

If you have seen them call 770.358.0029. [Full Story »]

Atlanta Guitar Trio plays Gordon

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Features

Monday, August 20. 2012

The Gordon State College Recital Series gets under way Wednesday, Aug. 29 with a performance by The Atlanta Guitar Trio at the Fine Arts Theatre on campus.
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Runoff gets tepid response from early voters

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Top Stories

Monday, August 20. 2012

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Voters in Lamar's District 3 go to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in the race for the Republican nomination for the county commission. [Full Story »]

Alice Godard Weber

Posted by

Staff Writer

in Obituaries

Monday, August 20. 2012

Mrs. Alice Godard Weber, age 89, of Milner passed quietly from us early Sunday morning, Aug. 19, 2012, at her home with her son Jim and his wife Sally. [Full Story »]

Knights out! Trojans rout Upson-Lee

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Sports

Friday, August 17. 2012

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The Lamar County Trojans routed the Upson-Lee Knights in a full scrimmage at Trojan Field Friday night.
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Man in wheelchair hit by car

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Crime

Friday, August 17. 2012

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A local man who daily travels the streets of Barnesville in his motorized wheelchair was struck by a car at about 5 p.m. downtown. [Full Story »]

Crockett charged with three burglaries

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in News

Friday, August 17. 2012

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A Barnesville man has been charged with criminal trespass and three counts of burglary after going on a robbery spree here. [Full Story »]

Bennett receives Lamar Lifesaver award

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Your news

Friday, August 17. 2012

Christina Marie Bennett has received the first Lamar Lifesaver Award, a new honor initiated by the Lamar County sheriff's office. [Full Story »]

Man arrested after threatening to "take out some Jews"

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Top Stories

Friday, August 17. 2012

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Griffin police have arrested a Bulldog Drive man after he arrived at the Spalding County courthouse with a gun. [Full Story »]

Gordon offers community ed. opportunities

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Your news

Friday, August 17. 2012

Gordon State College Community Education has partnered with ed2go to offer hundreds of online, instructor-facilitated employee training courses. These courses make it easy for businesses to provide high-quality training for their employees — no matter how many employees they have or where they're located. [Full Story »]

Enrollment at LC schools soars

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in News

Friday, August 17. 2012

The first week of school left educators reeling with the number of new students added to the rolls for the 2012-13 school year.

Instead of the 1,800 expected, a total of 2,555 students were in school at the end of the first week. This is 755 more students than had been prepared for – and more are wanted.
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Why TSPLOST got splattered

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Opinion

Friday, August 17. 2012

Comments (5)

By Walter Geiger

The TSPLOST referendum failed miserably in all but three regions of Georgia as well it should have.

Addressing the state’s transportation needs based on multi-county regions in which most counties had nothing in common with the others was flawed - and, it says here - doomed from the start. [Full Story »]