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Details emerge on wreck that killed local couple

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Monday, June 3. 2013

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By Walter Geiger

A Barnesville couple was killed and a third person injured in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Crawford and Johnstonville roads here Saturday afternoon. [Full Story »]

A preview of the 6.4.2013 edition of The Herald-Gazette

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Monday, June 3. 2013

Deadly crash:
John & Pearl Kemp succumb to injuries.

Sunday sales:
City council may vote in July; most merchants approve.

Officer injured:
Chad Moxon taken to Macon hospital after crashing Harley.

Celebrating a century:
John Thomas Darden is one 'tough old bird'.

Surprise:
County employees get first pay raises in six years.

GPD officer hurt in motorcycle crash

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Monday, June 3. 2013

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A Griffin Police Department officer was seriously injured in a motorcycle wreck on Northridge Road here Monday afternoon. [Full Story »]

Have you seen this dog?

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Monday, June 3. 2013

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Missing/Possibly stolen. White female shepherd with pink nylon collar. The collar has a gardner veterinary rabies tag on her. She has been spayed and the owners want her back. The location is in the City Pond/ Van Buren Rd. area. Call 678-943-9583.

Reward hiked in unsolved murder case

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Monday, June 3. 2013

The Griffin Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying a subject who is a person of interest in the April 6, 2013 murder of Harry Burkett on Crescent Lane. [Full Story »]

Anjenie Dutch

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Monday, June 3. 2013

Mrs. Anjenie Dutch, age 54, of Barnesville passed away on Friday, May 31, 2013 in a Griffin healthcare facility. [Full Story »]

John T. Hamilton

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Monday, June 3. 2013

Mr. John T. Hamilton, age 84, of Zebulon, went to be with his Lord and Savior on May 31, 2013. [Full Story »]

Merritt Sykes Taylor

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Monday, June 3. 2013

Mr. Merritt Sykes Taylor, age 75, of Barnesville passed away on Friday, May 31, 2013 at his home. [Full Story »]

Second crash victim succumbs

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Monday, June 3. 2013

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A local woman was killed Saturday in a traffic accident on Johnstonville Road here. Now, her husband has also died of injuries sustained in the two-vehicle crash. [Full Story »]

Kim Ozier dancers dazzle

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Saturday, June 1. 2013

The talented men, women, girls and boys from the Kim Ozier School of Dance wowed audiences at two shows at the Fine Arts Center in Barnesville Saturday, putting awesome local talent on display.

The performances brought out a range of emotions, including tears when senior dancers Mariana Ozier and Savannah Turner danced with their dads, Jim Ozier and Tim Turner.

(Slide show inside.) [Full Story »]

Bonnie Martin understands her mounts

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Saturday, June 1. 2013

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By Kay S. Pedrotti

The way Barnesville’s Bonnie Martin teaches horsemanship is, “more a philosophy than a technique,” she says.

Watching Martin and her apprentice Kacie Eicholtz, putting a couple of relaxed but alert mares through their paces, it’s easy to believe her version of natural horsemanship does work. The horses are Missouri Foxtrotters, a gaited breed similar to Tennessee Walkers. Eicholtz’s ride was so smooth the Gordon State College student’s head did not bounce up and down at all but stayed level. [Full Story »]

Foster excels in class, on court

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Saturday, June 1. 2013

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By Sherri Ellington

Lamar County can boast not one but two valedictorians this year. Brittany Foster, daughter of Jody and Melanie Foster of Barnesville, grabbed the honor for Griffin Christian Academy’s high school.

“I talked about potentials,” she said. “I get really nervous when I get up and talk in front of people but I was pretty excited.” Her mother, the former Melanie Waller was the Barnesville Academy valedictorian for the class of 1986. She did not get to read her daughter’s speech beforehand. “She wouldn’t let me,” said Melanie. [Full Story »]

Citizens sound off on noise

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Friday, May 31. 2013

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By Sherri Ellington

Changes have been made to the pending agritourism special exception that will be added to the county zoning code.

Noise issues were taken out and will be added to the county nuisance code, which provides for penalties.

Commissioners are considering lowering the decibel level from 85 after hearing about complaints of Piedmont Green Power noise levels at 60 decibels. “We’ve still got some work to do on it,” said commission chairman Jay Matthews during the first reading of the code. [Full Story »]

Ruth Markham

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Thursday, May 30. 2013

Mrs. Ruth Markham, 85, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at Riverside Health and Rehab. [Full Story »]

Boy Scouts to welcome gays to tent

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Wednesday, May 29. 2013

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By Robert Heiney

One of the tenets of a secular humanist society is to deny the natural order of the universe. Out goes all reason and sanity and it’s replaced with modern humanist parables designed to create a new world order that continually throws you off balance because it just plain doesn’t make sense. [Full Story »]