Entries by Walter Geiger

Marchers brave frigid temps on MLK Day

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Monday, January 20. 2020

A crowd of about 35 turned out for a brief MLK Day observance at the courthouse Monday morning with the temperature hovering at a frigid 27 degrees.

The group heard Rev. Charles Dumas perform 'We've Come a Long Way' and were led in prayer by Maj. Leslie Holmes of the Lamar County sheriff's office before embarking on the march to East Mt. Sinai Baptist Church for services.

Barnesville council rebuffs allegations of unsightliness in its minority communities

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Sunday, January 19. 2020

By Walter Geiger

The Barnesville city council put up a unanimous front when hit with allegations that it does a poor job cleaning and maintaining the minority areas of the community at its regular meeting Jan. 6.

Eddie Felton, chairman of an organization called Lamar on the Move, was in attendance to further discuss allegations he made in an earlier letter. In the letter, he noted nothing was being done about abandoned vehicles marring the landscape on Washington and Jackson streets. He also said trees needed to be trimmed in order to maximize the efficiency of the new lighting and bushes and shrubs were overgrown at the E.P. Roberts Center.

There were also questions about trash cans with lids torn off and litter pick up. “Mill Street is one of the main thoroughfares into the city and it is one of the most unappealing. We can do better to represent our city,” Felton wrote.
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MLK Day observance is Monday

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Sunday, January 19. 2020

The local Martin Luther King Day observance will begin at 9 a.m. Monday with a ceremony on the steps of the courthouse. From there, participants will march to East Mt. Sinai Baptist Church on Washington Street for a program. Guest speaker will be Cedric Taylor.

For more information, contact Barbara Minter at 770.358.3914.

Police report

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Thursday, January 16. 2020

Between Tuesday, January 7 and Monday, January 13 the Barnesville Police Department made the following arrests: [Full Story »]

Updated: Judge hears killer’s motion for new trial

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Thursday, January 16. 2020

Updated: 1 day ago

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Convicted killer Jennifer Clark was in Lamar superior court Monday for a hearing on a motion for new trial before Judge Tommy Wilson. She is serving life plus 60 years for the murder of her husband Donald Clark who was killed by multiple blows to the head with a metal baseball bat Nov. 19, 2008. His battered body was dumped in a Redbone corn field where it was found on Christmas eve, 2008.
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Trojans drop three region games

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Wednesday, January 15. 2020

The Lamar County Trojans fell farther behind in the Region 3AA basketball standings, losing three games last week.

On Tuesday, LC hosted Temple and fell 43-36. Diondre Blackmon was the only Trojan in double figures with 10 points. Other scorers were Drew Stout (8), Rontavious Flewellen (7), Malik Stewart (6), Channing Buckner (5) and CJ Allen (2).

On Friday, Lamar traveled to Heard County and lost a close 58-56 decision. Stewart led LC with 12 points while Stout was also in double figures with 11 points. Other scorers were Fluellyn (9), Blackmon (8), Keilyn Tyus (6), Josh Driver (5), Buckner (3) and Allen (2).

Saturday saw LC pummeled by Spencer 106-60 on the road. Stout had 18 points to lead the Lamar attack while Stewart and Fluellyn each added 11.

Other scorers were Tyus (8), Driver (5), Buckner (4), and Blackmon (3).

Our Christmas miracle and the sweatshirt reminder

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Wednesday, January 15. 2020

By Laura Geiger

It’s every parent’s nightmare. Our daughter Livia had just called to tell me she was leaving Athens for Christmas break after a grueling week of final exams at the University of Georgia. “Be careful, the weather is terrible,” I said.

Thirty minutes later I got another phone call from her. She was crying. “Mama, I’m okay but I’ve been in a wreck – it wasn’t my fault – but my car is really messed up.”

“I’m on the way. Where are you?” She was outside Madison. It was Friday, Dec. 13 and it had been raining for days, saturating the roads and obscuring driving conditions.
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Monroe wrecks claim two

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Wednesday, January 15. 2020

Two people with Lamar County connections were killed in recent days as a result of traffic accidents in Monroe County.

David Holmes, 36, of 126 Red Oak Drive died at the Macon Medical Center three days after a Dec. 31 crash on I-75.

Mikayla Shay Singletary, 22, died Jan. 8 after her Kia ran off Hwy. 42 and hit a tree.

Full coverage of both crashes is published in the 1.14.20 print edition of The Herald Gazette.

Judge Fears denies motion for new trial in Kershaw case

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Wednesday, January 15. 2020

A local man convicted here in 2018 on multiple charges stemming from an incident in which he secretly photographed a minor female family member in the shower was denied a new trial Jan. 7. [Full Story »]

Man tasered after fighting with officers

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Tuesday, January 14. 2020

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A 32-year-old Milner man was tasered twice Saturday morning, Jan. 11, after fighting with Milner police officer Jerry Rafferzeder following a traffic stop on Ga. Hwy. 7 at the Industrial Road exit. [Full Story »]

Updated: B&G Club registration is Thursday

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Monday, January 13. 2020

Updated: 6 days ago

After a highly successful fund drive to open the doors, the Boys & Girls Club of Barnesville will officially open on Jan. 23. The first student registration period will be held Thursday, Jan. 16 from 5-6:45 p.m. at the LCMS gym.

Initially, a limited number memberships will be offered to students in grades 3-7 on a first come, first served basis. Parents will be required to provide proof of income, a medical insurance card and a money order for the $65 membership fee at the time of the registration.

For more information, contact Sandra Watts at 678-572-3156.

Sheriff's report

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Monday, January 13. 2020

Between Friday, January 3 and Thursday, January 9 the following were processed through the Lamar County jail: [Full Story »]

Zebulon woman accused of embezzling $2 million

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Friday, January 10. 2020

Katherine Tice Craig, also known as Kathy Tice, of Zebulon, was recently arraigned on federal charges of mail fraud. The defendant allegedly embezzled more than $2 million dollars from a company she was managing. According to the U.S. Attorney's office, she was indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 7. [Full Story »]

Jennifer Clark back at Lamar jail

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Friday, January 10. 2020

Jennifer Clark was returned to the Lamar jail Thursday night in anticipation of her court appearance here Monday morning on a motion for a new trial. [Full Story »]

Possibilities

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Thursday, January 9. 2020

By Mike Ruffin

I was sitting in a classroom at Gordon Grammar School in the late 1960s, reading an article in my Weekly Reader about the future of space travel.

My fellow students and I were living through the era of pretty regular space missions. Our teacher would sometimes turn on the classroom’s big black-and-white television that sat atop the big stand that always looked to me as if it were ready to tip over from top heaviness so we could watch a rocket launch.

If I’m remembering the context correctly—it was a long time ago in a Barnesville far, far away, after all—I was reading the article at about the time of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon.

But this article was about what might come next, and what it suggested might come next was a program that would involve spacecraft that could go into space, come back to Earth, and then do it again. In fact, the article said, these vessels would be used over and over. Plans to develop such a craft, one main purpose of which would be to transport personnel to and from a planned permanent space station, were underway.
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