Entries by Walter Geiger

Small Milner company a big time player in aircraft maintenance field

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Thursday, August 30. 2018

By Walter Geiger

An unusual shipment arrived at an out-of-the-way location off Chappell Mill Road in northeast Lamar County last week - a 6000-pound section of wing from a scrapped Boeing 767. Awaiting it inside was a 767 landing gear.

Jeff Barkes and his crew at D-Check Developments will use the parts, which came from a boneyard near Tucson, Arizona, to develop one of their Omni Arm devices to speed up the process of changing out landing gears on the aircraft which is used around the world. [Full Story »]

AAMI making strides at Gordon

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Walter Geiger

in Features

Thursday, August 30. 2018

Jordan and James English are excited to think that they might be two of the newest members of the Gordon State College African American Male Initiative (AMMI.)

“We think it will be a great networking opportunity and a chance to meet people and make new friends,” said James. “We’re both interested in becoming computer engineers and having a mentor help us achieve our goals will really help.” [Full Story »]

The most wonderful time of the year

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Walter Geiger

in Opinion

Wednesday, August 29. 2018

Our youngest, Livia Lanier, is now a freshman at UGA. She called one day last week to let us know she had gotten her football tickets for all the home games in Athens this fall. She was excited and with good reason.

Kirby Smart has exorcised all that remained from the Mark Richt era of underachievement. We need look no farther than last season when Smart took his team to the national title game in a year most of the pundits thought he would go 8-3 or something like that. [Full Story »]

Aldora Village disappearing one house at a time

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Walter Geiger

in Features

Wednesday, August 29. 2018

By Rachel McDaniel

Several houses have been moved from the historic Aldora Mill Village but 18 two bedroom homes are still for sale for only $2,000 each - not including the cost to move them. The houses were built in 1957 and when water and sewer lines beneath the aging neighborhood deteriorated beyond repair, the city decided to sell the houses, move them and rebuild in the same location.
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Milner names Wayne Patterson city administrator

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Walter Geiger

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Wednesday, August 29. 2018

By Kay S. Pedrotti

The Milner City Council, after enlisting Wayne Patterson’s help as a consultant to the city, has unanimously approved Patterson as the new city administrator. He succeeds the late Harold Wilson. [Full Story »]

Millage rate finalized; increase will be slight

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Walter Geiger

in Top Stories

Wednesday, August 29. 2018

The Lamar County commission worked through a public hearing and several votes Aug. 21 to finalize the millage rate for the coming year. After all was said and done, property owners will see an increase of $6.44 per $100,000 in assessed property value.

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Favorite Recipes of Lamar County Women

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Walter Geiger

in Food

Monday, August 27. 2018

This week we present the 28th page of recipes compiled by members of the Extension Home Economics Club in 1970. This week’s page features recipes for Soup Mixture and Sweet Pickles.

We would like to thank Betty Perkins for submitting the recipe book. This is the final page of the compilation.

To view the full page click the PDF below. [Full Story »]

Police report

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Walter Geiger

in Arrests

Friday, August 24. 2018

Between Monday, August 13 and Monday, August 20 the Barnesville Police Department made the following arrests: [Full Story »]

Drone video of LCHS construction

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Walter Geiger

in Features

Friday, August 24. 2018

The school system and Parrish Construction have released new drone footage of the LCHS construction site. It is embedded in this open post. [Full Story »]

Harry English

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Walter Geiger

in Obituaries

Friday, August 24. 2018

Mr. Harry English, age 87, of the Liberty Hill Community - Milner, Georgia, passed away on Friday, August 24, 2018 at Eternal Hope Hospice. [Full Story »]

Man charged with child molestation here arrested in Indiana, extradited

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, August 24. 2018

A 20-year-old Lamar County man wanted on multiple sex charges was extradited back to Barnesville from Lebanon, Indiana last week.
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Trojans win!

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Walter Geiger

in Sports

Friday, August 24. 2018

The Lamar County Trojans (0-1) are battling the Greenville Patriots (0-0) tonight at Trojan Field.

Check back often for realtime scoring from the game by Walter Geiger.

9:57 1st qtr.: LC 7 Greenville 0: Grayson Jett 51-yd. TD run. Ethan Popham PAT.

4:56 1st qtr.: Greenville 8 LC 7: Greenville 14-yd. TD pass. Two-point PAT good.

7:23 2nd qtr.: LC 10 Greenville 8: Ethan Popham 27-yd. FG.

HALFTIME: LC 10 Greenville 8

11:53 3rd qtr.: LC 17 Greenville 8: Keilyn Tyus 14-yd. TD run. Popham PAT.

4:12 4th qtr.: LC 24 Greenville 8: Grayson Jett 7-yd. TD run. Popham PAT.

FINAL: LC 24 Greenville 8

Former corrections officer charged with child molestation

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Walter Geiger

in Top Stories

Thursday, August 23. 2018

A 32-year-old Lamar County man who formerly worked as a corrections officer, was arrested on rape and multiple other charges for alleged incidents involving three girls under the age of 12, according to LCSO investigator Lt. Chad Payne. [Full Story »]

Horses put down after EIA outbreak

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Walter Geiger

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Thursday, August 23. 2018

Three horses at a Lamar County facility have been put down and others are under quarantine after an outbreak of Equine Infectious Anemia. The horses which were put down were tested in another state then traced here after the tests were positive.

Sheriff Brad White, whose investigators have been involved along with USDA and Georgia Department of Agriculture personnel, likened the disease to AIDS in humans.

All the horses at the facility are now under a strict 60-day quarantine which will not be lifted until all the horse there test negative for EIA.
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You should vote

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Walter Geiger

in Opinion

Wednesday, August 22. 2018

By Mike Ruffin

Whenever an election was approaching, my father, the late great Champ Ruffin, would tell me, “If you don’t exercise your right to vote, they’ll take it away someday.” He started telling me that long before I became eligible to vote in 1976.

I figured he was exaggerating to make his point, which was that I should vote. It turns out he wasn’t.
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