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Updated: Old scoreboard comes down at Summers Field

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Tuesday, July 29. 2014

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Work has begun in earnest on the transformation of old Summers Field in the heart of Barnesville from high school football stadium to city park. [Full Story »]

'The Builder' does a good turn for woodturners

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Monday, July 28. 2014

By Kay S. Pedrotti

By all accounts, Roger Youmans is the kind of man you want around when something – almost anything – needs to be done.

A journeyman pipe fitter by trade, Youmans is responsible for building the components at the new “green gas” plant at Cedar Grove Landfill in Barnesville. Now the expert metal worker has built something for the Barnesville Woodturners just because it was needed: welded racks for the 40-plus folding chairs cluttering up Fred Morris’s shop. [Full Story »]

LCSO offers 'While you were out' program

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Thursday, July 24. 2014

Major Leslie Holmes of the LCSO explains the department's program for those who will be away from their homes for a time and would like to have them checked by deputies periodically.

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Vietnam vets' stories: Preserving history, honoring memories

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Tuesday, July 22. 2014

By Kay S. Pedrotti

The war in Vietnam in 1964-75 cast a heavy stone into the pond of collective memory in this country. The ripples are still being felt today.

When The Herald Gazette published a story about “The Faces Never Forgotten,” photos were being sought for the men from this area who died in Vietnam whose pictures had not been located by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation. Now we have heard from family members of three of them and still are tracking down the surviving relatives of the others. [Full Story »]

Egg money for evangelism

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Friday, July 18. 2014

By Walter Geiger

Seeking to enhance their disposable summer income, Abigail and Everett Horne began selling eggs from their farm for $2 per dozen. Business was brisker than they anticipated and their nest egg grew larger with each passing day. [Full Story »]

Found puppies

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Thursday, July 10. 2014

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Softball tourney benefits NCEA

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Tuesday, July 8. 2014

Local law enforcement officers are supporting a August 2 one-pitch softball tournament to benefit the National Criminal Enforcement Association.

The tournament will begin at 8 a.m. at Central City Park in Macon. [Full Story »]

Info sought on locals killed in Vietnam

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Thursday, July 3. 2014

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By Kay S. Pedrotti

The Herald Gazette and the Pike County Journal Reporter are joining a nationwide effort by community newspapers and others to find photos of all troops whose names are enshrined on the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C.

“The Faces Never Forgotten” project is sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation. The National Newspaper Association and Georgia Press Association have highlighted the project in communications to all member papers, citing the “deep community roots (and) unique position” of newspapers to help find and submit photos of each person killed in that war. [Full Story »]

Truck wreck kills Barnesville man

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Thursday, June 26. 2014

Traffic was blocked on Highway 18 east just outside of Zebulon Thursday afternoon after a tractor trailer wrecked and exploded into flames. Earl Stephens was the sole occupant of the vehicle. [Full Story »]

Grandsons likely saved Milner mayor's life

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Monday, June 23. 2014

By Kay S. Pedrotti

Joe Bostwick’s regular trip out for breakfast at Hardee’s recently would have been a disaster without quick intervention from his grandsons when the mayor fell asleep at the wheel.

Tripp Bostwick, 11, and Gordon Murray, 9, rolled out of bed early to “go to Hardee’s with Papa,” said Tripp. Starting out from Evans Road in Joe’s 1987 Honda, the three went through Milner on Main Street/Old Highway 41 – and then through a stop sign at the four-lane as Joe’s chin dropped onto his chest, Tripp continued. [Full Story »]

Hero cop’s mom worked at Barnesville city hall

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Thursday, June 19. 2014

Probate judge Kathy Martin reported last week that she worked with the mother of Daniel Rush, the hero cop who thwarted the Forsyth County courthouse attack, at Barnesville city hall back in the early 1980s. [Full Story »]

New superintendent addresses Rotary

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Tuesday, June 17. 2014

New Lamar County school superintendent Dr. Jute Wilson addressed the noon meeting of the Barnesville Rotary Club June 17.

He noted he is very competitive and intends to improve the local public education system while praising the groundwork laid by his predecessor Dr. Bill Truby. "We are economic development. If we can get kids career and college ready, they won't be on welfare and food stamps," Dr. Wilson said.

Dr. Wilson said he and his wife, Sheila, have a contract on a house in the Magnolia Farms development in north Lamar.

Fine arts center to show "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe"

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Thursday, June 12. 2014

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Summer in the Sticks lineup announced

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Tuesday, June 10. 2014

The annual Summer in the Sticks show at Ritz Park is set for July 19 at the Chamber of Commerce has announced the talent lineup for the festival. [Full Story »]

Claudine White ready to fry her last chicken

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Wednesday, June 4. 2014

By Sherri Ellington

Soon several local clubs will no longer enjoy the same fried chicken and other homestyle delicacies they have become accustomed to. After 42 years, Claudine White – the 2006 Career Woman of the Year – is retiring from her career of cooking for them. She will prepare her last fried chicken dinner on the last Tuesday in July. [Full Story »]