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Tuesday, January 19,2021
WHO WE ARE / 4A
barnesville.com
Barnesville, Ga. 30204
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
Barnesville
Important
meeting
W.B. Smith, president,
and W. T. Summers,
secretary, announced
an important
meeting in the
Jan. 20, 1921
edition of the
News-Gazette.
The Direc
tors of the
Lamar County
Board of Trade will
please meet at the Coun
cil Chamber in Barnes
ville at 2 p.m., Thursday,
January 20th. There are
very important matters
in connection with the
Board of Trade that need
to be discussed.
Also, the new Officers
of Lamar County have
some matters on which
they ask your advice.
Additionally, editor
B.H. Hardy, in an edito
rial, indicated the new
county’s first school
superintendent would be
a woman - an unusual de
velopment for the times.
SMITH
LLC seeks
to locate
solar farm
near Milner
TMJ Investments, LLC
is seeking a special zon
ing exception to locate a
solar panel farm on prop
erty located on Crawley
Road. The site is off Old
Hwy. 41 north of Milner
on the east side of the
railroad line.
TMJ owns 132.61 acres
that fronts Crawley Road
and which is bisected by
Cottage Road. The regis
tered agent for the LLC
is Theresia Hall of Pine
Mountain, Ga.
The request is to be
taken up by the board of
appeals on Feb. 8 at 8:30
a.m. and by the county
commission on Feb. 16 at
6 p.m.
The legal advertise
ment for this request is
published on page 2A.
Alleged killer arrested
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
A 22-year-old Albany man
has been arrested in con
nection with the death of
a 17-year-old Ellenwood
girl whose body was found
dumped in the Unionville
Church cemetery here Jan. 10.
D’Shunti Kyanni Hunter’s body
was found in the cemetery by
visitors to the graveyard.
She had been shot at least
once. The working theory is
she was killed elsewhere and
the body left here.
LCSO investigators, GB1
agents and US Marshals ar
rested Jaylan Jashad Ray Jan.
13 in Tallahassee, Fla. Ray had
not waived extradition as of
Monday morning and re
mained in the
Leon County
jail there. He is
charged with
murder and
aggravated
assault with
additional
charges pend
ing.
At a press
conference Jan.
13, sheriff Brad White reported
investigators received informa
tion that Ray was friends with
Hunter’s boyfriend who was
shot and killed in August, 2020.
White said the big break
in the case came early when
security video from Unionville
Church captured Ray’s vehicle
entering and leaving the ceme
tery which is across High Falls
Park Road from the sanctuary.
“The church has had some
issues before so they have top
notch cameras. The video was
very clear,” sheriff White said.
In the hours leading up
to the arrest, Ray’s vehicle
was located in Albany. It was
seized and taken to the area
crime lab there for processing.
Ray’s mother’s apartment in
Albany was also searched and
evidence, including articles of
Hunter’s clothing, was found
there.
With Monday being a holi
day, it was unclear when Ray
would be returned here for a
first appearance hearing. “We
will get him back here eventu
ally,” sheriff White concluded.
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
COVID-19 vaccinations
Aaron Tookes made the trip to Barnesville from Macon County Jan. 13 to receive the first of two COVID-19 vac
cinations from nurse Chelsea Brown. District 4 Public Health, in which Lamar is included, got high marks from all
over the region for making the vaccine rapidly available and the efficiency of its drive-thru vaccination operation at
Southern Rivers Energy.
Heavy demand for vaccine
The Lamar County Health
Department opened up its
drive-thru COVID-19 vaccina
tion operation for law enforce
ment personnel, frontline med
ical personnel, first responders
and those over 65 last week to
an overwhelming response.
The drive-thru operation at
Southern Rivers Energy (SRE)
vaccinated 280 people Jan. 13
and 333 on Jan. 15. “Overall,
we have given about 900 vacci
nations. About 90 people here
have gotten the second shot.
There have been no reports
Drive-thru appointments:
SRE: 1.800.847.4262
URMC: 770.872.5015
Ingles: 770.358.6815
of any extreme side effects,”
nurse manager Sherry Farr
reported Monday.
The drive-thru vaccination
operation will operate again
Wednesday from 9 a.m. - 2
p.m. at SRE. Call 1.800.847.4262
to make an appointment.
Additionally, Upson Region
al Medical Center will provide
vaccinations Thursday at its
Barnesville facility near LCHS.
Call 770.872.5015 to make an
appointment.
Farr said the Ingle’s phar
macy is also providing vac
cinations. Call the store at
770.358.6815 for information.
“All these providers require ap
pointments. All are experienc
ing heavy call volume. Patience
is the key,” Farr concluded.
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LC interviewing football coaches this week
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
Interviews are underway
this week as the school system
administration and leadership
at LCHS strive to find a head
football coach.
The position was vacated in
mid-December when Jeff Sloan
stepped down after two sea
sons leading the team. Sloan
remains at LC as assistant prin
cipal and athletic director.
School superintendent Dr.
Jute Wilson reported last week
approximately 65 candidates
have applied for the position.
“We are very pleased with the
number and quality of appli
cants,” Wilson said.
There are reports one candi
date for the job is Greg Busby,
current Trojan defensive coor
dinator. Busby has eight years
head coaching experience,
ABRAMS FLATH
four at Montgomery County
and four at Windsor Forest
in Savannah. He had two first
round playoff appearances at
Windsor Forest in 2017 and
2018 and an overall record of
31-51.
Another intriguing prospect
is Gus Condon who was once
quarterbacks coach at LC.
Condon has coached at Liberty
High in Virginia, the University
of West Georgia and Newton,
Upson-Lee and Valdosta high
schools in Georgia.
Condon is currently offen
sive coordinator and quarter
backs coach at Buford which
LOVE SLOAN STEPHENS
just won the Class AAAAAA
state title. The Wolves went
14-1 and Condon’s offense put
up 40.7 points per game. He is
married to the former Ashley
Hickman of Barnesville and
has multiple connections here.
LC is looking to get back
into the high school football
limelight from which it has
been absent since coach Frank
lin Stephens took the Trojans
to the state title game in 2013,
losing 14-7 to Lovett. Stephens
was 26-2-1 in two seasons here
after inheriting a generational
team and developing it well.
SEE FOOTBALL COACH 2A
Gordon gets
approval for
film and CJ
degrees
Two new degree programs
at Gordon State College were
approved by the Board of Re
gents of the University System
of Georgia last week. GSC will
offer a Nexus degree in film
production and a BS degree in
criminal justice through UGA’s
eMajor technology.
Nexus degrees are relatively
new and emphasize hands-on
learning in high demand career
fields. The film degree will offer
associated coursework includ
ing on-set film production,
production design, set lighting
and on-set apprenticeship.
Six major film studios are
located in the Atlanta metro
area and Georgia ranks third
among states in film produc
tion projects.
Blood Drive
is Jan. 28 here
A Red Cross Blood Drive will
be held here Jan. 28 from 1-6
p.m. in the fellowship hall at
First United Methodist Church.
The drive is sponsored by the
Barnesville Rotary Club and
the Women’s League.
Safety protocols will be in
effect including a mask require
ment, distancing and hand
sanitizing. The Red Cross will
screen for COVID-19 antibodies
so donors will be able to learn
if they have been exposed to
the virus.
Lamar County has been very
supportive of blood drives.
The previous 42 drives have
collected almost 2000 units of
blood. The goal for this drive is
55-60 units.
You can make an appoint
ment and get more information
by calling 1.800.RED CROSS or
by visiting redcrossblood.org
and using the sponsor code
‘lamar’.
COVID claims
another event
The chamber of commerce
has decided to postpone the
annual community awards
banquet due
to COVID-19
concerns. This is
the time of year
when nomina
tions are sought
for the awards.
“We are hop
ing that, with the
vaccine, we will
be able to hold this event at a
later date,” chamber president
Melissa Lee said.
SECU RE
THE^OTE
Runoff
results certified
Lamar County’s results from
the Jan. 5 general election
runoff were certified Jan. 12, ac
cording to elections supervisor
Anita Reid. There were adjust
ments in vote totals.
The new, certified counts
were Perdue 5588, Ossoff 2395;
Loeffler 5558, Warnock 2428.
The election night counts were
Perdue 5559, Ossoff 2376; Loef
fler 5530, Warnock 2408. Turn
out here in Lamar was 61.33%.
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