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Quarry operational
by fall; advisory
group members set
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The Vulcan Materials
rock quarry off Hwy. 36
East near Chappell Mill
Road is expected to be
operational by this fall.
The original opening date
was this summer but was
set back due to details
on permitting.
“We are also doing
final exploration on the
site and may move the
pit area a little to the
north,” Vulcan’s Jimmy
Fleming reported Thurs
day
The quarry entrance
may also move slightly
north from the current
temporary access. “We
are looking at the best
sight distances for DOT
and our own needs,”
Fleming added.
Vulcan’s Barry Fawson
will run the quarry. He
also oversees operations
at Vulcan’s Macon quar
ry. Fawson will be on the
Citizen Advisory Group
(CAG) for the quarry
as will Carol Fandrum,
Vulcan’s manager of gov
ernment and community
relations.
Citizens appointed
to the CAG are Alvin
Faulkner, Terry Hardin,
Jonathan Sexton, Kent
Kingsley and Danny
English.
Florida Rock won
approval for the quarry
back in the mid-2000s
but put plans for the
quarry were put on hold
when the economy and
housing industry tanked
and the demand for
gravel decreased. Vulcan
bought out Florida Rock
in a multi-million dollar
deal in 2008.
The looming construc
tion of truck lanes on 1-75
and a booming housing
market now make the
quarry more feasible.
The quarry site consists
of 588 acres on the west
side of Hwy. 36 East.
PHOTO: KELLY NICHOLSON
Perfect slide tackle
Freshman Ally Bloxham (18) of the LC Lady Trojans exhibits perfect form on a slide tackle during a 2-1 loss at Jackson Feb.
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Milner council continues wrestling with problems
KAY S. PEDR0TTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
While there is cur
rent anxiety about the
city’s financial situation,
members of council and
the city administrator
are making every effort
to find solutions to many
problems described as
originating with “bad de
cisions from the past.”
Administrator Tausha
Grose told the council
that recent failure to
live up to an
agreement to
“mulch trees
on building
sites” has led
to removing
“good wood”
from the site
by the timbering com
pany hired by developers
of the Woodall property.
As things stand, sev
eral members of council
pointed out, Milner has
no way of enforcing its
in-place codes and ordi
nances about develop
ment, trash sites, park
ing, buffer maintenance
and other issues. Grose
said that there is negotia
tion with Famar County
about requirements for
using its code enforce
ment staff.
After routine approv
als, the first agenda item
called for hearing from
“invited guest” Rudy
Vaughn, who did not
appear. Attorney Scott
Mayfield said Vaughn had
wanted to discuss with
the council
de-annexing
his property
from the city.
The city
cannot force
MAYFIELD \ he cou, \ ty
to accept
Vaughn’s property if the
county does not approve,
he added.
Residents around the
Dollar General store have
complained about truck
damage to their proper
ties, trash blowing out of
the parking lot, and lack
GROSE
of effective buffers to
screen the homes. May-
field said much of what is
happening also was prob
lematic as soon as the DG
property was spot-zoned
to allow the business
there. Just because there
is conditional zoning, he
said, “you can’t grandfa
ther in a nuisance.”
Council member
George Weldon said that
-j__ the spot-
1 zoning was
IwJ| approved
| because that
^ ■ side of the
street was
not expected
to remain
residential
and has not converted
“as fast as we thought.”
Councilman Skip Seda
noted that city staff is not
the answer to
enforcing any
fine result
ing from an
existing code
violation.
SEDA Grose agreed
with the need to work to
ward code enforcement,
but noted that the city’s
most pressing problem
at the moment is getting
information ready for its
annual audit.
A lengthy discussion
ensued after council-
woman Regina Stephens
brought at
tention to the
consistently
muddy prob
lems in the
areas where
St. George’s
Episcopal
School children’s rides
wait to pick up students
after school hours. In
addition, she said, many
of the cars block local
residents’ driveways.
There are several pick
up and drop-off sites at
the school, Weldon said,
but there is not yet a plan
for eliminating all traffic
and weather problems.
STEPHENS
Woman left in
pickup overnight
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truck, he drove to the
hospital.
A search warrant at
the home was executed
Feb. 18. As a result of
that search, investiga
tors asked the state
crime lab for expedited
toxicology results in the
case due to a suspicion
of an overdose. Another
search of the residence
was conducted last week
and turned up possible
traces of GHB. There is
also evidence a second
male may be involved in
the case.
“We sent some more
stuff to the crime lab last
week including some
possible GHB. We are still
waiting on the toxicology
results. The investigation
is ongoing. More charges
against Spires and other
arrests are possible,”
sheriff Brad
White said
Monday.
GHB is
short for
Gamma-
Hydroxybu-
tyric Acid
which is
sometimes prescribed
as Xyrem. It is known on
the street as G, Georgia
Home Boy, Goop, Griev
ous Bodily Harm, Fiquid
X, Scoop and Fiquid
Ecstasy, according to the
DEA. It comes in liquid
and powder forms and is
often mixed in drinks in
the date rape scenario.
Effects include hal
lucinations. Overdosing
can lead to unconscious
ness, seizures, slowed
heart rate, greatly slowed
breathing, decrease in
body temperature, vomit
ing, nausea, coma and
subsequent death.
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time serving Lamar County in the position of Chief Magistrate
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of Judge Henson carrying on the tradition, and was heartbroken
when she passed. Shortly, a new judge will be elected and I would
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Magistrate Judge of Lamar County. I’ve known and done business
with Paul for years. Paul’s business background and legal
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Equally important is Paul’s fairness to all people. He has the
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