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2A ®jje l)pra(ti <©a?£tt£ Tuesday, March 9,2021 THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER Lady Trojans ranked #7 The LC Lady Trojans soccer team, led by coach Wayne Calvert, is ranked #7 in the eurosports.com poll. The Lady Trojans notched critical region wins over Monticello and Washington County last week, shutting out both teams. They go to NE Macon tonight and travel to Cochran to battle #6 Bleckley County Friday night. Pictured is standout freshman defender Deshunna Bowles (17) battling for a ball with a WACO player in Friday’s match which LC won 10-0. You will have my undivided attention and locus as Chief Magistrate Judge "The Magistrate Court is a position of public service and trust that demands the complete focus and full attention of its elected official. If elected, I will serve the people of Lamar County as Chief Magistrate without outside full time business practices and other financial responsibilities that distract from performing the full time service the citizens of Lamar County deserve." - Jeff Mason Elect Jen Mason Chief Magistrate More than qualified Veteran 82nd Airborne Paratrooper 38 Years Continuous Courtroom Experience College Professor FBI National Academy Graduate lifelong Coach & Community Volunteer Jeff's solid background and standing in the community continues the public faith in the people's court that will apply the law fairly and without bias or malice Preserving the integrity, trust, and credibility of the Lamar County D Magistrate Court Paid for by Jeff Mason for Chief Magistrate Edwards hosts ABA's Washington Summit More than 2,500 bank leaders from across the country will gather virtually to hear from top banking policymak ers at the American Bankers Associa tion’s annual Wash ington Summit March 16-17. Over the course of the two-day Summit, bank ers will hear from ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols; FD1C Chairman Jelena McWilliams; Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee; Senate Banking Commit tee Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.); Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee; and Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), chairwoman of the Con gressional Black Caucus and the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclu sion. Key issues in focus at the Summit include the banking sector’s ongoing role in support ing the economic recovery, financial inclusion, and the need to maintain a level playing field be tween banks and non banks that offer financial services. “The tremendous inter est in this year’s Wash ington Summit shows how engaged our mem bers are in the important issues facing our country and our industry,” said ABA Chair Jim Edwards, CEO of United Bank based in Zebulon and Barnesville. “This is a great opportunity for us to find policy areas where we can work together with Congress and the administration to defeat this pandemic and grow the economy to the benefit of our customers and the communities we serve.” EDWARDS New CASA volunteers sworn in Towaliga CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) recently an nounced that on March 3, 2021, three CASA volunteers were sworn-in for the circuit by Judge Sullivan to serve children in foster care. Feila Stone is a Monroe County resident, and Marcie Seleb and Nicole Tillery are both Lamar County residents. “CASA volunteers have gone through extensive training by the local CASA agency to ensure that they can fulfill the requirement of a CASA for the children of this circuit. Volun teers come from varying backgrounds, but the one thing they have in common is their con cern for children in the foster care system,” said Towaliga CASA volun teer supervisor Georgia Hooks. For more information about this important pro gram contact Mary Ann Leverett at 478-394-0315 or mleverett@tacourts. com. Pictured are (front) Towaliga Circuit Juvenile Court Judge Sharon Sullivan and (back l-r) CASA volunteers Nicole Tillery, Marcie Seleb and Leila Stone. SUBSCRIBE TODAY! News: Online 24/7 + print edition weekly local year subscription Send your name, address, phone number and email address to flic icrato (gazette barnesville.com P.0. Box 220, 509 Greenwood St. Barnesville, GA 30204 770-358-NEWS or email your information to circulation@barnesville.com