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2A ®jje l)pra(ti <©a?£tt£ Tuesday, March 23,2021 Pictured are (front row l-r) commissioner Nancy Thrash, Lamar County DFCS director Kelly Page, co-board chairman Annie Bush, DFCS social services supervisor Teresa Allen, DFCS board chairman Bob Taylor (back row l-r) commissioner Ryran Traylor, chairman Charles Glass, commissioner Bob Heiney and commissioner Bennie Horton. April proclaimed Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month April was proclaimed “Child Abuse Preven tion Awareness Month” in Lamar County by the county board of com missioners with officials of the local Department of Family and Children Services present. Com missioner Nancy Thrash read the proclamation, reading in part, “Help us celebrate the importance of social connections and join our work to strength en social well-being, a key indicator of overall health and an essential factor in preventing child abuse and neglect. DFCS director Kelly Page said the 34 pin- wheels on the court house lawn, represent documented cases of child abuse in Lamar County and “are about half of what we displayed last year,” but could be somewhat inaccurate because students were not in school where they might feel safe in report ing abuse. Lamar County DFCS director Kelly Page listens as commissioner Nancy Thrash reads the proclamation. DO YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHER? Be a teacher in the HIGHEST PERFORMING REGION in the state of Georgia. If certification is needed, we have an option for you! If you meet the participation requirements below, please complete the GaTAPP application form (at GA TAPP link at www.griffinresa.net) so you can join us in the FASTEST GROWING REGION in Georgia! We also encourage you to apply in our regional school systems. hi For more info, please contact the Griffin RESA TAPP department at tapp@griffinresa.net or call 770-229-3247 to apply today! PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS AND INFORMATION r • College Transcript - minimum four-year degree with a 2.5 GPA ' • GACE I - Basic Skills Assessment or verification of exemption N • GACE II - Content Assessment or verification of coursework > • Has a job offer as a teacher in a Griffin RESA Regional School System: Butts, Fayette, Griffin-Spalding, Henry, Lamar, Newton, Pike or Thomaston-Upson County School Systems. Application form available at www.griffinresa.net. (Note: Click on "GA TAPP" and then click on Program Information) Dr. Mohamad joins Upson Cardiology on March 22! • Provides minimally invasive procedures to open blocked arteries in the heart and legs • Preventive management and control of risk factors for cardiovascular disease Man is still on the run after shooting his estranged wife WALTER GEIGER news@barnesville.com A 45-year-old man is still on the run after shooting his estranged wife in the right shoulder after catching her in bed with another man here March 18. The shooting occurred about 12:45 a.m. in a mobile home at Lot 22 of Bedsole’s Trailer Park off Trice Road. Dep. Justyn Weaver arrived at the trailer and found 36-year-old Christian Nicole Thomas sitting on her back porch with a gunshot wound to her shoulder. Thomas told Weaver her soon to be ex-husband Alvis Thomas arrived at the trailer, tore out an air condition ing unit and got inside. A verbal alter cation ensued and Christian Thomas was shot with her own Ruger 9 mm. handgun. According to Weaver’s report, Demarco Markell Price of Stockbridge was in bed with Christian Thomas and was awak ened by the altercation. He fled to a nearby trailer and called for help. Price was unhurt. Christian Thomas was taken for treatment and is recovering. Alvis Thomas fled in a gold Ford Crown Victoria and is the subject of a manhunt. He is considered armed and dangerous. He is thought to be in the Griffin area where his car was found and has been in contact with investiga tors saying he will turn himself in but had not done so at press time Monday. If you have knowledge of his whereabouts, call the LCSO at 770.358.5159. ALVIS THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER Restaurant Impossible filmed downtown Celebrity chef Robert Irvine and the crew from the hit TV series ‘Restaurant Impossible’ spent much of last week in downtown Barnesville transforming Deraney’s Two City Tavern. Local officials welcomed the crew with gifts. Pictured are (l-r) chamber president Melissa Lee, IDA executive director Kathy Oxford, Irvine, mayor Peter Banks, set construction manager Tom Bury, set designer Lynn Kegan and Barnes ville film coordinator Niki Sappington. Paul Kunst for Chief Magistrate Judge Thank You Lamar County, for the support you have shown me in this race! This success is yours, for I could not have gotten this far without you! I encourage you to turn out and... show your support one more time, and VOTE in the April 13 runoff! • General and high-risk obstetrical care • Centering Pregnancy: Group Prenatal Care • Contraception care and management • Adolescent health education services • Offices inThomaston and Barnesville OB/GYN Almois Mohamad, M.D. 706-646-5712 Sherida L. Williams, M.D. 706-647-9627