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A huge crowd of volunteers turned out to work multiple local
College faculty.
School board approves
needed paving projects
GSC artists featured
in new Lamar Arts show
KAY S. PEDROTTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
Art work from both
students and faculty at
Gordon State College
goes on display April 9
at the Lamar Arts Gallery
Depot.
Titled “Visualize
Amazement,” the show
includes drawings, paint
ings, and ceramics. Bob
Detamore, head of the
arts department at GSC,
has a quite large pencil
drawing called Tree of
Knowledge’ that is the
feature piece. He says he
is delighted to be work
ing with Lamar Arts “to
bring the public to see
just how talented our
students are, as well as
some faculty members.”
Dates for the exhibit
are April 9-May 21, with
the usual gallery open
hours: Fridays 11 a.m. to
2 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and Sundays 2-4
p.m. Viewings can be ar
ranged at other times by
calling 770-358-5888 and
leaving a message.
“This is everything we
love in an exhibit,” said
gallery director Angela
Preston, “variety and
excellence.”
Please call 678-603-
7268 for questions or
more information.
projects during the Great Day of Service March 20. Resuscitating the event was the idea of Jeremy Monroe of the Gordon State
Great Day of Service
reports 22 projects
at 16 locations
KAY S. PEDROTTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
In a called meeting
last week, the Lamar
County board of educa
tion approved several
paving projects, security
and GPS equipment for
buses, and several more
teacher positions.
Paving is set for the
maintenance and trans
portation area, which has
been gravel only. Numer
ous county-connected
vehicles use the bus barn
gas pumps and paving
has been needed for a
long time, according to
the superintendent’s
office. Also paved will be
an area near the middle
school, in the vicinity
of the weight room and
baseball field.
The security cam
eras for the 26 remaining
buses that have not had
them are state of the art,
allowing the recording
of license plates of those
who pass stopped school
buses illegally - no mat
ter what the speed. The
cameras also focus on
the behavior of the pas
sengers.
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Freshman standout
Freshman Samiya Smith (21) of the LC Lady Trojans sets
up a shot on goal during a recent match at the LC soccer
complex. Smith is a member of a strong freshman class for
the #6 Lady Trojans who are 9-3 overall and 7-0 in Region 3AA
action.
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Battle in the midfield
Justin Brannan (13) of the LC Trojans battles for a ball in
the midfield during a recent match at the LC soccer complex.
Brannan had five goals in two critical region wins for LC last
week.
COYID-19:
Only nine new cases last week
Lamar County had
1,297 confirmed cases of
COV1D-19 as of the April
4 update from DPH. That
number is up from 1,288
cases March 28. Lamar
has had 112 coronavirus
related hospitalizations.
Lamar recorded one
additional COV1D death
last week, that of a
82-year-old black female,
to run the total to 44.
As of Monday, sheriff
Brad White was tracking
11 positive cases at 13
local residences.
Local COV1D-19
numbers and those from
surrounding counties are
updated daily at barnes-
ville.com.
Jobless rate drops again
The adjusted jobless
rate for the Three Rivers
region, which includes
Lamar County, dropped
by 0.6% in February. The
rate was 4.5% compared
to 3.7% in January, 2020.
Initial unemployment
claims in February were
down by 30% from De
cember.
In addition to Lamar,
the Three Rivers region
includes Butts, Carroll,
Coweta, Heard, Pike,
Meriwether, Spalding,
Troup and Upson coun
ties.
CALENDAR ITEM?
Email news@barnes-
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event published.
• Invitations to
become a Friend of the
Barnesville-Lamar Coun
ty Library were mailed
recently. The City and
County residents have
a history of supporting
their Library, education
and literacy. That is one
of the reasons living
here is so desirable.You
can carry on the tradi
tion by responding to
an invitation or you can
stop by the circulation
desk at the library. Indi
vidual memberships are
$20. Corporate member
ships of $300 or more re
ceive special recognition
for their generosity.
Membership dues are
used to fund Story-time
and Book Buddies for
young children, the Teen
Program, the purchase of
books, and special equip
ment needs.
• The Lamar County
Republican Party meets
the first Tuesday of the
month at 6:30 p.m. at
Garden Patch (not Pas
time). The next meeting
will be Tuesday, April 6.
KAY S. PEDROTTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
Local residents and
personnel from Gordon
State College held a Great
Day of Service on March
20, comprising such
service projects as a
sock drive, home repairs,
cubbies for the Boys and
Girls Club, cleaning ken
nels and building raised
garden beds.
The check-in and
organization of volun
teers was supervised
by volunteers Jeremy
Monroe, Jessica Traylor,
Brienne McDaniel and
Alison Bodie. Traylor
and Monroe collected
socks and canned goods
for the Lamar County
Middle School. Here are
the other projects and
persons who aided the
volunteer effort:
Senior Center - Barry
Kicklighter and Katherine
Kicklighter: paint trim,
refinish benches, plant
flowers and distribute
pine straw; Ramps of
Love - Niall Mathieson,
repair lift, assembly at
shop; Washington Street
- Niall Mathieson, roof
repair donated by Kevin
Oberg, roofing materials
donated by Jim Graham
at Balamo, driveway ma
terial (crushed concrete)
donated by Kip Pelt at
Lamar Tire; Lamar Arts
- Michael Rogers, super
vised exterior window
washing, reorganized
supplies; Boys and Girls
Club - Lamar Gives 365
grant provided funds for
Britt Lifsey to build and
install cubbies at the
club; New Life Anointed
Ministries - Pastor Dadd
and Wimpy Vaughn
installed new fencing and
cleaned up debris, split
cost with GDOS; Health
Department - James But
ler and Johnny Wright,
back and front entrances
pressure-washed; LCPS -
Julie Little, sensory kits
provided by the Educa
tion Club (this part of
365 grant not funded);
Church or the Nazarene -
Jeff Davis installed mulch
for playground, split cost
of mulch with GDOS;
Dolly Goodpuppy -James
Butler and Johnny
Wright, cleaned kennels
at Dolly Goodpuppy (also
unfunded by 365) ; Nel
lie’s Park - Allie Hatter-
man, Dorothy Carter and
Tonya Coleman, super
vised the softball team
in cleanup; Hope Tree
Ministries and Food Bank
- Charles Glass and Joe
Andrews, led project to
move the front awning to
the back and put a con
crete slab at the entrance
to the building, discount
ed concrete provided
by Balamo; Mill Street
- Vets to Vets donations
helped pay for house
painting on Mill Street by
Eddie Felton and Rich
ard Miller; Gordon State
College - Julie Little,
installed raised beds for
herbs and vegetables at
GSC; and Bethel Baptist
Church - Alison Bodie
and Linda Olivier, litter
pickup at grave yard.
'Emergence' to remember
GSC from 1950s to 1970s
KAY S. PEDROTTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
Several Gordon State
College classes are inter
viewing GSC alumni from
a time period of many
changes and a highly
charged
atmosphere:
the three
decades com
prising racial
integration.
Dr. Jessica Traylor,
with several other fac
ulty collaborators, has
created the interview
process for her students,
recruited persons willing
to be interviewed, and
plans to turn the “liv
ing history project” into
a theater production,
video and a document, at
the conclusion of inter
views and processing of
the data.
GORDON
STATE COLLEGE
“The emphasis with
‘Emergence’ is on what
the people remember
from their time as Gor
don students in that era,”
Traylor said. “Almost to a
person, they all loved be
ing at the college, despite
some un
comfortable
experiences.”
People of all
races have
been asked for their
reminiscences.
The students have
reported great success
with getting acquainted
during the interviews,
and have noted that all
were open and honest
with answers to hard
questions. Traylor added
that Emergence will be
one way of “preserving
the legacy of the college
as it truly existed.”
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