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IT’LL BE IN PERSON
Gordon will hold in person
commencement May 14
SEE PAGE 5A
Tuesday, April 20,2021
Barnesville, Ga. 30204
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
Dick Esco to
be awarded
Golden Eagle
Dick Esco will be re
ceiving the Golden Eagle
Award for Lamar County
from the
Boy Scouts
of America
May 22.
The awards
banquet is
set for the
civic center
DICK ESCO at 6:30 p.m.
Esco,
is retired from Georgia
Farm Bureau and is very
active with the local
chamber of commerce
and other organizations.
He has served for de
cades as the chairman of
Buggy Days.
Mayor Peter Banks is
chairman of the awards
committee. For tickets
or more information, call
Banks at 404.433.0224
or BSA district execu
tive Rebekah Florence at
770.468.4479.
Debuting
columnist
Chris Walter
Debuting in this
edition of The Herald
Gazette is new columnist
Chris Walter. Chris is a
Barnesville native, son of
a Susan Wal
ter and the
late Doug
Walter.
An artist
and author,
Chris lives
in Alpharet-
CHRIS WALTER tawith
his wife Ursula and son
Abner. He is the author
of ‘Southern Glitter”, a
humorous collection of
stories that are the by
product of growing up
and living in Barnesville.
His work is on display
at kudzuandclay.com.
His column will appear
periodically.
Dedication set
Rock Springs Church
will hold a dedication
service for
their 120
foot cross
at 3 p.m.
on Sunday,
May 16.
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BBQ.fir' Blues
gets rave reviews
The 2021 BBQ& Blues Fes
tival came to a close Saturday
night with highly positive
feedback from cook teams and
music fans.
Veteran participant Bob
Parker was among those sing
ing the event’s praises. “1 have
been coming to Barnesville
for a long time. Back in its FBA
days, 1 both judged and cooked
for many years. This was the
most memorable and fun time
I’ve had. Y’all did a great job,”
Parker said.
The Smokin’ the Good Stuff
team was the grand champion.
Reserve grand champion went
to Robby Royal of Rescue
Smokers.
Local Taster’s Alley winners
included Scott Leverett of Blue
Bear Restoration, the Kiwanis
Club and Robyn Underwood of
Bakery on Main.
Chamber president Melissa
Lee was catching her breath
Monday as clean-up continued.
She said music lovers gave
high marks to the Friday con
cert. “All we have gotten are
rave reviews. I think it was a
huge success in spite of a lack
of volunteers from what we are
used to and the pandemic,” Lee
concluded.
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Great music,
yummy
tastes
BBQ & Blues re
turned after a one-year
hiatus due to COVID-19
and brought big crouds
to Barnesville in the
process. Those who
took in the festival
heard great music and
feasted on barbecue
and all the trimmings.
Barnesville's own Ca
leb Anthony (top) was
among those perform
ing at Friday night's
free concert which drew
a very large crowd. It
was held in conjunction
with the Taster's Alley
competition.
Barbecue was the
featured event Satur
day and Max Tileson
(left) rolled in from his
baseball game in time
to chow down on some
tasty ribs.
Abreu bound
for hospice;
taxpayers not
footing the bill
Former Barnesville mu
nicipal judge Henry Abreu
remained a patient at Upson
Regional Medical
Center at press
time Monday but
will be trans
ferred to a hos
pice facility once
bed space is
available. Abreu,
66, was hospitalized after in
gesting a quantity of meth dur
ing a drug raid at his Stafford
Avenue home March 31.
At last report he was on a
ventilator.
Warrants for Abreu were
not taken until after the raid
and his ingestion of the drugs,
therefore he is not a Lamar
County prisoner. This is an
important detail in that local
taxpayers are not funding his
medical care, according to Lt.
Chad Payne of the LCSO.
HENRY ABREU
High speed
chase ends in
crash, arrest
A 23-year-old Barnesville
man was arrested on multiple
charges after a high-speed
chase April 15 that began on
Hwy. 36 East, continued on 1-75
at speeds of up to 150 mph.,
and ended with a crash on
Unionville Road.
Dep. Justyn Weaver was
observing traffic on Hwy. 36
near Van Mar Park at just be
fore 8:30 p.m. when he spotted
a white Chevy Camaro with a
headlight out. He attempted
to stop the Camaro but it fled
into Butts County and onto 1-75
South with Weaver in pursuit.
The driver was later identi
fied as Shamar
Harden Tyus
of 399 Atlanta
Street. His pas
senger was Jeco-
ria Sims. Weaver
noted in his report he was run
ning 133 m.p.h. on 1-75 and the
Camaro was pulling away.
Tyus exited onto High Falls
Park Road and then turned
onto Unionville Road. He
attempted to enter private
property but hit a bar across a
gate that then hit Weaver’s pa
trol car. The Camaro hit a tree
and overturned and Weaver’s
vehicle rolled into it.
Tyus exited the vehicle
through the back glass. He was
held at gunpoint until backup
arrived. Neither Tyus or Sims
was seriously injured. Deputies
later found marijuana where
Tyus slowed briefly at one
point during the chase. Some
unidentified pills and a hand
gun were found in the Camaro.
Tyus went to jail charged
with two super speeder viola
tions, no headlights, fleeing
and attempting to elude,
improper lane change, reckless
driving, no seatbelt, posses
sion of marijuana, drugs not in
original container, possession
of a firearm during the com
mission of a crime, two counts
DU1, failure to stop, improper
passing, striking a fixed object,
interference with government
property, hit and run, litter
ing and failure to exercise due
care.
Kunst tops Mason in magistrate race
Paul Kunst took just
under 59% of the vote April
13 to best Jeff Mason in the
race for chief magistrate
judge. The certified results,
released Friday, showed
Kunst with 1,016 votes to
711 for Mason.
Only 1,727 of Lamar’s
13,153 registered voters
bothered to cast ballots, a
turnout of 13.13%.
Kunst was sworn-in
Saturday by Judge Kathy
Martin and he was on the
job Monday.
JUDGEKUNST
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