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2A ®Ijt l)?ralti <©a??tt? Tuesday, May 18,2021
School board
meeting packed
with recognitions
and awards
KAY S. PEDROTTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
Sports teams and their
achievements led off the
Fine Arts building special
session of the Lamar
County board of educa
tion last week, followed
by employee awards and
honors.
Teams cited for their
outstanding season re
cords and competitions
on the regional and state
levels included middle
school girls and boys
soccer; varsity boys and
girls soccer; tennis team;
varsity boys and girls
track teams; regional
middle school math con
test second-
place win
ners; Ferst
readers, the
initial recipi
ents of Ferst
books as kin
dergarteners
who are now
graduating
this year; STAR student
and teacher.
Employee years of ser
vice awards included just
one person for 35 years
of service, first grade
teacher Hester Washing
ton, who is retiring after
this school year. Other
awards included:
Five years service:
Thomas Adcox, Vicky
McCoy, Kevin Ferrier,
Tracy Gober, Vernecia
Jordan, Amber Nichol
son, Kenneth Presley,
Stephanie Walker, Connie
Hayes, Wendy Varner,
Cynthia Jenkins, Sarah-
lyn Hickman, Dontauneia
Traylor, Whitney Sul
livan, Katherine Pryor,
Kenyatta Mallory, Amber
Harris, Jami Grant, Jen
nifer Donaldson, Arika
Collins, Elizabeth Bran
non, Stacy Berry, Susan
Bass, Tammy Anderson,
Stephanie Nash, David
Boland and Amanda
Ogletree.
10 years service:
Michael Oberg, Jenni
fer Murphy, Graquetta
Harris, Kimberly Wilson,
Francesca Raines, Ron-
drikus Fletcher, Shawn
Daniel, Cleve Hendrix,
Demetrice Rutherford,
Wanda Robinson, Ursula
Banks, Sam Searcy, Kim
berly Jones, Courtney
Goddard.
15 years service:
Elizabeth Aiken, Frankie
James, Michael Foster,
Heather Davison, Tanji
Compton, Bill Baker,
Denice Napier.
20 years service:
Amanda Gunnels, Claudia
Bryan and Dannie Evans.
25 years of service:
Frerra Fambro, Da
vid Niblett and Loralei
O’Neal.
30 years service:
Linda Wilson and
Patricia Burnette.
Support Services
awards, voted by the
recipients’ peers in their
schools and depart
ments, were Kevin Fer
rier, primary; Lynn East-
erlin, elementary; Mangle
Haygood, middle school;
Veronica
Stewart, high
school; Kelly
Lumpkin, nutri
tion; Christie
Gayton, trans
portation and
Julie Hawkins,
central office.
Superin
tendent Dr. Jute Wilson
reported to the board,
which had adjourned the
meeting to central office
after the awards, that
April was another record-
breaking month for
E-SPLOST collections at
more than $223,000; April
of 2020 was $168,000. He
said the special option
tax for education funds
many projects and needs
and could be on its way
to becoming a $200,000
monthly average.
The board adjourned
in executive session
for a personnel matter,
then returned to regu
lar session to approve
playground improve
ments for the primary
and elementary schools.
The revamps will be paid
for with E-SPLOST money
and will include a “turf-
type” surface and new
equipment which can
possibly be used by both
schools, said deputy
superintendent Cleve
Hendrix.
Also approved on
first reading was a GB1A
teacher evaluation
appeals policy for the
board, and a consent
agenda which included
31 fundraisers, one
overnight field trip, five
recommendations for
positions, eight resigna
tions, one retirement,
and one medical leave.
Hope Tree yard sale
comes in at $1,800
In the largest event
held recently to benefit
the Hope Tree Ministries
Food Bank, dozens of
volunteers and donors
made sure last week’s
yard sale at Ritz Park
was a huge success,
said Hope Tree director
Brother Jimmy Fambro.
“We made $1,800,” he
added. “My thanks go out
to all who donated and
helped, especially my
wife and sons, my sister
B.J. Fambro, the city of
Barnesville for allowing
us to use Ritz Park, the
special few who helped
before the sale (you
know who you are!) and
volunteers like Terri and
Eric Edmonson, Michael
Rogers, Marcie Seleb,
Carly Thompson, Jeanie
Wakefield, Dorothy
Carter and others whose
names 1 was not able to
get. 1 thank God and all
of you for a great result
for the needy families of
Barnesville and Lamar
County.”
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Grammer signs with Gordon
LC standout Kaylah Grammer (center) has signed a grant-in-aid to continue her soccer career at Gordon State College
where she will play for coach Scott Henderson. She is flanked by her parents Chance Grammer and Kelly Nicholson.
Grammer was a starter for the Lady Trojans for the majority of her four years in high school.
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Grand opening at new Farm Supply/True Value location
Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held Friday at the new Farm Supply location off Veterans Parkway in Barnesville. The grand
opening celebration lasted through the weekend with special deals and prize drawings.
The expansive store offers True Value hardware merchandise, Exmark mowers and a vast array of other products.
Cutting the ribbon were owners Annette and Jason Governo (center). They are surrounded by employees and local chamber
of commerce officers and members.
Email news@barnes-
ville.com to publish an
event.
• Friends of the
Barnesville-Lamar Coun
ty Library meeting set for
Tuesday, May 25, at 6:30
p.m. at the library. For
info call 770-358-3270.
• Cooling assistance
is available for Lamar
County residents ac
cording to the Middle
Georgia Community
Action Agency. House
holds where all members
are at least 65 years of
age, home bound house
holds or other income
eligible households may
call 1-844-588-1552 or go
online to https://mgcaa.
appointment.works/ea/
home to set up a phone
appointment. Scheduled
appointments will be
done by phone inter
views. Clients will be
contacted on or before
their scheduled date and
time to complete the
phone interview process.
No walk-in appoint
ments are allowed. To be
eligible for assistance,
households must meet
the following annual
gross income require
ments: $25,025 for a
one person household;
$32,725 for a two person
household; $40,425 for a
three person household;
$48,125 for a four person
household; $55,825 for a
five person household;
$63,525 for a six person
household; $64,969 for
a seven person house
hold; $66,413 for an eight
person household. A
minimum of the follow
ing items will be required
to verify eligibility for
assistance: verification
of all household income
for every person living
in the home for the past
30 days; Social Security
cards for every person
living in the household;
ID/drivers license for ev
eryone over the age of 18
in the household; recent
electric bill with the ser
vice address and account
number printed on it and
a recent heating bill for
residence verification.
• The John Birch Soci
ety will meet Wednesday,
May 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the
Lamar County Library
meeting room located
on Thomaston St. near
downtown Barnesville. A
short talk by Art Thomp
son will be viewed re
garding the safe keeping
of limited government
and protected rights. Af
ter the talk, there will be
discussions of a possible
constitution study series,
and/or a public event
and speaker on saving
U.S. citizens’ freedoms
and country. The meet-
Emsley Smith to
serve as Navy dentist
Emsley
Smith, a For
syth native and
granddaughter
of Patsy Carter
Fountain of
Barnesville,
excelled in the
COV1D aca
demic year at
Lagrange Col
lege. A pitcher
on the softball team,
she was named to the
USA South Conference
Academic All Conference
Team. She graduated
with a 3.92 GPA with a BS
degree in biology and a
minor in chemistry.
She will begin
classes at the
Dental College
of Georgia at
Augusta Univer
sity this sum
mer. She is in
a scholarship
program and
will emerge from
dental school as
a Navy lieuten
ant. She hopes to serve
as a dentist on an aircraft
carrier or be stationed
overseas.
After four years active
duty, Smith hopes to
open a dental practice in
Macon.
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