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Lamar
Arts Kids
Camps here
Lamar Arts Kids
Camps in art and drama
will be held this year at
the Depot, with art the
first week and theatre the
second week. Art Camp is
July 5-9 for ages 5-12, and
theatre camp will serve
ages 8-14 July 12-16.
Signup forms will be
available soon at several
locations, including The
Herald Gazette. Cost is
$60 per camper per week;
scholarships are avail
able by request.
Call the Depot at
770-358-5888 and leave
a message to have a
signup form mailed to
your household, or call
678-603-7268 for more
information.
Lamar records
COYID death
Lamar County added
one COV1D-19 death over
the past week, that of a
57-year-old white female,
according to DPH. The
death ran Lamar’s total
to 47.
There were no new
cases or new hospitaliza
tions in the county over
the past week. As of Mon
day, sheriff Brad White
was tracking two cases in
two residences.
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County eyes Fred’s site
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
With its financial picture
brightening almost daily, the
Lamar County commission is
looking at options for updated
facilities. One of those options
is the purchase of the old Fred’s
building which is sandwiched
between Veterans Parkway and
Murphey Avenue in Barnesville.
The Fred’s option was
discussed at length June 3 at a
workshop meeting held at the
administration building which
figures prominently in the facili
ties dilemma.
THE BUILDINGS:
Pending due diligence,
the commission expects
to consider a resolution to
buy the Fred’s building at
its next meeting which is
set for June 18. The build
ing sits on 6.72 acres and
is owned by Barnesville
Perlmix. The LLC lists its ad
dress of record as a post office
box in Cordele. Its registered
agent is Charles M. Mixon of
Atlanta.
Mixon has offered the
22,222 square foot building for
sale at $60 per square foot or
$1,333,320. That proposal does
not include two out par
cels on the acreage.
Some 6,000 square feet
of the building is current
ly occupied by American
Pie, 1st Franklin Finan
cial and Georgia Roots
Boutique. Those three
tenants pay about $50,000
per year in rent.
The remaining 16,222 square
feet was left vacant when Fred’s
folded its tent three years ago.
The county would renovate
that portion at a projected
cost of $75 per square foot or
$1,216,650.
County administrator Sean
Townsend said the renovation
figure is current and based on
two similar projects underway
in other area counties. Still, the
county is building in a 20% con
tingency for unexpected costs,
making the total budget for the
project $3,059,964.
The estimate to build a new
building of the same size is
estimated at $5,666,610.
The county could move the
current tenants out when their
leases expire and grow into
those spaces or continue to col
lect the rent and apply it to
SEE COUNTY EVES FACILITIES 2A
TOWNSEND
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Scouts from Troop 38 raised the flag then lowered it to half staff during the Memorial Day observance held May
31 at the Veterans Memorial in Milner. Saluting the flag is Richard Wright, commander of the local VFW Post which
organized the ceremony. After the observance, during which the list of Lamar soldiers killed in action was read, the
crowd moved on to the VFW club for food and fellowship.
No toxicology
results yet in
possible date
rape death
Authorities
are still wait
ing on toxicol
ogy and other
test results
from the state
crime lab in a
possible date
rape drug
death here
earlier this
year.
Meagan
Nichole McNair, 35, died after
being left in the cab of a pickup
truck for an extended period
by a man who was originally
described as her boyfriend.
Jerry Odell Spires, 53, drove
McNair to Upson Regional
Medical Center Feb. 12 where
she was pronounced dead.
He told investigators he and
McNair arrived at his home at
246 Old Alabama Road in Mil
ner Feb. 11 and she was asleep
in the truck. He said he put a
blanket over her and left her in
the truck overnight.
He said he checked on Mc
Nair before leaving for work on
Feb. 12 and she was still asleep
so he left her there. When he
returned home and saw she
was still in the truck, he drove
her to the hospital.
Spires was arrested Feb. 26
on one count of concealing the
death of another. He is current
ly free on a $20,000 bond.
A search warrant at the
home was executed Feb. 18. As
a result of that search, inves
tigators asked the state crime
lab for expedited toxicology
results in the case due to a
suspicion of an overdose. A
second search turned up pos
sible traces of GHB. There is
also evidence a second male
may be involved in the case.
Investigators had expected
lab results back by the end of
May. They are still waiting.
SPIRES
Lamar County presents soccer awards
At the end of another highly
successful season, the LC soc
cer program presented awards
to players on the middle and
high school teams at a cer
emony held last month. The
winners were:
LCMS Girls:
Wren Lonberg, most valu
able player; Jenny Beverly, best
defensive player; Ava Bushby,
best offensive player; M’Kenzie
Smith, most improved; Ava
Lonberg, Fearless Trojan award;
and Giada Ritch, coach’s award.
LCMS Boys:
Caleb Miller and Broxton
Lanier, most valuable players;
Miller, best offensive player;
Lanier, best defensive player;
Kaden Carter, most improved;
Jayden Hillman, Fearless Trojan
award; and Garrison Selph,
coach’s award.
LCHS Girls:
Morgan Strickland, most
improved; Iniyah Walker, play
ers’ choice; McKenzie Sherrit
and Vanessia Byrd, coach’s
awards; Paige Mayfield, lead
ership award; Samiya Smith,
best offensive player; Aniya
Barron, best defensive player
and Alaina Cato, most valuable
player.
Senior awards went to
Kaylah Grammer, Madison
Smith and Walker. Academic
athlete awards went to Gram
mer, Strickland, Mayfield, Cara
Bishop, Armani Flewellen, Cato,
Lilian Harris, Madison Smith,
Barron, Sherrit and Samiya
Smith.
First team all-region play
ers were Barron, Cato, Samiya
Smith, Bishop and Byrd. On the
all-region honorable mention
list were Grammer, Walker and
Mayfield. Barron was the region
player of the year.
LCHS Boys:
Jay’D Lucier and Jackson Cal
laway, most improved; Michael
Hernandez, players’ choice;
Daniel Navarro and AJ Hay-
good, coach’s awards; Justin
Brannan and Navarro, leader
ship awards; Josh Moore, best
offensive player; Mason Bushby
and Ethan Popham, best defen
sive players; and Brannan, most
valuable player.
The lone senior award went
to Hernandez. Academic athlete
awards went to Matthew Ctibor,
Graham Adamson, Luke Sap-
pington, Joe Davis, Chip Craw
ford, Haygood, Bushby and
Brannan.
First team all-region players
were Brannan, Bushby, Navarro,
Lucier and Moore. On the all
region honorable mention list
were Popham, Callaway and
Haygood. Brannan was named
region player of the year.
Bushby was the region defen
sive player of the year.
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