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Tuesday, July 20,2021
barnesville.com
Barnesville, Ga. 30204
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
STAN “HAMB0NE” HAMRICK
Hambone
dead at 63
Local legend Stan
‘Hambone’ Hamrick died
Sunday at Eternal Hope
Hospice after a long
battle with cancer. He
was 63. Hambone oper
ated Hamrick’s Sporting
Goods & Pawn on College
Drive, was a longtime
Scout leader and one of
the community’s most
colorful characters.
Survivors include his
wife April Hamrick, father
Junior Hamrick and twin
brother Dan Hamrick. A
graveside service will be
held at 11 a.m. Thursday,
July 22 at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church off Piedmont
Road.
Local man
charged
with murder
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
A Lamar County man
is in the Henry County
jail charged in connection
with the brutal shooting
death of his
girlfriend
July 4 at
Skyland
Mobile
Home Park
in Locust
Grove.
Raphael
Khalil Kelly, 21, is charged
with murder and aggra
vated assault after alleg
edly shooting his girl
friend, Laci Moss to death
in front of her mother
and other family mem
bers at a holiday gather
ing. Moss, 21, was shot
multiple times. Officers at
the scene described the
shooting scene as “bru
tal”.
Kelley had been on the
run for nearly two weeks
before turning himself in
to Henry County
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KELLY
FOR PROFIT FIRM
wants to operate landfill
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The Lamar County Solid
Waste Authority (SWA) will
hold a public hearing at 6 p.m.
Thursday, July 22 regarding
entering into a landfill opera
tion agreement with a private,
for-profit company based at
402 West 7th St. in West Point,
Ga. to operate Cedar Grove
Landfill. The hearing will be
held at the senior citizens cen
ter off Collier Road.
The proposed operat
ing company is Cedar Grove
Landfill, LLC. According to the
Georgia Secretary of State’s
website, Cedar Grove’s regis
tered agent is CT Corporation
System which has a listed
address of 289 S. Culver St. in
Lawrenceville. A search of the
secretary of state’s website
on CT Corporation System
revealed it is a ‘foreign profit
corporation’ incorporated in
Delaware with offices at 28
Liberty St. in New York, NY.
CT Corporation system lists
its registered agent as National
Registered Agents, Inc. at the
Culver Street address in Law
renceville. National Registered
Agents is also listed as a ‘for
eign profit corporation’ located
at the Liberty Street address in
New York. Its registered agent
is CT Corporation System.
The officers of CT Corpora
tion System are John Weber,
CEO, Robert Ingato, secretary;
and Thomas J. Nestor, CFO; all
of New York.
Amwaste of Georgia, LLC. is
the firm that took over garbage
and recycling collection in
Barnesville earlier this year, is
suing new carts to all custom
ers. According to the secretary
of state’s office, Amwaste lists
its office to be located at the
same West Point address as
Cedar Grove Landfill, LLC. Its
registered agent of record is
CT Corporation System.
It is not unusual for local
governments to enter into
contracts with specialized
firms to run public and quasi
public utilities, etc. The City
of Barnesville contracts out
the operation of its water and
wastewater treatment systems.
The county recently hired out
the mowing of rights-of-way to
mixed reviews.
The SWA just ramped up
negotiations with the City of
Barnesville to buy approxi
mately 70 acres adjacent to
property it already owns.
The SWA’s holdings include
the 132+ acre tract which is
home to the landfill operation.
It also owns the former Ener-
con/Evans Steel Enterprises
site which consists of 48.16
acres, two buildings totaling
over 80,000 square feet and
long frontage on the Norfolk-
Southern rail line. The SWA
bought that property for $2
million in February 2018.
The SWA also owns 31.73
acres northeast of the landfill
it bought from Ink Swint for
$79,400 in 1998.
The 70-acres the SWA wants
from the city include 32.09
acres adjacent to the landfill
on Roger Brown Drive that was
the site of the controversial
and failed Greenco Enterprises
compost operation. The city
also owns 58.94 acres in the
industrial park with long front
age on Roger Brown Drive. A
portion of that land is on the
southwest side of Grove Street
and abuts the landfill property.
After the public hearing on
landfill operations, the SWA
will hold its regular meeting.
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
A for-profit conglomerate is in negotiations with the Lamar County Solid Waste Authority to take over operation
of the Cedar Grove landfill (above). A public hearing on the matter will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 22 at the
senior center off Collier Road. The meeting is open to the public.
CALEB ANTHONY
Summer
Sizzle is back:
car show,
concert Sat.
The chamber of commerce
will bring back Summer Sizzle
July 24. It will begin with a
Cruise-ln antique car show in
the afternoon at the United
Bank parking lot.
That evening the spotlight
moves to Ritz Park for the first
concert there in some time fea
turing Caleb and the Holliday
Troubadours.
Music begins at 7 p.m.
Admission is $10. Kids 10 and
under get in free.
For more information,
call the chamber office at
770.358.5884.
Health Fair
Thursday
The Lamar County Health
Department will conduct a
Healthy Happenings health and
wellness fair Thursday, July 22
at the E.P. Roberts Center on
Mill Street. Hours are 2-4 p.m.
and no appointment is neces
sary.
Services will include blood
pressure screening, height,
weight and BM1 checks, vac
cine needs updates, blood glu
cose and hemoglobin testing
and HIV and HEPC testing. The
COVID-19 vaccine will also be
available.
For more information, call
770.358.1483.
B&G Club seeking
professionals
The Barnesville-Lamar
County Boys & Girls Club is
seeking part time youth devel
opment professionals. Those
interested can post resumes on
indeed.com or contact director
Sandra Watts at 470-291-6026.
SUBMITTED
Magical adventures at Lamar Arts
Lamar Arts finished up its summer art and drama camps, both of which were a week long and very well attended, last week. Among those participating in
the drama camp were (l-r) Addison Shockley, Natalie Whitner, Keileigh Cartledge, Zayley Stigura, Lily Harris, Peyton Stigura, Madelyn Harris, Emily Danielson
and Ryan Head.
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