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Milner to withhold library funds
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The Milner city council
voted 3-1 July 19 to
withhold operational
funds for the contro
versial Milner library.
Mayor Andy Marlowe
and two council mem
bers blasted the library
board for not communi
cating.
The discussion
began with city admin
istrator Tausha Grose
telling the council, “The
library is still a source
of woe.” Council mem
ber George Weldon is
also a member of the
library board.
Marlowe fired the
first salvo. “The city
has had no contact
with the library board.
We can’t get any an- WELDON
swers. No one can pro
duce an agreement. No
library board members
ever show up at their
meetings except for Mr.
Weldon and Mr. Chris
topher. They just don’t
care,” he said.
“I need to see the
documents of library
agreements. I’m done
taking peoples’ word
on things,” councilman
Michael Floyd added.
Following some dis
cussion of the dwin
dling funds available
to the Friends of the
Library, councilman
Skip Seda weighed in.
“George and Re
gina Weldon are the
only ones left from the
Friends of the Library. I
expect the library board
members to be here for our
next meeting or I will make
a motion to shut the
library down. When all
this started, the city
bought a pig in a poke.
You can’t count on the
good will of donors. Peo
ple die. People move.
The city has to make up
the difference.
You can’t run a li
brary like that. You can’t
run a business like that.
You can’t run a church
like that,” he said.
Floyd made a motion
to “withhold all funds
from the library until
we get transparency on
documents, agreements,
contracts, etc.” which
passed 3-1 with Weldon
opposed. Milner will
make sure the library
payroll, which it has been pro
cessing as a courtesy, is not
impacted. One library employ
ee is leaving soon, Grose said.
FLOYD
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Little bass, big sound
Matthew McCartney of Caleb and the Holliday Troubadours picks his unique ukulele bass during the Sum
mer Sizzle concert Saturday night at Ritz Park. Though attendance was not stellar, those who did brave the heat
enjoyed the show.
The next big concert will happen during Buggy Days in September, chamber of commerce officials said.
Blood drive
Thursday
The Rotary Club Blood
Drive will be held from 1 to 6
p.m. Thursday, July 29 at First
United Methodist Church and
members of the community are
encouraged to give.
“The Red Cross says there
is a severe blood shortage and
we need donors to help meet
demands for surgery and treat
ments. There is an emergency
demand for Type 0 donors,”
said Charles Glass. “Every
donor between now and the
end of July will receive a $10
Amazon gift card via email so
all donors at our drive will
qualify.”
COVID protocols will still be
followed but fully vaccinated
donors are not required to
wear masks.
“We are still not able to
serve homemade cookies but
we hope to have them at our
October drive. We have not
had any COVID transmission
at any of our drives (at least as
far as we know) and we hope
to keep that record going,” he
said. “The summer heat tends
to dehydrate us so we ask all
donors to take extra measures
to increase their fluid intake
on the day of their donation.
We need donors to make an
appointment to donate as that
helps keep the process moving
with no back-ups. Walk-ins are
always welcome but they will
have to wait if we are full.”
Lamar adds a
COVID death
Lamar County has recorded
it 48th COVID-related death,
that of a 70-year-old white
male.
As of July 25, Lamar had re
ported 1389 COVID cases and
131 hospitalizations. Statewide
there had been 910,556 cases,
65,922 hospitalizations and
18,617 deaths.
Local athletes head to Junior Olympics in Texas, Florida
Lamar County’s 12-year-
old Makayla Watts, 9-year-
old Christian Sullivan and
11-year-old Alonah Williams
are heading to Texas to com
pete in the Junior Olympics.
Makayla and younger
sister Christian are going
to Humble, Texas to AAU’s
Junior Olympics. The com
petition will take place from
July 31 to Aug. 7. Makayla
will compete in the 400 meter
dash, javelin and the high
jump and Christian will com
pete in the javelin and 100
meter dash.
Alonah will head south to
the USATF’s Junior Olympics
in Jacksonville, Florida where
she will compete in the Pen
tathlon which consists of the
80 meter hurdles, high jump,
long jump, shot put and the
800 meter run. The competi
tion will be held from July 26
to Aug. 1.
The young athletes will
represent Georgia Horsepow-
Lamar County's tiny track stars
headed to the AAUs are (l-r) Alo
nah Williams, Makayla Watts and
Christian Sullivan.
er and their Hometown of
Barnesville with pride while
looking to be awarded with
track and field’s top honor of
‘Junior Olympian’ and being
recognized as two time All
Americans.
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