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Tuesday, August 10,2021
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Barnesville, Ga. 30204
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
Craig Ogletree,
only LC player
to make an NFL
roster, has died
WALTER GEIGER
news@bamesville.com
Craig Ogletree, pastor,
standout defensive line
man and Georgia Power
executive, died early
Monday after a lengthy
illness. He was 53.
Ogletree starred at
Lamar County in the mid-
1980s under coach Char
ley Brown. Auburn won
a fierce recruiting battle
over UGA and others
for his services and he
went on to become one
of the top pass rushers in
Tiger history. Legendary
Auburn coach Pat Dye re
quested Ogletree preside
over his funeral which
was held last June.
Ogletree was selected
in the seventh round of
the NFL draft in 1990. He
was the 177th pick in the
draft and was with the
Bengals through 1992.
Gordon Military College
put several players in the
NFL but none were local.
Ogletree is thought to
be the only LC athlete to
ever make an NFL roster.
Funeral arrangements
for Ogletree are pending.
Monitor barnesville.com
for updates.
Amazing creations
will fill the Depot
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Milner mayor resigns;
has served 18 months
Schools set
enrollment
records
KAY S. PEDROTTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
Mayor Andy Marlowe of
Milner resigned his position
Monday Aug. 2 at the end of
a special called meeting that
lasted two and a
half hours.
He said the
person who
owned the
rental home in
Milner that he
and his family
occupied gave
a short notice
that he had to move out. They
were unable to find a suitable
place in Milner, Marlowe said,
so he resigned because “1 have
moved out of the city limits
and am no longer qualified to
be mayor.”
Marlowe was an advocate
of transparency in library
financial reports and library
operations during his tenure.
He also proposed two separate
tax breaks for senior citizens,
which were rejected by the
council.
During a heated discussion
on the sale of Tim’s Lighthouse
Restaurant building (see page
MARLOWE
2A), the mayor called for quiet
and ordered the council and
citizens to “speak one at a
time, please.”
The second item on a heavy
agenda was a request from city
administrator
Tausha Grose
to the council,
asking that a de
cision be made
on how to allow
Mrs. Bessie
Wilson to place
a manufactured
home on property that has
been in Wilson’s family for
decades. The talk flew back
to a time when a previous city
administrator had convinced
the council at that time to
allow another
property owner
to replace her
uninhabitable
house with a
manufactured
home.
WELDON Councilman
George Weldon
said the purpose for zoning is
to encourage stick-built houses
that “appreciate in value,”
and to confine mobile homes
to “trailer parks.” Council
member Skip Seda said a new
zoning code is needed, but the
request should not be granted,
recommend
ing a denial by
council. Coun
cilman Michael
Floyd said there
is a difference
in Mrs. Wilson’s
case in that her
property is “a
family inheritance ... not some
one coming in buying a lot and
wanting a manufactured home
on it.”
Former council member
Tracey Alford spoke against it,
noting “this (zoning variances)
will not stop - when is enough,
enough?” Several persons
including Floyd said that one
manufactured home, even if
next door to another, is “not as
bad as a mobile home park.”
Wilson said she might “decide
to build a stick-built house
on there.” No decision will be
made on her request until the
next regular meeting.
Persons representing
Geosam, developers of Woodall
Estates subdivision, heard the
SEE MILNER 3A
FLOYD
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
With seven full days of
school in the books for Lamar
County students, enrollment
numbers on
two campuses
are blowing
away previous
records. “This
year’s numbers
are by far the
highest we’ve
had at the mid
dle school and high school,”
superintendent Dr. Jute Wilson
reported Friday
There are 834 students
enrolled at the high school of
whom 816 have appeared on
campus. The middle school
has 652 enrolled with 641
in actual attendance. At the
elementary school there are
596 enrolled with 535 in class.
At the primary school, 766 are
enrolled of whom 682 have ar
rived for classes.
“Since our calendar starts
earlier than most, we may have
a few enrolled who have
SEE ENROLLMENT 3A
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Beating the first scrimmage heat
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Damien Settles (left) and Devin Bateman make use of the hydration station during Friday night’s scrimmage with Manchester at Trojan Field. The Trojans
turned in a spotty performance, typical of a first live game situation under a new coaching staff. “We played with good effort and the mistakes we made can be
corrected,” coach Travis Ellington said.
LC hosts Upson-Lee this Friday in a second scrimmage. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Trojan Field.
Legal advertisements divulge TSPLOST payouts
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
Lamar County voters will
find a TSPLOST referendum on
their ballots for the Novem
ber general election and legal
advertising, which begins this
week in The Herald Gazette,
details how the funds will be
dispersed.
If the one percent sale tax
for roads, bridges, etc. passes,
the county and its municipali
ties will start collecting money
on April 1, 2022. The tax will
be in place for a period not to
exceed five years without voter
approval to renew it. TSPLOST
collections are expected to
total $12,200,000 over that
period.
Once the tax is in place, the
county and its cities can issue
general obligation bonds up to
the amount of $10,550,000 and
pay them off with collections.
Projected TSPLOST rev
enues over the five-year period
are Lamar County $6,954,000;
Barnesville $4,392,000; Milner
$488,000; and Aldora, $366,000.
The legal advertising regard
ing TSPLOST is published on
page 5B.
Aldora clearing work underway
The Town of Aldora has cleared off the section of the old mill village it re
tained which abuts the Upson Regional property.
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