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“Keep Barnesville
Beautiful" plans
cleanup day Sept. 25
KAV S. PEDROTTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
Barnesville Mayor
Peter Banks and a dedi
cated group of people,
who want to see Barnes-
ville’s street and yard
litter problems
resolved, have
banded together
to solicit commu
nity support and
participation.
Numerous
complaints have
come to City Hall
and council meet
ings about unchecked
littering, Banks said, and
he is happy to be part
of a “really fine group of
people who will be great
organizers to gather
volunteers in several
neighborhoods.” The
KBB group also is looking
into joining a state orga
nization, Keep Georgia
Beautiful Foundation, as
an additional resource
for help and information.
The first cleanup day
is scheduled for Sept. 25.
Volunteers will meet at
Barnesville Police upper
parking lot on Mill Street
at 10 a.m. and disperse
to their assigned neigh
borhoods. The slogan
adopted locally is the
“Pick Up and Pitch In”
program, encouraging
people to take care of
their own trash properly
and encourage neighbors
and friends to do the
same.
“We need people to
take pride in our com
munity,” said Dorothy
Carter of KBB. Banks
added, “Barnesville is
already a beautiful city
- people have said that
many times - and we
need to control
the litter program
to make sure our
good reputation
continues.” An
other vital part of
the program will
be educating the
community, es
pecially children,
about the hazards of
litter and its effect on the
environment, he added.
Some streets involved
on Sept. 25 may include
Forsyth, Atlanta, Railroad
and Mill Streets; Gordon
Road and College Drive.
KBB has its own
Facebook presence and
is seeking participation
with student groups,
churches and other
organizations to make
its efforts effective and
lasting. The mission
statement of the group is
“We live our mission to
engage the community
in an ongoing beautifica
tion effort that promotes,
supports and maintains
a healthy, livable and
visually pleasing environ
ment in our city.”
For more information
or to become a volunteer,
call Cierra Marlin at 678-
544-0769, or Rosemary
Lewis at 404-357-0756.
BANKS
Milner to sell buffet
building; library
finances also okayed
KAV S. PEDROTTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
At a called Milner
City Council meeting
last week, the council
agreed to go ahead with
a development plan with
Geosam to repair roads
in the Woodall Estates
subdivision.
After much discus
sion, the vote was 2-1 for
the plan, with Skip Seda
casting the dissenting
vote. Seda also voted
against the sale of the
Lighthouse Restaurant
building to the Rivers
family which operates it,
but was again outvoted
2-1.
Michael Floyd and
Regina Stephens voted to
“take responsibility” for
the city’s role in provid
ing some funds annually
to the Milner library.
Seda again voted against
the motion; mayor pro
tern George Weldon did
not cast votes. With the
resignation of previous
mayor Andy Marlowe,
only those four persons
sit on the city council.
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• 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, homebound 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 appointments
are allowed.
• Rent and Utility As
sistance Services: Avail
able to local residents
through the Salvation
Army in Griffin. Info:
770.412.6561.
• Free instruction for
Lamar County residents
is available for Georgia’s
Adult Education GED
prep and basic skills on
Tuesday and Thursday
mornings from 8:30
a.m. until 12:30 p.m. or
Tuesday and Thursday
evenings from 5:30 p.m.
until 8:30 p.m. English
as a second language
and scholarships for
GED testing fees are
also available. Call
770.358.4859.
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County approves bond issue
for purchase of old Fred's building
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The Lamar County
commission unanimously
approved the issuance of
$3.5 million in bonds for
the purchase and reno
vation of the old Fred’s
building on Veterans
Parkway to house county
government offices.
Initially, the county will
continue to lease 6,000
square feet of the build
ing to three existing ten
ants so two bonds were
necessary.
The bonds will actu
ally be issued by the new
public facilities authority
which was approved in
2017 by the legislature
but only recently created.
The members are Linda
Olivier, Mark Rischbieter,
Natoya Fletcher, Sylvia
Bush and Keith Hendrix.
They were to meet Mon
day to give the plan their
stamp of approval.
The bonds will be is
sued through Zions Bank
which is headquartered
in Salt Lake City, Utah but
has an office in Atlanta.
Bond consultants Jon
Pannell and Trey Monroe
shopped the bonds to 10
banks and got five bids.
“That response indicates
the county has a good
credit rating and is in
sound financial condi
tion,” chairman Charles
Glass said.
Both Pannell and Mon
roe have worked with
Zions in the past and
described the bank as
“very user friendly”. The
interest rates are 1.16%
on the smaller $370,000
bond for the portion of
the building that will
remain commercial. The
rate on the bond on the
larger portion of the facil
ity is 1.71%.
For the first 15 years,
the county will pay about
$208,000 annually in
principal and interest.
There are no lender fees
and the bonds or por
tions thereof can be paid
off early and at any time
without penalty.
The commission has
expressed its desire to
get moved out of the
current administration
building on Thomaston
Street, sell it and apply
the proceeds to the bond
repayment.
Firefighter Josh Campbell helped an out of state caller get help.
Local fireman gives long-distance help
KAY S. PEDROTTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
The caller on the
phone on Aug. 18 was an
older man with panic in
his voice - he had fallen
in his yard, could not get
up and was asking for
help.
Barnesville veteran
firefighter Josh Campbell
asked the man a lot of
questions: what’s your
address, street, etc., but
was unable to under
stand many of the man’s
words.
“When he said his
home address was
4000-something, and
mentioned Highway 92,
1 thought ‘this has to be
Fayetteville or some
where.’ Talking some
more, and looking on the
computer, 1 determined
the gentleman was in
Martinsdale, Iowa - how
he got connected with
us, I don’t know.
“I was not able to
reach the fire department
in Martinsdale but got
the Warren County fire
department. They said
they knew him and had
calls to his home in the
past,” Campbell said. “A
little while later, I called
back and was assured
they had found him and
he was okay. It’s usually
Barnesville, Ohio, that we
sometimes get mistaken
for. I just made sure help
got to somebody who
needed it; that’s just nor
mal. I hope everybody
would do that.”
Campbell started
with BFD as a volunteer
in 2006 and went full
time in 2007. He lives in
Barnesville with his wife
Jennifer and their five
children.
Chief Kelvin Chute
commended his prompt
action, adding “That’s
just what we do at the
Barnesville Fire Depart
ment.”
Judge Wilson to hear cases September 7
The following criminal defendants will appear
in Lamar superior court September 7 before Judge
Tommy Wilson.
Michael C. Hudgins, trafficking in meth, possession
of marijuana, seven counts possession of a firearm
by a first offender probationer, terroristic threats and
acts and theft by receiving stolen property.
Nastassja C. Nunally, possession of marijuana,
possession of a Schedule I controlled substance and
defective equipment.
Jarrett L. Stroud, two counts burglary, two counts
criminal trespass and possession of burglary tools.
Artavius T. Strum, burglary.
Matthew B. Phillip, possession of meth.
Vanessa M. Rogers, crossing guard lines with drugs
and possession of cocaine.
Jason E. Mill, possession of marijuana, possession
of a Schedule I controlled substance and defective
equipment.
Little Strakey Mays, theft by receiving stolen prop
erty and suspended license.
Wesley C. Allen, forgery and identity fraud.
Ronald Smith, malice murder, felony murder, ag
gravated assault, possession of a firearm during the
commission of a crime, possession of a firearm by a
convicted felon and tampering with evidence; motion
for new trial.
George Samuel, theft by taking and theft by receiv
ing stolen property; motion to reduce bond.
Johnny D. Flournoy, two counts obstruction, theft
by taking and criminal trespass; motion to reduce
bond.
Korin-Ji Williams-Smith, trafficking drugs, posses
sion of drugs, hit and run and giving a false name;
motion to reduce bond.
Dominique L. Cannon, crossing guard lines with
drugs and possession of meth; motion to reduce
bond.
Sonia Ivette Hosley, theft by taking.
Matthew Lane Goetz, trafficking in meth.
Kortavious Javon Carter, possession of a Schedule
II controlled substance.
Darnell Demarzio Caslin, possession of a Schedule
II controlled substance and suspended registration.
Shenika Michelle Fambro, possession of cocaine.
Nastassja C. Nunally, possession of marijuana and
possession of a Schedule I controlled substance.
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