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Tuesday, September 14,2021
barnesville.com
Barnesville, Ga. 30204
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
COVID
surge
eases off
Lamar County re
corded 54 new cases on
COVID-19 during the pe
riod Sept. 4-10, the latest
date for which statistics
were available at press
time Monday. The new
case number was down
50% from 108 new cases
the previous week.
The community
also recorded one new
COVID death last week,
that of a female who was
over 90 years old.
As of Friday, 30% of
Lamar residents were
fully vaccinated with
35% having had the first
shot.
LCMS
gets
grant
funding
Lamar County Middle
School will receive
grant funding from the
Georgia Foundation for
Public Education in the
amount of $9,020. The
grant is from the foun
dation’s rural education
fund.
LCMS plans to
expand its standards-
based computer science
courses by developing
a program that focuses
on robotics, drones and
simple circuitry. By of
fering additional tech
nology, students will
gain greater exposure
to the various computer
science fields.
Abbreviated Buggy Days on tap this weekend
The 47th Buggy Days Festi
val, no longer annual since CO
VID claimed last year’s event,
gets underway Saturday with
the Buggython Road Race at
Summers Field Park. Registra
tion begins at 7 a.m. with the
10K and 5K races and one mile
walk beginning at 8 a.m.
The event is sponsored by
the Gordon club football team.
Contact Calvin Adams for
more information at cadams@
gordonstate.edu.
The arts and crafts fair will
run Saturday from 9 a.m. - 6
p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m.
the show with the
headliners, Blair Crim-
mins and the Hook
ers, taking the stage
at about 7 p.m. The
concert is sponsored
by Deraney’s Two City
Tavern which will offer
food and beverages
during the concert.
The fireworks show
will take place at the
park after dark.
For more information, call
770.358.5884
- 5 p.m. The
highly-popular
parade was axed
for this year
due to COVID
concerns.
The main
event Saturday
night will be a
concert at Sum
mers Field Park,
the first ever
at that venue.
Gates open
at 6 p.m. Admission is $10.
Caleb Anthony and the Hol
liday Troubadours will open
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Young cheerleaders getting it done
It was recreation cheerleader night at the Lamar-Pacelli game Friday at Trojan Field and dozens of young ladies
were there assisting the varsity cheerleaders with their duties. Among them were Addison O’Leary (left) and Taylor
Dominey.
The girls had to look hard to find something to cheer about as Lamar lost 17-0 and had only 42 yards of total
offense. (See story, page 2A)
Quarry
remarks to
be heard
Thursday
Public hearings begin
Thursday on a proposed
rock quarry on land near the
intersection of Hwy. 41 S. and
Crawford Road.
The planning commission
will hold a hearing on the
matter Thursday at 9 a.m.
The board of appeals will
hold its hearing on the mat
ter that evening at 6 p.m.
The proposed quarry
site contains 331.24 acres in
Lamar County and extensive
additional acreage in Monroe
County.
1D1 Land Holdings, LLC. is
seeking to rezone the Lamar
tract from agricultural-resi
dential to M-2 manufacturing.
1D1 is based in Bibb County.
The LLC was formed in
August 2020 and its regis
tered agent is Carter Bates of
Macon.
The county commission
will hold a hearing on the
quarry at 6 p.m. Sept. 21. A
decision is expected at the
commission meeting which
follows at 7 p.m.
All the hearings will be
held at the courthouse.
AsGSC
football opens,
former coach
still on the run
WALTER GEIGER
As the Gordon State
College club football team
opened its season Saturday
at Ramah College, the coach
hired to start the program
last year remains a fugitive
from justice.
Brandon Riley Carter, 37,
remains on the run after
allegedly stealing $36,000 in
fees from players and their
parents. He is charged with
theft by conversion.
Much of the money was
paid through online cash
apps and Carter converted
those funds for his own
use, warrants allege. Carter
reportedly had a criminal
record when GSC hired him.
Once the thefts were dis
covered, Carter, who former
ly resided in Locust Grove,
was terminated.
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Documentary features FDR's trip to Barnesville
A President in our Midst:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt in
Georgia will air on Georgia Pub
lic Broadcasting on Tuesday,
September 21 at 7 p.m. This
compelling new documentary
describes the mutual benefits
that the friendship provided
to both the President and the
people of Georgia.
The day in Barnesville in
1938 that FDR “turned on”
electricity for rural areas in the
US with the Rural Electrification
Administration is one of the
stories shared in the documen
tary. Dr. Kirk Nooks, President
of Gordon State College, is one
of the featured speakers in the
film.
Historic photos from the
Little White House, Roosevelt
Warm Springs Archives, the FDR
Library, and archives across
Georgia are featured in the
documentary. Additionally rare
film footage from the Brown
Media Archives at UGA Librar
ies and footage from the FDR
Library are used.
In January, 2019, author and
screenwriter Kaye Minchew of
LaGrange and executive pro
ducer Dan White of Yatesville
and Atlanta approached Geor
gia Public Broadcasting with a
proposal to create a documen
tary about FDR’s life in Georgia
based on Minchew’s book, A
President in our Midst. With the
assurance of a broadcast plat
form, efforts began to secure
the financing and technical re
sources necessary to complete
the film.
In January of 2020, Georgia
Humanities agreed to be the
official sponsor of the documen
tary and Georgia State Univer
sity TV agreed to provide the
technical expertise necessary
to create the film. Filming began
in September, 2020, in locations
throughout Georgia. LaGrange,
Gainesville, Athens, Atlanta,
Warm Springs, Thomaston,
Barnesville as well as Harris,
Meriwether and Upson coun
ties are all featured in the film.
Using drone photography and
location shooting, combined
with archival photos and his
torical film clips, A President in
Our Midst brings to viewers a
contemporary image of life dur
ing the period 1921 to 1945.
Financing for the film was
privately raised through pub
lic donations. In addition, the
combined talents of over 70
Georgians helped create the
finished product. Carol Howing-
ton Cain, James Fowler and Bill
Murray are featured performers
in the documentary. Oral his
tory narratives from a variety
of Georgians whose lives and
institutions were profoundly
shaped by FDR and the New
Deal in Georgia are also fea
tured. This most consequential
of stories will be presented to a
new generation of Georgians.
The documentary recently
received two awards from the
Southern Film Festival, held in
LaGrange. The documentary
was named the best feature
documentary and received the
People’s Choice Award.
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