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FAIL HOME AND GARDEN SECTION / 2B-3B
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
Elizabeth
Sellers to
celebrate
100th
birthday
Longtime Herald
Gazette contributor
Elizabeth Bush Sellers
will celebrate her 100th
birthday on Tuesday,
Oct. 19 and her family
and friends are planning
a drive-by celebration at
her home at 141 Stafford
Ave. in Barnesville from
11 a.m.-l p.m. that day.
Those wishing to
celebrate her are encour
aged to drive by and
wave. Cards and other
correspondence can be
mailed to the Stafford
Ave. address.
Elizabeth’s father Jack
Bush was a pharmacist
and mayor of Barnesville
when Lamar County was
formed. Her mother,
Evelyn Bush wrote the
Barnesville Personals
column for The Herald
Gazette and its predeces
sor The News-Gazette for
decades.
Elizabeth graduated
from UGA in 1942 with
a degree in English. She
felt a duty to serve her
country in World War 11
and joined the US Navy
WAVES. She worked in
top secret communica
tions unit for three years
and her team broke the
radio code the Germans
used to communicate
with their U-Boats, thus
shortening the conflict.
After the war, she got
a master’s degree in psy
chology at Emory Univer
sity. She married her late
husband Edgar Sellers,
a teacher at Gordon, in
1949.
Elizabeth compiled the
Flashback column that
appears on The Herald
Gazette editorial page for
years. The feature contin
ues and is dedicated in
her honor.
For more information
on the birthday celebra
tion, contact Pat Edwards
at 770.241.7054.
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TSPLOST, B'villc council sole
issues on November ballots
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
It’s three weeks until elec
tion day and those in unincor
porated areas of Lamar County
and Milner will have only one
question on the Nov. 2 ballot -
TSPLOST.
Voters will decide whether
or not to approve an addi
tional one percent sales tax
for transportation projects.
If it passes, the TSPLOST will
run for five years and generate
$12,200,000. Approval by the
voters would also authorize
the county commission to is
sue general obligation bonds
to raise funds to
begin work on roads,
bridges, etc. The tax
collections would
pay off those bonds
over time.
There are two
city council races in
Barnesville. In the
Ward 2 race, incum
bent Christopher
Hightower is being challenged
by political newcomer Veon
Benton. In Ward 4, incumbent
Larry Whitworth faces chal
lenges from Neal Devane and
Joe Sims.
There were supposed to be
municipal elections in Milner
but a dearth of can
didates postponed
races for mayor and
council there.
Early voting in
these races begins
today at 9 a.m. at
the elections board
office in the county
annex on Hous
ton Street near its
intersection with Thomaston
Street. Polling places will
be open from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
throughout the county on elec
tion day.
For more information on
early voting, call 770.358.5235.
VOTE
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Crowning glory
Alaina Cato (left) is crowned LCHS homecoming queen Friday night during halftime of the Lamar-Bleckley
County football game at Trojan Field. She was escorted by her father Chad. Cato wore a brooch with a photo of
her mother Crystal Cato who died last month after a lengthy battle with COVID.
Cato was crowned by 2020 queen Kaylah Grammer (right).
LC coach,
admins
laud GHSA
multiplier
increase
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
As it prepares
cation of schools
gion alignments
for the 2022-23
and 2023-24
academic years,
the Georgia
High School
Association has
approved an
increase in its WILSON
out-of zone attendance multi
plier from two to three.
It’s a complicated formula
but, basically, GHSA sets a geo
graphic zone around schools.
Students from outside that
zone previously counted as two
students. Following the change,
each of those students will now
count as three students in aver
age daily attendance statistics
on which school classifications
hinge.
Pending the appeal process,
the move will knock private
schools Pace, Lovett and River
side Military and city schools
Bremen and Vidalia out of
Class AA. Those schools have
long been accused, rightfully
or wrongfully, of recruiting
athletes.
Lamar’s best shot at a state
football title was thwarted by
Lovett 14-7 in the state title
game in 2013. Lovett has an
on-campus parking deck that
has more parking spaces than
are in the entirety of Barnes
ville not including the Gordon
campus.
Bremen has eliminated vari
ous LC teams from the playoffs
in the past as has Vidalia. Pace
has a playoff win over LC bas
ketball in its history.
“1 am absolutely for this
move. Georgia has needed to
address competitive balance
for some time now. This will
put us squarely in the middle
of Class AA, according to the
projections,” school superin
tendent Dr. Jute Wilson said.
Athletic director and
SEE GHSA MULTIPLIER 2A
for reclassifi-
and new re-
For many at LCHS ; 'homecoming'
really does mean 'coming home'
Last week’s Homecoming celebrations at Lamar County High School featured a photo and interviews with 20-plus
staff members from a list of 35 with these distinctions: graduated from LCHS and returned to work there; graduates
who have now worked at the high school for 10 or more years, and faculty/staff with more than 10 years who gradu
ated elsewhere.
KAV S. PEDR0TTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
Last week’s Homecoming
celebrations at Lamar County
High School featured a photo
and interviews with 20-plus
staff members from a list of 35
with these distinctions: gradu
ated from LCHS and returned
to work there; graduates who
have now worked at the high
school for 10 or more years,
and faculty/staff with more than
10 years who graduated else
where.
LeslieAnne Williams, now
school counselor, compiled the
list and was instrumental in
aiding The Herald Gazette with
accurate information about the
interviewees. “1 am anxious,”
she said, “to highlight the thing
that makes our school a good
place to be: most of us genu
inely care about each other.
Wanting to make a difference is
contagious; loving one another
is worth far more than athletic
accomplishments or academic
achievements.” Williams taught
in the classroom for many
years; was educated at Mercer
University and Valdosta State
and obtained a counseling de
gree at Albany State.
The graduates who have re
turned to work and were inter
viewed include five classroom
teachers and one paraprofes-
sional; custodian, technology
specialist, cafeteria worker,
speech pathologist, JROTC
instructor, and a secretary. Of
these, four have been employed
for more than 10 years.
Here are the lists: graduates
who “came home” to work -
Sydney Allen, English teacher;
Micah Banks, social studies;
Marquita Grady, custodian;
Kiana Harris, parapro; Char
lene Howard, parapro; Timecia
Martin, social studies; Emily
Monroe, social studies; Justin
Miller, chorus director; Cherry
Murphy, parapro; Amanda
SEE HOMECOMING 2A
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