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Election Day is one week out
Early voting continues through Friday
Election Day is Nov. 2 and voters
throughout the county will decide
whether or not to add one cent
to the local sales tax to fund road
paving and other transportation
projects.
The TSPLOST referendum, if
passed, would implement the one
penny tax for five years or until
$12.2 million has been raised. Ap
proval by the voters would also
allow the county to issue bonds to
start projects and pay off the debt
from sales tax proceeds.
There are two Barnesville city
council seats also up for grabs.
In Ward 2, incumbent Christo
pher Hightower is being challenged
by Veon Benton. In Ward 4, incum
bent Larry Whitworth is challenged
by Neal Devane and Joe Sims.
Elections supervisor Anita Reid
notes city voters in those wards will
vote on the TSPLOST at their usual
county polling place. They will have
to vote a second time at the civic
center to cast ballots in the council
races.
Early numbers show voter inter
est is tepid at best. As of press time
Monday, 217 early voters had cast
TSPLOST ballots while 67 absentee
ballots had been processed.
In the city races, 63 early voters
had made their decisions while 14
absentee ballots had been received
Early voting continues through 5
p.m. Friday at the elections board
office in the county administra
tion building. Polls throughout the
county will be open from 7 a.m. - 7
p.m. on election day.
Barnesville, Ga. 30204
THE HERALD GAZETTE/LAURA GEIGER
Elizabeth Sellers showed a visitor her World War II
WAVES uniform which still fit this past Memorial Day.
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
LCHS grad
rate tops
state's for
10th year
see page 6A
Christmas
parade
to return
December 4
The community
Christmas parade, which
debuted last year amid
COVID and kicked off
the celebration of Lamar
County’s 100th birthday,
will return Dec. 4.
Last year’s parade
drew huge crowds and
rave reviews. The parade
will offer the opportunity
to ride for winners from
the Miss Buggy Days
pageant who were left out
in the cold after organiz
ers pulled the plug on the
Buggy Days parade for
the second straight year.
The committee plan
ning the parade will meet
on Nov. 1 and further
details will be available at
that time.
Parade units will begin
to line up at 3:30 p.m.
and the parade will com
mence at 5:30 p.m.
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THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Crows traumatized as scarecrows take over the town
Much to the chagrin of the Wicked Witch of the West and the local crow population, downtown
Barnesville is awash in scarecrows just in time for Halloween. Taking in the downtown delights last
week were four-year-old twins Scarlett and Hazel Stanley (bottom) and their big sister Laekyn, 5.
The girls’ mom, Heather Stanley, was the mastermind behind the Scarecrows of Barnesville com
petition.
It's time for
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
It’s almost time for trick-or-treating
and, here in Barnesville, that is a big
deal and it gets bigger with each passing
year. As usual, candy is being bought in
bulk by those along the Thom-
aston Street corridor.
Since Halloween falls on
Sunday this year, trick-or-
treating, as is traditional, will
be held on Saturday. Thomas-
ton Street will be closed from
Rose Ave. to Holmes Street at
5 p.m. All roads and streets
intersecting Thomaston Street
will also be closed for the safety of trick-
or-treaters.
Adding to the fun this year, is the
postponed Buggy Days concert at Sum
mers Field Park featuring Blair Crimmins
and the Hookers. Caleb Anthony and
the Holliday Troubadours will open the
show, the first ever at the park venue.
The gates open at 6 p.m. Admission is
tricks, treats
$10. Attendees are encouraged to bring
chairs and blankets but coolers are not
allowed. The event will be catered by
Deraney’s Two City Tavern. The festivi
ties will include a cornhole tournament.
For more information, call
770.358.5884.
On Sunday, six area church
es are sponsoring a Commu
nity Carnival at the park from
4-5:30 p.m. There will be free
hot dogs, snow cones, cotton
candy, popcorn and a cupcake
walk. Other activities will in
clude games, a bounce house,
fishing for candy and green
screen photography.
The pastors involved in organizing
the event are Jeff Morgan, Antioch Bap
tist; Keith Battle, Antioch Baptist; Mark
Henson First Church of the Nazarene;
Jason Teal, First Baptist; Nancy Dadd,
New Life Anointed Ministries; and Cyndi
McDonald, First Methodist.
For more information, call
770.358.1494.
Elizabeth
Sellers dies
For a grandson's
tribute, see page 4A
Barnesville’s beloved Elizabeth Sellers
died Sunday, Oct. 24 at a Macon Hospital
where she had spent a week after a fall in
her home resulted in wrist and hip frac
tures. Those injuries precluded her 100th
birthday celebration which had been
planned for Oct. 19.
Sellers grew up in Barnesville. Her father,
Jackson Bush was mayor when Lamar
County was founded and a local pharma
cist. Her mother was head librarian at the
historic Carnegie Library and wrote a per
sonals column for the News-Gazette.
Elizabeth served in the WAVES during
World War II and her unit broke the codes
used by the German Navy to control its U-
Boats.
She compiled the Flashbacks column for
The Herald Gazette for years. Her grand
daughter and namesake Ryann Elizabeth
called to tell her that her favorite team, the
Atlanta Braves, were going to the World
Series before she passed away.
Always demure, Elizabeth declined the
Citizen of the Year Award she was chosen
to receive some years ago.
Her obituary is published on page 5A
and a tribute written by her grandson Ben
is published on 4A.
A private family memorial service will be
held at a later date at Greenwood Cem
etery.
College Drive to close
for drama production
The section of College Drive between
Stafford Avenue and Spencer Street will be
closed periodically Nov. 3-7 as the Gordon
drama group hosts productions in the amphi
theater beneath the roadway.
On Nov. 3 and 4, the road will be closed
from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. On
Nov. 5 and 6 it will be closed from 7-10 p.m.
On Nov. 7, the closure will span the period
1:30-4:30 p.m.
Alleged killer Ray
seeks bond reduction
A 22-year-old Albany man
charged with killing an Ellen-
wood teenager and dumping her
body here will appear in Lamar
superior court Nov. 2 seeking a
reduction in his $5 million bond.
Jaylan Ja’Shad Ray is charged
with murder and aggravated
assault in connection with the shooting death
of 17-year-old D’Shunti Kyanni Hunter whose
body was found in Unionville Church Cem
etery here Jan. 10. She had been shot seven
times.
Ray fled and was arrested Jan. 13 in Tal
lahassee, Florida.
)2021 THE HERALD GAZETTE, BARNESVILLE, LAMAR COUNTY, GA 30204, 770.358.NEWS
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