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Barnesville, Ga. 30204
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
Operation
Christmas Child
is underway
Christmas is just over
seven weeks away and lo
cals are filling shoeboxes
for delivery to needy chil
dren around the world as
part of Operation Christ
mas Child (OCC).
Rev. Franklin Graham,
son of Billy Graham and
founder of Samaritan’s
Purse started OCC in
1993. Since that time vol
unteers have distributed
over 146 million shoebox
gifts in war-torn, poverty-
stricken countries.
Participants are urged
to pick children male
or female in the age
ranges of 2-4, 5-9 or 10-
14. Suggested gift items
include stuffed animals,
small dolls, soccer balls
(deflated with a pump),
toy cars, books, school
supplies and personal
hygiene items. A dona
tion of $9 is requested
along with the box to pay
for shipping.
Boxes can be dropped
off at First Baptist Church
of Barnesville Nov. 15-21
and before noon on Nov.
22.
For more information,
call the church office at
770.358.2353 or Nancy
Cloudt at 770.584.4521.
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VOTE TODAY
Polls throughout county
open from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Voters throughout the
county go to the polls today to
cast ballots on the TSPLOST
referendum. Additionally,
voters in Wards two and four
in Barnesville vote to fill city
council seats.
All polling places are open
from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
The TSPLOST referendum,
if passed, would implement an
additional one cent sales tax
for five years or until $12.2 mil
lion has been raised. Approval
by the voters would also allow
the county to issue bonds to
start paving and other road
projects and pay off the debt
from sales tax proceeds.
V^TE
There are two Barnesville
city council seats up for grabs.
In Ward 2, incumbent Chris
topher Hightower is being
challenged by Veon Benton. In
Ward 4, incumbent Larry Whit
worth 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.
Advance voting ended
Friday and turnout was not
stellar.
Only 379 early voters cast
TSPLOST ballots while 59
absentee ballots had been
processed.
In the city races, 108 early
voters voted while 12 absentee
ballots had been received.
For up to the minute elec
tion results tonight, monitor
barnesville.com.
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Making new friends
Nijah Brown (right) had to overcome her fears before she was able to befriend a shovel-carrying clown while
trick-or-treating along Thomaston Street Saturday night. The Thomaston Street corridor drew hundreds of trick-or-
treaters with the onslaught beginning at 4 p.m. and lasting well into the night despite cold, wet conditions.
Milner
council votes
to defund
library again
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The Milner city council vot
ed 3-1 to once again defund the
Milner Library at its regular
meeting Oct. 25.
The funding cutoff
does not include
wages for library
personnel.
Council mem
bers claim that
no one associated
with the library
has ever been able
to provide a signed
contract between
the city and the
library.
“We have no
signed contract.
We have seen no
copies of the legis
lation. They tell us
we are on the hook
for $780,000 in debt *
but can provide no STEPHENS
paperwork to back
it up. The library is the only
entity in the city with absolute
ly no oversight,” councilman
Skip Seda argued.
He noted the library recent
ly spent $2,200 on plantation
shutters for the meeting room
SEE MILNER LIBRARY 3A
Jim Edwards
addresses
ABA annual
convention
Jim Edwards, Barnesville
native and CEO of United Bank,
addressed the annual conven
tion of the American Bankers
Association (ABA) last month
at its annual convention in
Tampa. Edwards
was finishing up
his year as ABA
president, having
been elected last
year when the con
vention was held
remotely.
Edwards and his wife Laura
have spent the past year trav
eling around the country to
ABA events and state banking
conventions, including one
stretch of four different states
back-to-back without coming
home.
Other speakers at the con
vention included Sen. Marco
Rubio; Rep. Stephanie Murphy
(D.-Fla); Esther George,
SEE EDWARDS 2A
EDWARDS
ARPA-backed Barnesville Bucks promotion offers economic boost
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The city of Barnesville is
rolling out its ‘Barnesville
Bucks’ campaign to give the
local economy a needed shot
in the arm following the COV1D
pandemic. The promotion is
backed by American Rescue
Plan Act (ARPA) funds.
The city was awarded $2.1
million in ARPA funds of which
half has been received. The
promotion is open only to La
mar County residents who have
received the COV1D vaccine.
Those interested can enter
by visiting either the civic
center or E.P. Roberts Center.
A vaccination card and valid
driver’s license are required.
There will be two drawings
each week through the end of
the year. Winners will receive
$100 in Barnesville Bucks to
spend at participating local
businesses. Those businesses
will have signs indicating the
vouchers are accepted.
The city will reimburse the
businesses the full value of pur
chases made by the winners.
For more information,
call Yasheka Buckner at
770.358.3311.
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