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Tuesday, December 7,2021 barnesville.com Barnesville, Ga. 30204
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
Milner
Christmas
lighting
The lighting of the
Christmas tree is Satur
day, December 11, 2021,
from 6-8 p.m.
Santa will be at the
Milner Library as chil
dren are ecouraged to
enter the Gingerbread
House Contest (bring
your gingerbread house
already built). A food
truck will be available.
Lamar man
wanted for
fraud
arrested at
courthouse
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville
CRUMBLEY
The
office
of state
insurance
commis
sioner
John
F. King
issued a
lookout
Dec. 1 for
William Dowell Crumb-
ley, 46, of Lamar County
who was wanted for
insurance fraud.
Within minutes of the
lookout being posted on
barnesville.com, Capt.
Chris Webster arrested
Crumbley at the court
house where he was
present with regard to
another matter.
The insurance com
missioner alleges Crum
bley reported a vehicle
stolen to GE1CO and filed
a claim March 7. Investi
gators later learned the
vehicle in question was
crushed at a Conyers
scrap yard Feb. 19.
After two days in jail,
Crumbley, who resides at
344 English Rd., was re
leased on a $5000 bond.
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Tree lighting, ESF After
Hours atop holiday calendars
With Christmas just over
two weeks away, the holiday
calendar remains chock full of
holiday events.
Winter Wonderland:
Families are encouraged to
take photos at the Winter Won
derland erected at Depot Plaza
in downtown Barnesville. The
work there was coordinated by
Heather Stanley and Niki Sap-
pington.
After Hours:
The annual After Hours
event to benefit the Empty
Stocking Fund will be held
Thursday, Dec. 9 from 5-7 p.m.
at United Bank. ESF volun
teers are working to
provide Christmas gifts
for about 275 kids this
year. Donations and new,
unwrapped toys can
be dropped off at the
Barnesville fire station.
For more information
on the event and how
you can help, call Glenn
Forsyth at 770.468.1253.
Milner Tree Lighting:
The City of Milner will host
its annual Christmas tree light
ing ceremony Saturday, Dec. 11
from 6-8 p.m. at city park. Kids
can have photos taken with
Santa right across the street at
the Milner library.
There will be a food
truck on site and chil
dren are encouraged to
bring their gingerbread
houses to the event. For
more information, call
770.358.1604.
Toys for Tots:
Southern Rivers En
ergy is an official drop off point
for the Toys for Tots Christmas
campaign. New, unwrapped
toys can be dropped off at the
SRE office at 1367 Hwy. 341 S.
through Thursday, Dec. 16.
For more information, call
770.358.1383.
THE HERALD GAZETTE/RACHEL MCDANIEL
Having a ‘paws’itively good time
Chad Bankston and Katie Bankston ride with Bailey in the Christmas parade through downtown Barnesville on
Saturday, Dec. 4.
Hustle
benefit run
returns Sat.
The Holiday Hustle 5K road
race and one-mile fun run
return Dec. 11 after a one-year
hiatus due to COV1D. The race
benefits the Dolly Goodpuppy
Society (DGS).
DGS is a licensed local 501c3
canine shelter that works to
educate the public on the need
for spaying and neutering and
houses unwanted dogs until
homes can be found for them.
The race has always been
run in cold weather so organiz
ers are giving out beanies to
finishers instead of t-shirts this
year. This race is run at night
and runners and volunteers
dress in holiday attire - many
with Christmas lights.
Participants can register at
active.com. You can register
the day of the race at Summers
Field Park. The fee is $30 for
adults and $15 for kids under
13. The fun run starts at 6 p.m.
with the 5K following about
6:20 p.m.
For more information, call
Kathy Oxford at 678.877.9532.
CJ Allen is Region Player of the Year.
SEE PAGE 5B
McCook, Mulder are STAR students
for LCHS, St. George’s Episcopal School
KAY S. PEDROTTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
Katelyn McCook, Lamar
County High senior, and Will
Mulder, a senior at St. George’s
Episcopal School, are STAR
students for their respective
schools for 2021-22. Both are
determined and dedicated
students who make room in
their lives to help others - and
are undecided which college to
attend.
McCook is dual-enrolled
at Gordon State College and
will receive an associate de
gree next spring. She will then
transfer to another college to
complete a degree in business
management with a minor in
marketing. She said “a dream
would be to be the owner and
manager of my own dance stu
dio,” but plans business as part
of her career no matter what
kind.
McCook’s parents are
Cory and Margaret McCook
of Barnesville, and she has a
brother, Allen, and sister, Sadie.
The family has lived here all of
Katelyn’s school years, where
she also has danced with Kim
Ozier Studios for a long time.
The family attends Antioch
Baptist Church, where Cory is
the music leader. Katelyn says,
“We’re all singers - love to sing.
My favorite is a praise song
called ‘Promises.””
While she has an excellent
academic side to her person
ality, Katelyn says also that
she has “an artsy and creative
side.” She was to have been the
main character in “High School
Musical” at Lamar High, but the
pandemic interfered. She firmly
believes in mentoring younger
people and helping others
around her.
Katelyn chose Jewel Fili-
povich as her STAR teacher;
the teacher known as “Mrs.
Flip” has taught math for 17
years at LCHS. “Not because 1
liked math,” said Katelyn, “but
because she is such a dedicated
teacher. She has methods of
teaching that really lead stu
dents into learning the subject.”
The math teacher was Katelyn’s
teacher for two years, in alge
bra 11 and geometry.
About Katelyn, Mrs. Flip
said: “1 can say really nice
things about Katelyn because
her parents have given her
priorities and the ‘backbone’ to
tackle hard tasks and overcome
them. Nothing that 1 did could
have prepared her for higher
education any better than what
her parents had already done.
So many young people do not
know where they stand on cer-
SGES STAR teacher Patricia Hill and STAR
student Will Mulder.
tain values, but Katelyn does.
It’s been a joy to watch her with
her grit, to be a learner; to en
dure setbacks and get better.”
Katelyn’s best surprise was
achieving the STAR status on
her first try at the SAT: she
achieved the schooFs high
score even after postponing
several chances at preparation.
Will Mulder also emulates
LCHS STAR student Katelyn McCook and
STAR teacher Jewel Filipovich.
his parents’ values: in addition
to being a “big sports guy” who
played soccer, basketball and
tennis, he also plays guitar and
has built musical instruments.
His parents are Stephen and
Erin Mulder, both music teach
ers who have worked with civic
SEE STAR’S 3A
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