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3 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. Subscribe. Your name goes on the label in this box 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 ©2021 THE HERALD GAZETTE, BARNESVILLE, LAMAR COUNTY, GA 30204, 770.358.NEWS