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Honors and
resolutions featured
at Barnesville
council
KAV S. PEDROTTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
Honors for Barnesville
firefighter Josh Campbell
and for a championship
girls’ soccer team, LC
Lightning U14, highlight
ed last week’s Barnesville
city council meeting.
Two resolutions and
an approval for 2021
CDBG certification
related to American Re
covery funds, along with
two board appointments
and an executive ses
sion for real estate and
personnel discussions,
were followed by citizen
complaints and sugges
tions about trash pickup
on Greenwood Street.
The 5:30 p.m. meeting
lasted until after 8 p.m.
The Lightning Team
was present with their
coach, Walter Geiger,
to receive a proclama
tion recognizing their
achievement from Mayor
Peter Banks and the city
council. Josh Campbell
was honored for an inci
dent last August in which
he obtained help for a
man who had fallen in
his yard in a small town
in Iowa and somehow
reached Barnesville FD
by phone. Campbell also
received a proclamation
with his family present:
wife Jennifer, and daugh
ters Kylee, McKenna and
Oaklee.
Acting city manager
Tim Turner reported
that the Municipal
Electric Association of
Georgia, MEAG, is sell
ing its assets related to
BROOKS
meeting
broadband and other
telecom provisions to
the McGuire Group,
and each city has to
approve relinquishing
the MEAG connections.
The city will realize
about $636,000 from the
changeover, Turner said.
Another resolution was
approved agreeing that
the city would not use
ARPA funds of $750,000
in connection with Com
munity Development
Block Grant funding.
Mrs. Barbara Caldwell
was appointed to a
one-year term on the
Barnesville Housing Au
thority Board, and Chuck
Bankston to a five-year
term on that board.
When the council
returned to regular ses
sion, a resolution was
approved confirming
compliance with topics
authorized under the
Open Meetings Law. It
was reported that no
action was taken in the
executive session.
Citizen Courtney
Claxton, a resident of
Greenwood Street, asked
the council to improve
the trash situation on
that street, which has
resulted in blocked side
walks, repeated necessity
for gathering trash to the
street, and other serious
inconveniences to the
residents. Turner prom
ised action, but noted
there is a very small staff,
and they are allowed
pickups of only three
cubic yards at a time;
and the trash trucks are
in need of repair.
MULDER
Tuesday, December 14,2021 Clje Ih'raliJ d5a>cttc 3A
Paige Mayfield singled out by Georgia Tech
Senior Trojan athletic standout Paige Mayfield was one of a very few students accepted to Georgia Tech who had her early
acceptance letter hand delivered Friday. The surprise was sprung when Mayfield visited with her high school counselor. After
graduating from Tech, Mayfield plans to work as a physician’s assistant treating special needs children.
Pictured are (l-r) coach Kyle Kelly, Mary Tipton Woolley, Heather Mayfield, Paige Mayfield and Scott Mayfield.
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Bringing down the house
The LCPS production of Twas One Week Before Christmas’ featured a huge cast and drew a full house at the Fine Arts Cen
ter last week. Shown in the spotlight’s glare are featured performers (l-r) Karter Dale, Morgan Walker, Weston McBride, Adalyn
Todd and Ayden Wyre.
CHURCH NOTES Collier hearing held
Patrick Brooks, Will Mulder
named Commended Students
St. George’s Episcopal School announces that Pat
rick Brooks, of Griffin, and Will Mulder, of Barnesville,
have been named Commended Students in the 2022
National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended
Students are students who have demonstrated out
standing potential for academic success and recog
nized for their exceptional academic promise by their
outstanding performance on the 2020 Preliminary
SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
Signups needed for Hope Tree
Christmas ministry to children
Families wishing to
obtain help for their
children’s Christmas
toys and clothing are
encouraged to sign up
with Hope Tree Minis
tries as soon as possible
so all needs can be met,
said Hope Tree director
Jimmy Fambro.
“We need to be able
to buy and prepare for
whoever needs us this
year,” he added. “This is
in addition to any food
requests. Please sign up
by calling my sister, Mrs.
B.J. Fambro, at 678-531-
7030. The same number
should be called by
those wishing to donate
new clothing, toys or
funds for the children we
hope to serve.”
Email news@barnes-
ville.com or call 770.358.
NEWS to have an event
published as a calen
dar item in The Herald
Gazette.
• The Barnesville High
and Industrial/Booker
Schools Alumni Associa
tion will meet Thursday,
December 16, 5 p.m., at
the E.P. Roberts Center.
• Lamar County
NAACP will have a called
ceeting, Thursday, De
cember 16, 7 p.m. at the
E.P. Roberts Center.
• The Middle Georgia
Community Action Agen
cy is offering heating
assistance for Lamar and
surrounding counties. To
be eligible for assistance,
households must have
an income at or below 60
percent of the state me
dian income level. As of
November 1, households
where all members are 65
years of age and older or
homebound households
may contact the sched
uling system at 1-844-
588-1552 or go online to
https://mgcaa.appoint-
ment.works/ea/home
for an appointment. All
other income eligible
households may contact
the scheduling system
to schedule an appoint
ment or be placed on a
wait list on December 1.
Appointments are made
by call in or online only.
No walk-ins. The follow
ing items are required to
verify eligibility for as
sistance: Social Security
cards for every person in
the household, ID, recent
heating bill and water bill
with service address and
account number printed
on each.
• The Martin-Moore
American Legion Post
25, is now meeting again
at the newly remodeled
Women’s Club House
on Stafford Avenue, the
fourth Thursday of each
month at 5 p.m. for the
winter months. Return to
6 p.m. in April 2022. All
veterans are invited.
• Milner Community
Library regular hours of
operation are Tuesday 11
a.m. - 7 p.m., Wednesday
11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Friday 11
a.m. - 5 p.m. and Satur
day 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Rent and Utility As
sistance Services: Avail
able to local residents
through the Salvation
Army in Griffin. Info:
770.412.6561.
FROM PAGE ONE
coroner on one of the
ambulances and he
pronounced Penn dead
at the scene. Witnesses
identified Collier as the
shooter and a lookout
was issued,” McWhorter
testified.
Members of Collier’s
family contacted BPD
chief Craig Cooper and
Collier turned himself
in to the chief later that
day. He also led Cooper
to his gun which Cooper
recovered. McWhorter
said gunshot residue
testing was done on both
Penn and Collier and re
sults from the crime lab
are pending.
Investigators called
in the GB1 and a crime
scene tech worked the
shooting. “The GB1 found
four nine millimeter shell
casings. They found one
projectile (bullet) in the
roadway. They dug one
projectile out of the sid
ing of the home near the
garage door near where
Penn’s body was. They
found one live round in
the road,” McWhorter
added.
Defense attorney
Frank T. Smith elicited
from McWhorter that
Cooper interviewed An-
toinetta Lyons Dec. 8 and
she told him TJ Lyons
disposed of a gun after
the shooting. “They went
looking for a gun yester
day,” McWhorter said.
The Herald Gazette
was told the high secu
rity at the hearing was
in place due to possible
gang ties on the part of
both Penn and Collier.
Smith raised the gang
question at the hearing
and district attorney
Wayne Jernigan objected.
Judge Wilson instructed
McWhorter to answer
and he said, “1 know Ms.
Penn went to a birthday
party and got shot”.
“We are in this build
ing with all this security
and not the courthouse.
Does that have anything
to do with gangs,” Smith
asked? “1 don’t know,”
McWhorter replied.
As the hearing drew to
a close, it was revealed
that Collier’s gun was
stolen in Spalding County
about four years ago.
Judge Wilson bound
Collier over to superior
court and set his bond at
$2 million.
CORRECTION:
In last week’s edition, we incorrectly reported that
Robert Lewis Henderson, Jr. of Flovilla was found
guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with
the shooting death of Nicholas Phinazee Bryan, 27, of
Milner. Henderson was actually convicted of volun
tary manslaughter.
The Herald Gazette regrets the error.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
SPECIAL PURPOSE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX 2018
PROJECT
Year
Approved
Original
Estimated
Cost
Current
Estimated
Cost
1 1 1 1 1
Amount
Expended
Current Year
Total
Amount
Expended
to Date
Project
Completed
This Year
Estimated
Completion
Date
Project
Behind
Schedule
Project
Underfunded
Exceed
Proceeds
Amount Expended
2018
2019
2020
2021
as of 11/30
2022
2023
YorN
YorN
YorN
YorN
County Vehicles
2018
$112,000.00
$112,000.00
$29,975.00
$0.00
$58,186.77
$0.00
$0.00
$88,161.77
N
2021
N
N
N
Facilities
2018
$93,300.00
$93,300.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
N
2023
N
N
N
Sheriff
2018
$696,000.00
$696,000.00
$156,060.00
$118,787.00
$171,480.84
$131,799.88
$131,799.88
$578,128.32
N
2023
N
N
N
Detention Center
2018
$85,000.00
$85,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$97,000.00
$97,000.00
$97,000.00
N
2021
N
N
N
Fire Dept Equipment
2018
$500,000.00
$500,000.00
$50,000.00
$141,003.08
$140,665.00
$161,604.08
$161,604.08
$493,272.16
N
2023
N
N
N
Public Work Equipment
2018
$379,000.00
$379,000.00
$33,172,00
$33,094.98
$91,359.00
$142,386.00
$142,386.00
$300,011.98
N
2023
N
N
N
Roads & Bridges
2018
$2,758,554.00
$2,758,554.00
$97,391.15
$439,683.39
$439,683.39
$572,881.00
$572,881.00
$1,549,638.54
N
2023
N
N
N
Recreation
2018
$465,000.00
$465,000.00
$12,009.00
$3,695.00
$53,800.00
-$43,530.00
-$43,530.00
$25,974.00
N
2021
N
N
N
Animal Shelter
2018
$253,104.00
$253,104.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
N
2023
N
N
N