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THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Holiday tragedy
Barnesville police officers, EMTs and first responders worked frantically to resuscitate a bicyclist after he was hit by a truck at
the intersection of Cherry Street and Kate Court Dec. 15.
According to the Georgia State patrol, Larry Herman James, 74, of 108 B. Street was riding his bike eastbound on Cherry
Street when he attempted to turn left onto Kate Court. He failed to yield and turned in front of a westbound Ford F-150 driven by
Charlie F. Penn, 68. The truck hit James and his bike, knocking him to the roadside.
James was transported to Wellstar Spalding but succumbed to his injuries shortly after arrival. Funeral arrangements for
James are pending. Mr. Penn was not charged.
Lady Trojans fall to
Dodge Co. in battle of
top 10 ranked teams
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The #6 LC Lady
Trojans split two games
last week with the one
loss coming at #9 Dodge
County. A third team
from Region 3-AA, Wash
ington County, is ranked
#5.
The Lady Trojans
opened the week with a
74-26 rout of the Monti-
cello Hurricanes at the
local gym. Shy Foster led
LC with 21 points while
Tamya Blasingame added
19. Zaria Fletcher was
also in double figures
with 10 points.
Other scorers were
Zhy Foster (8), Janiyah
Akins (6), Journi Harris
(6) and Kaylee Hamrick
(4).
On Friday, the Indians
roared out to an 18-5
first quarter lead and
LC could not catch up,
falling 55-46 in Eastman.
Blasingame led LC with
20 points while Shy Fos
ter had 11.
Other scorers were
Zhy Foster (6), Fletcher
(5) and Harris (4).
Meanwhile, the Tro
jans are showing im
provement under coach
Kerry English.
On Tuesday, they hung
with the ‘Canes before
falling 44-39. Ty Head
led LC with 13 points.
CJ Allen also hit double
figures with 10 points.
Other scorers were
Alex Abernathy (5),
Rontavious Fluellyn (5)
Josh Driver (4) and Devin
Bateman (2).
On Friday, LC took
Dodge County to over
time in a 63-61 loss.
Rayvick Talmadge and
Allen had 14 points each
to pace the Trojans
while Driver had 13 and
Fluelllyn 10. Abernathy
finished with six points
while Head had four.
Four locals injured
in Upson County crash
RSCA Fine Arts
program continues to excel
On December 14,
RSCA held its annual
Christmas Program. All
of the students per
formed Christmas songs
to show what they have
learned this year in
their fine arts classes.
These songs were
performed with the
student’s entire grade
level.
“What better way to
celebrate Christmas
than having young
people sing, play, and
proclaim his glory
through music. RSCA
had a wonderful night
at our Annual Christmas
Program. The sights
and sounds of Christ
mas were very evident
in our auditorium for
this night. The students
from RSCA did a mag
nificent job sharing
the Christmas spirit
through music and
drama”, said RSCA Fine
Arts Director, David
Bates.
The sanctuary at
RSCA was packed with
family and friends that
came out in support of
this outstanding perfor
mance. Each year, this
program continues to
grow. RSCA is excited to
continue watching this
program succeed.
Searcy wins the
Patriot's Pen essay contest
Rock Springs
Christian Acad
emy recently
announced
that Everett
Searcy, a sixth
grader at RSCA,
is the winner
of the Patriot’s
Pen Essay
Contest at the
post level for
the 2021-2022
school year.
“The essay
contest en
courages young minds
to examine America’s
history, along with their
own experiences in mod
ern American society,
by drafting a 300 to 400
word essay, ex
pressing their
views based
on a patriotic
theme chosen
by the VFW
Commander-
in-Chief,” said
Marlee Al
brecht.
After win
ning at this
level, Everett
Searcy’s paper
is sent on to
be judged at the district
level. The contest was
sponsored by the Veter
ans of Foreign Wars Post
6542 in Lamar County.
SEARCY
Four Lamar countians
were injured in a two-
car collision Dec. 11 at
the intersection of Hwy.
36 and Delray Road in
Upson County. The crash
occurred about 2:30 p.m.
According to the
Georgia State Patrol,
Wyatt Lane McGilvery,
16, of 190 Berry Rd. was
driving a 1997 Ford Ex
pedition on Delray Road
and stopped at the stop
sign at the intersection.
He was returning to the
scene of a crash here
in Lamar County from
which he fled earlier. He
was the at-fault driver in
the Lamar incident.
McGilvery pulled
out into the path of a
westbound 2014 Nis
san Maxima driven by
Taneshia Ariel Banks, 37,
of 169 Grove Street and
the vehicles collided.
McGilvery was taken
by ambulance to Upson
Regional Medical Cen
ter with minor injuries
where blood was drawn
for toxicology.
Banks was taken to
Atrium Health in Macon
with minor injuries.
Two passengers in her
vehicle were also taken
to Atrium with minor
injuries.
They were Tynaja
Daniel, 19, and Bryden
Lawrence, 3. The child
was in the floorboard of
the Nissan in a carseat
which was not properly
strapped into the Nissan.
Banks and Daniel were
not using seat belts.
Charges are pending
the toxicology results on
McGilvery.
COVID-19
Vaccine Clinic Holiday Hours
November 26-
November 30- 1:00pm-4:30pm
December 24- 40 CLINIC
December 31-
Regular Clinic Hours
Tuesdays & Fridays 7:30am-12pm
& 1:00-4:30 pm
UPSON
Regional Medical Center
Walk-Ins Welcome