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and he died at Grady Hospital after a crash on the four lane near the Zebulon Road intersection. Felicia Whatley, 55, of Thomaston was charged with first de gree vehicular homicide and was granted a $100,000 bond at a March 11 court hearing. LCHS cadet honored after rescuing grandmother, child from car Local writer nominated for Georgia Author of the Year Paul Sinor, a Barnesville author with numerous books and movie scripts to his credit, was again nominated for Georgia Author of the Year through the Georgia Writers Association at Kennesaw State Uni versity. It is his fourth nomination and this year he was among 105 other nominees. He competed in the detective-mystery category with his book We’ll Meet Again, the fifth in the Max Maxwell detective series. APRIL Former judge hospitalized after drug raid at his home Former Barnesville municipal judge Henry Abreu, 66, was in critical condition and on life support after ingesting a quantity of methamphetamine during a March 31 drug raid at his Stafford Avenue home. A strike team executed search warrants at the home and arrested Abreu who apparently had ingested four to five grams of meth according to the sheriff’s office. He was later placed in the hospital on a ventilator. Of ficers say he was supplying dealers and selling drugs such as meth, marijuana and GHB from his home. Abreu was later transferred to a hospice facility. On April 23, he was arrested after checking out of Har- borview Nursing Home in Thomaston. Hunter Raybon, a ju nior at Lamar County High School and a 1LT in the school’s Army Junior ROTC unit, received a commenda tion for bravery from the board of education for his actions to free a grandmoth er and her child from an overturned vehicle after a Maj. Paul Stinson (left) wreck. Raybon first freed a stands with cadet 1LT Hunter 3-year-old who was hang- Raybon as he receives the ing from her car seat in the commendation for bravery, overturned vehicle and after handing her to another passerby, he went and helped the driver out as well. 'Snapped' episode on Jennifer Clark airs on Oxygen Network An episode of the popular TV series ‘Snapped’ debuted March 21 on Oxygen Network, covering the murder of Donald Clark and the following trial of his wife Jennifer Clark. The episode was par tially filmed in Lamar County as investi gators and others involved were inter viewed for the TV show. Jennifer Clark is serving life in prison plus 60 years for beating Donald Clark to death while he was sleeping and dumping his body in a Redbone cornfield. 'Restaurant Impossible', music video filmed in Lamar Celebrity chef Robert Invine and the crew from the hit TV series ‘Restaurant Impossible’ visited downtown Barnesville and transformed Deraney’s Two City Tavern. The show was tentatively set to air July 11 on the Food Network. MVP Productions filmed a music video at the Old Jail Museum featur ing rapper Unfoonk, the brother of hip hop star Young Thug. Locals who were involved in the film ing of the music video included officer Kyle Sims and Cpl. Michael Blankenship of the Barnesville Police Department. Sgt. Jeremy Haire of the LCSO, a member of the Narcotics Task Force, stands over Henry Abreu following his arrest dur ing a drug raid at his home at 123 Stafford Avenue March 31. Abreu ingested four to five grams of methamphetamine dur ing the bust and remains on life support at Upson Regional Medical Center. BBQ & Blues returns after one-year hiatus Tuesday, December 21,2021 ®ljt TDeralb <©a?ettf 3B due to COVID-19 The popular BBQ & Blues competition and celebra tion returned full steam after a year off as cook teams started smokers and musicians cranked up their in struments on Friday night. Georgia BBQ Association representatives judged barbecue teams from around the Southeast as they determined who had the best pork loin, pulled pork and ribs. Lamar County soccer teams make playoffs The Lamar County soccer program continued its success as all four teams made it to the playoffs. The Lady Trojans made it to #6 in the rankings and the Trojans clinched the region title and the #1 playoff seed. The Lamar County Middle School teams also made it to the playoffs with the Trojans leading the division at 10-1-1 and the Lady Trojans finishing 8-3-1 in third place in the division. Ruins after the deadly 2011 tornado. Looking back: Remembering EF3 tornado from 10 years ago The deadly tornado that ripped through the Lamar County community on April 28, 2011 and the great flood of 1994 are the two biggest disasters in the county’s modern history. The twister hit just before 1:30 a.m., not long after TV weather reports indicated the threat was over. It almost completely passed over Pike County and touched down near the intersection of Piedmont and Turner Bridge roads, cutting a path of devastation before lifting off around High Falls Lake in southeast Butts County. Later classified as an EF3, the tornado left behind property damage in the hundreds of millions of dollars and claimed the lives of Paul and Ellen Gunter on Grove Street, although their daughter Chloe was spared. Saffron Abreu named 2021 STAR student at Lamar Co. High School Senior Saffron Abreu earned the STAR student title at Lamar County High School and chose LeslieAnne Williams as her STAR teacher. 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