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LC golf team wins area
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Tuesday, May 3,2022
barnesville.com Barnesville, Ga. 30204
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
Tax office
limited hours
The Lamar County Tax
Office will have a staff
training session and will
only be open from 8 a.m.
until 11 a.m. on Thurs
day, May 19, 2022.
U15 Girls
Select
soccer
tryouts to
begin
May 16
Tryouts will be held
May 16, 17 and 19 for
a new U15 Select girls
soccer team. Lamar
Lightning will compete in
Georgia Soccer’s Athena
division. Tryouts are
open to girls who will be
in middle school (grades
6, 7 and 8) for the coming
school year.
Tryouts will be held
at the full size field at the
recreation department
soccer complex from
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. each day.
Girls should bring cleats,
shinguards, fluids and a
size 5 soccer ball.
Select registration is
$250. Coaches Jeff Mason
and Walter Geiger will
carry 17-18 players on
the roster. Soccer re
quires constant running
and cardiovascular con
ditioning will be empha
sized in training those
who make the team.
For more information,
call the recreation de
partment at 770.358.5800.
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Grand jury indicts alleged goat thief
BY WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The Lamar County
grand jury has returned
15 indictments against
a Monroe County man
for the theft of 34 goats
from Buggytown Auc
tion and individual
sellers.
Donald Eugene
(Peanut) Owens, 46,
of 336 Logwall Church
Rd., Forsyth allegedly
bought the goats at auc
tion on June 18, 2021
and wrote a check for
the costs and the com
missions to the auction
barn. Within 48 hours,
he stopped payment on
the check(s), according
to the indictments.
The goats had a
value of more than
$5000 but less than
$25,000. The aggrieved
sellers as listed in the
indictments are Johnnie
Mitchell, Don Harper,
Robin Hamsley, Terrell
Jones, Stephen Ingram,
Kevin Alexander and
Samuel Garcia.
Owens faces one
count of theft by decep
tion, seven counts of
theft by taking and
seven counts of fail
ing to pay for natural
products or chattels.
Chattels are defined as
property that is not real
estate or attached to
real estate.
Owens was originally
arrested on Nov. 24,
2021. He will be ar
raigned in Lamar supe
rior court on May 5.
Soccer out; baseball, golf still alive
PHOTOS WALTER GEIGER
The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat
Donavan Sanford (left) celebrates after tripling in game one of Lamar County’s first round baseball sweep of Early
County Friday. The #9 Trojans move on to the Sweet 16 playoff round at #6 Callaway starting Wednesday. (See story,
page 3A.)
Both the LC soccer teams were eliminated by Lovett in the Sweet 16 round last week in Atlanta. At right, senior star
Alaina Cato is comforted by coach Ricci Jules after the loss. The Lady Trojans fell 6-0 while the Trojans lost 9-0. Both
Lovett teams are in the championship match this week.
Ezekiel “Zeke" Smith is Lamar
County 2022 Valedictorian
KAY S. PEDR0TTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
Zeke Smith is one of
those personalities with
a lot to like: his man
ners, his dedication, his
standing-tall height and
attractive red hair. Con
versations with Zeke
give hope for the future
of the growing film
and media technology
courses and companies.
He has been full-time
dual-enrolled at both
Gordon State College
and Southern Crescent.
Choosing to study film
techniques and media
development led Zeke
into an internship last
summer with Tyler Per
ry Studios in Atlanta.
“That
was a great
learning
experience
and a lot
of fun,”
he said.
“1 worked
with actors,
directors,
produc
ers, just
all kinds of
people, and
1 learned
so much.
My career will be based
around the same sub
jects.” He describes the
field as “new opportuni
ties and experiences,
sometimes structured
and sometimes spon
taneous. 1 like being
spontane
ous when 1
can; 1 also
enjoy read
ing, video
games,
hanging
out with
friends, and
of course
- watching
movies and
TV.”
The son
of Brandon
Smith and
Sandy Dilbeck, Zeke
gives a lot of credit for
his personality to his
grandmother, Renee
McBroom. He has three
brothers and a sister,
and he loves and cares
about his siblings.
Throughout all his
classes, Zeke said,
“there have been many
favorite teachers -
those who helped me
with the transformation
and growth as a person
through the years.” At
graduation, he will wear
six “honor cords:” two
for film pathway, one
for television produc
tion, others for Beta
Club, National Honor
Society, and certifica
tion in film.
“I’m looking forward
to a career that will let
me move up the lad
der while learning as 1
go. Thanks for all the
friends and teachers
who helped me,” he
said.
Trojans'
2022
football
schedule
finalized
The first high school
football action is just over
three months away and La
mar County’s 2002 football
schedule has been final
ized. LC will compete in
Class A, Division 1, Region
4. Other region teams are
Crawford County, Heard
County and Temple.
The first glimpse of the
new Trojans will come Aug.
5 at Monticello. A second
scrimmage will follow Aug.
12 when Central Macon
comes to Trojan Field.
LC opens the regular
season at Wilcox County
Aug. 19 and play at Upson-
Lee Aug. 26. The home
opener is Sept. 2 when
Dublin comes to town.
Manchester comes to
Trojan Field Sept. 9 and
Lamar travels to Jackson
Sept. 16 and Social Circle
Sept 23.
Three homes games fol
low: Pike County on Sept.
30, Temple on Oct. 14 and
Crawford County on Oct.
28. The regular season
closes with a road trip to
Heard County Nov. 4.
Barnesville
rolls out
Phase III of
facade
grant plan
The City of Barnesville
has announced Phase 111 of
its downtown facade grant
program. The program, cre
ated in 2001, has spurred
more than $180,000 in
investment in the renova
tion of 28 storefronts in the
downtown historic com
mercial district.
Phase 111 offers up
$50,000 in grant funds.
Property owners can get
a 50% match on facade in
vestments up to $2,000 per
storefront.
A kickoff meeting will be
held Thursday, May 5 at
5:30 p.m. at the Womens’
Clubhouse. City representa
tives and historic preserva
tion committee members
will be on hand to discuss
the program and answer
questions.
For more information,
call community develop
ment director Niki Sapping-
ton at 770.358.0181.
Early voting
underway
Early voting in the May
24 general primary got
underway Monday at the
elections board office in
the county annex. Hours
are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily
through May 20.
Two Saturday voting
sessions are scheduled for
May 7 and May 14. Several
local races will be decided
in the general primary.
At press time Monday,
elections supervisor Anita
Reid and her staff had
served 22 early voters and
processed three absentee
ballots.
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