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Barnesville, Ga. 30204
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
Early
deadline
notice
Due to the July 4th hol
iday, The Herald Gazette
will be mailed on Mon
day, July 3. The deadline
for articles, letters, ads,
classified and legal ads
has been moved to Tues
day, June 27 at 5 p.m. for
the July 4 edition.
Horne named to
all-state golf
team
LC standout Everett
Horne (above) was named to
the GHSA Class A, Div. I all-
state golf team after leading
his team to a second place
finish in their sectional and a
sixth place finish in the state
tournament held last month
at Arrowhead Pointe near
Elberton, Ga.
At the state match, Horne
shot a 73-83:156 to finish
tied for 10th place in the
individual competition. Horne
is thought to be the first
Trojan golfer to ever make an
all-state team.
He is the son of Josh
Horne and Amanda and Mike
Gunnels and the grandson of
Bruce and Linda Akins and
Sidney and Barbara Horne,
all of Barnesville.
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Milner biter to serve three years in prison
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
A 24-year-old Thom-
aston man who bit
his wife and a sher
iff’s deputy during a
rampage at a home in
Milner June 28, 2022
has been sentenced to
prison time.
Karlnyus Terryk
Drake pleaded guilty
to battery and three
counts of obstruction
Thursday and was sen
tenced to three years in
prison plus seven years
on probation.
Drake apparently
went berserk, biting his
wife’s finger and
tearing things up
at her home at
103 Locust Street.
Milner police
chief Lamar Bunn,
backed up by Lt.
Michael New
man of the LCSO,
kicked in the door
of the home and moved
a couch that was block
ing the doorway.
Drake appeared at
the door to a bedroom
but did not respond to
commands from both
officers. Drake was
unarmed so Bunn and
Newman lowered their
weapons.
As Drake con
tinued to ignore
commands,
Newman tasered
him. Drake rolled
around on the
floor until he
broke the connec
tions on the taser
wires and began
to get back on his feet.
Newman tasered Drake
again when it appeared
he was about to move
toward Bunn.
Drake again managed
to roll around until the
connections were bro
ken. He got to his feet,
pushed Bunn aside and
fled across the street.
Newman caught him
and both went to the
ground. In the scuffle,
Drake bit the inside of
Newman’s left arm.
By that time, mul
tiple backup units had
arrived and Drake was
taken into custody.
Newman drove himself
to the emergency room
in Griffin where he was
treated and released.
Chief Bunn suffered a
knee injury that re
quired treatment. The
wife, Diamond Drake,
was treated by EMTs
at the scene for a bite
wound.
DRAKE
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SUBMITTED
Ring Trojans!
The 12U Lamar County all-stars won seven straight games over the weekend in Griffin to win the USSSA district
championship. The young Trojans defeated Newnan twice along with teams from Brooks, Spalding County, Pike County
and Senoia.
Showing off their championship rings are Houston Appling (left) and Trey Smallwood.
The team advances to the state tournament in Covington this weekend as a #1 seed. For more, see page 3A
Interim Gordon president hopes to keep
his position,has big plans for the college
Milner water
advisory issued;
notan
emergency
The City of Milner has
issued an advisory regard
ing the quality of water
delivered by its system.The
water is constantly moni
tored. During the period
January 1-March 3, testing
showed the water exceeded
the maximum contaminant
level standard for total
trihalomethanes.
This is not an emergency
and no boiling of water or
other actions on the part
of consumers are required.
For more information, call
770.358.1604.
For the full legal notice
on the advisory, see page
2A.
County taking
bids on roof
repairs at jail
The Lamar County com
mission is seeking bids for
roof repair and replace
ment at the sheriff’s office
and detention center on
Roberta Drive. Those bid
ding must have a current
contractors license.
The contractor will be
required to provide all
materials and work to com
plete the job.
Proposals may be sub
mitted to the commission
office through 3 p.m. July
11. Late bids will not be
considered.
For more information,
see page 5B.
GSP
identifies
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
Dr. Donald J. Green,
who was named interim
president of Gordon
State College May 30,
was the first person
in his family to go to
college and thus has a
deep affinity for access
institutions which is the
role the local campus
plays in the state’s uni
versity system.
Addressing the
Barnesville Rotary
Club June 6, Green,
who wants to be called
Don, said he hopes to
have the word interim
removed from his title
and make good things
happen here.
“1 grew up in a small
town in
Michigan. We
didn’t have
a red light
and we had
more cows
than people.
My wife and
1 really like
it here and
hope to stay.
That is in the
works,” Green
said.
He has 27 years of
leadership experience
in higher education
with seven of those
years spent in Geor
gia. He most recently
served as president of
Point Park University
in Pittsburgh. Prior to
that, he was president
of Georgia Highlands
College in Rome where
he oversaw initiatives
and strategic
planning that
led to higher
retention
rates and
significant
enrollment
growth.
Gordon has
struggled in
both those ar
eas in recent
years.
“Over the past sev
eral years, about 50% of
the students who came
to Gordon as freshmen
did not return for year
two. There is no one
particularly to blame
for that but it is some
thing 1 plan to address,”
Green told the Rotar-
ians.
Green holds a bach
elor’s degree in public
administration from
Michigan State Univer
sity, a masters degree
in labor and human
resource management
from Ohio State and
a doctoral degree in
educational leadership
from Western Michigan.
He hopes to encour
age more and more high
school graduates from
the area to save money
and get associate’s de
grees at Gordon before
going on to Georgia,
Georgia Tech and other
four-year institutions.
Dr Green and his wife
Cathy have three grown
children and are already
immersing themselves
in Barnesville. He prom
ises to be involved with
the community.
“You’re going to see
me everywhere,” Green
concluded.
GREEN
operator,
passenger
in bike crash
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The Georgia State Patrol
has identified the operator
of a motor
cycle that
led Monroe
County depu
ties on a high
speed chase
that roared
through down-
HiinsnN town Barnes "
HUUoUN ville in the wee
hours of June 4 and ended
in a crash.
The chase rocketed
SEE BIKE CRASH 2A
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