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Tuesday, August 15,2023
LAMAR BOARD OF ELECTION:
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HERE’S THE
SCOOP
Rumfelt
exhibit
to open
Friday
at Depot
Local realtor and
master of many art forms
Dave Rumfelt will be
feted Friday evening at
the Depot Gallery on the
occasion of the opening
of his exhibit ‘Simply
Bold’. The opening re
ception will be held from
6-8 p.m.
The exhibit, subtitled
Expressions by Dave
Rumfelt, runs through
Oct. 15.
Rumfelt is an agent
for Gold Crown Real
Estate Services and lives
in Barnesville. He is a
singer, musician, artist
and a former profession
al magician, among other
things.
Tense times
for Banks
family
There were some
tense times last week for
Barnesville mayor Peter
Banks and his family as
his granddaughter was
on Maui when the tragic
fires, fueled by hurricane
winds, destroyed large
swaths of the island.
Stacey Claytor was liv
ing on Maui and working
SEE BANKS FAMILY 3A
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LCRSWA has one employee, one
contract manager and 511 acres
of land valued at $10.3 million
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
(Editor’s note: Em
ployee data and the
roster of board members
published herewith was
provided by LCRSWA
manager Johnny Poore
following an open
records request filed
by The Herald Gazette.
The e-mailed response
was prompt and the
information received just
after the deadline for
inclusion in last week’s
edition.)
The Lamar County
Regional Solid Waste
Authority (LCRSWA),
since divesting itself of
the landfill personnel
to AmWaste, has only
one employee. Sherry
Powell is in training
to become the office
manager and is paid $16
per hour.
Johnny Poore has
been the ‘contract’
manager of the author
ity since 1993 but actu
ally works as contract
labor without an actual
contract.
“There has never
been an actual contract.
1 had always been self-
employed so 1 told the
board 1 would work and
stay at the pleasure of
the board, and gave
them a signed resigna
tion the day they asked
me to ‘help’. 1 left the
effective date blank
and told the board, the
day 1 wasn’t wanted or
needed, all they had to
do was fill in the date,”
Poore wrote.
“Probably not real
smart on my end but it
seemed the best way to
remove any potential
angst. We always tried
to set my compensa
tion at an equivalent to
county management’s
and other equivalent
solid waste manag
ers and it was last set
at $125,060 per year
in 2017 and it has
remained unchanged
since then. There are no
bonuses, CPI or other
add-ons other than the
cost of carry the Au
thority would have to
pay for that employee,”
Poore continued.
The authority con
sists of six members.
The members (length of
service) as provided by
Poore are former Milner
mayor Joe Bostwick (30
years); county commis
sioner Nancy Thrash
(14.5 years); former
commission chairman
Jay Matthews (12.5
years); county commis
sioner Ryran Traylor
(6.5 years); Milner city
councilman Skip Seda
(1.5 years) and Milner
city administrator
Tausha Grose (appx. 6
months).
Board members are
compensated at a rate
of $150 per month.
Those author
ity members control a
large, mostly contigu
ous swath of land that
totals 511 acres. That
land and the attached
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PHOTO: DONNA FLOURNOY
Kiwams luau a huge success
The Barnesville Kiwanis luau event held Friday night at the Civic Center was a huge success. Three winners split the
$5000 cash prize in the reverse raffle. The event was a sellout and the Kiwanians raised enough money to cover the cost
of their annual charitable efforts.
Pictured enjoying the ambiance are (l-r) Jeannie English, Sara Wilson, Abby Gibbs, Becky Baker and Robin Leverett.
He gone!
Lamar’s Jordan Glover (7) breaks off a long touchdown run during a 58-6 scrimmage rout of a hapless Central Macon
team Friday night. Things get much tougher this week when Wilcox County, ranked #10 in Class A, Div. 2, comes to town.
The Trojans open the season ranked #9 in Class A, Div. 1.
Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Trojan Field.
Qualifying
for city vote
starts
Monday
The qualifying period for
candidates seeking office
in the Nov. 7 Barnesville
municipal election opens
Monday, Aug. 21. City vot
ers will cast ballots in races
for mayor and the ward one
and ward three seats on the
council.
Incumbent mayor Peter
Banks has announced that
he will not seek reelection.
At present, Kelly Hughes is
the only announced candi
date for the mayoral post.
The two council seats
up for grabs are currently
held by Bill Claxton (ward
1) and Sammie Shropshire
(ward 3). Neither has an
announced opponent.
Candidates may qualify
at city hall Aug. 21-23 from
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. each
day. The qualifying fee for
mayor is $75. The fee for
the council seats is $45.
Early voting will begin
three weeks prior to elec
tion day.
For more informa
tion, call city hall at
770.358.0181.
High school
hosting
two events
for parents
Lamar County High
School is hosting two up
coming events for parents
on Aug. 17.
The first is Dual Enroll
ment/Parent Engagement
Night which is set for 5:30
p.m. in the LCHS cafeteria.
Parents can glean in
formation on earning high
school and college credits,
dual enrollment admissions
and 100% paid tuition, fees
and books.
The second event is for
the parents of seniors who
will graduate in 2024. That
event is set for 6 p.m. in the
media center.
For more informa
tion, call the school at
770.358.8642.
At-fault driver in
wreck that killed
two indicted by
grand jury
A Barnesville woman
charged in a traffic crash
that killed a Jackson couple
en route to see their son
play football last October
was indicted by the Sep
tember term Lamar County
grand jury.
Faith Alexis Hill was
indicted on two counts of
second degree vehicular
homicide. Both counts are
SEE AT-FAULT DRIVER 2A
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