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w \ r \ N Tuesday, August 15,2023 LAMAR BOARD OF ELECTION: barnesville.com Barnesville, Ga. 30204 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 Subscribe. Your name goes on the label in this box 96852 78853 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 SEE SOLID WASTE 2A 11 *'V l 1 fj/jS, I 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 ©2023 THE HERALD GAZETTE, BARNESVILLE, LAMAR COUNTY, GA 30204, 770.358.NEWS