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Tuesday, October 15,2024 bcUTlCSVillC. COIH Barnesville, Ga. 30204
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
Bandstand event
to benefit
historical
society is Nov. 2
The Barnesville-Lamar
County Historical Soci
ety will host Barnesville
Bandstand Saturday.
Nov. 2 from 6:30-9 p.m. at
the Women’s Clubhouse.
The event will feature
music from the 50s, 60s
and 70s. There will be
dancing, a best dressed
contest with a $100
grand prize and a raffle.
Tickets are $25 each.
For more information,
call 678.588.9193 or
770.584.0777
4-H pecan
fundraiser
Get an order of deli
cious pecans just in time
for the holi
days at only
$ 14/pound.
Complete an
online order
form by Octo
ber 24 before
4:30 p.m. at
tinyurl.com/LC4HPecan-
Fundraiser. Orders will
also be taken by phone
by contacting the Lamar
County Extension/4-H
Office at 770-358-5163.
Orders are not complete
until payment is received
in the Lamar County
Extension/4-H office by
the deadline. Cash and
checks made payable to
Lamar County 4-H will
be accepted as payment.
Pecans will be available
for pick up at the Lamar
County Extension/4-H Of
fice in mid-November.
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Big decision tonight:
Legacy 75 zoning and
approval vote on county agenda
WALTER GEIGER
news@bamesville.com
The Lamar County
commission will take up
the matter of the mam
moth Legacy 75 propos
al along 1-75 tonight at a
public hearing and later
at its regular meeting.
Developer Doug
Adams plans a Class
A development along
the interstate and is
seeking to rezone some
1100 acres with the vast
majority of the land
located on the western
side of the interstate.
The joint planning
commission held a sec
ond hearing on the mat
ter Oct. 10 and voted
3-2 for approval with a
long list of conditions.
They learned Adams
has taken a rock quarry
and a high-density resi
dential development
near High Falls Lake off
the table.
The county commis
sion is not bound by
the planning commis
sion decision in that its
members only serve in
an advisory role.
The county will con
duct its hearing on the
zoning request at 6 p.m.
tonight with the final
decision on the agenda
for the regular meeting
which follows at 7 p.m.
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THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Homecoming week has arrived
It’s homecoming week with multiple events on the schedule as the LC family celebrates. The theme is ‘Once Upon a
Homecoming’. Each day has a spirit dress designation for students.
The homecoming parade is Thursday. The parade will form up at the recreation department this year beginning at 4
p.m. and start at 5 p.m. following the usual route. The homecoming dance is Saturday at 6 p.m. at the gym.
The homecoming queen will be crowned at halftime of the Lamar-Putnam game Friday night.
Those on the court (above) are (front, l-r) Kaden Flournoy, Jasmyn Dixson, Mariah Taylor, Karmen Barkley, Erireyonna
Barkley, Brylee Hodges, Adalynn Williams, Neva Fletcher; (back, l-r) La’Bre Fletcher, Faith Buice, Harmony Flewellen and
Kalionna Allen.
Trojans rout Eagles 64-6; host
Putnam Co. for homecoming Friday
WALTER GEIGER
news@bamesville.com
The winless Utopian
Academy Eagles rolled
into town Friday night
having been outscored
257-6 and offering up a
golden opportunity for
LC to pad some stats
and they did just that.
LC recorded a safety
early in the game to
make it 2-0. Markiviya-
on Dugger returned the
ensuing kick 62 yards
for a TD. Caleb Miller
nailed the PAT and
it was 9-0 before the
crowd had settled in.
Kaden Carter scored
on a 19-yard run and
Miller’s PAT made it 16-
0. Bryson Johnson then
took an Eagle fumble
to the house for a TD.
Miller again was true
and it was 23-0.
JahNizae Few scored
on a four-yard run but
the two-point attempt
failed to make it 29-0.
Carter then hit Kenya
Barnes with a 16-yard
TD pass. Miller’s PAT
made it 36-0 at the end
of the first period.
The beatdown con
tinued in the second
quarter with Qua Hugh-
ley scoring on a one-
yard plunge, Dugger
breaking off a 15-yard
TD run and Carter get
ting loose on a 54-yard
TD run. Miller nailed
all thee PATs and it was
57-0 at the half.
Malik Watts scored
on a seven-yard run in
the third period. Miller
again nailed the kick
and it was 64-0.
The Eagles scored on
an 84-yard TD pass late
in the game against the
LC reserves. The PAT
failed.
LC had 234 total
yards to 54 for the
Eagles who were held
to -48 yards rushing.
Carter had 92 yards
rushing and two TDs
on just six carries. Few
had three carries for 44
yards and a TD. Other
ballcarriers of conse
quence (carries-yards)
were Joshua McDade
(1-27), Barnes (1-19),
Dugger (1-15) and Jawin
Hamm (1-10).
“We talked about
execution and attend
ing to detail all week
at practice. We talked
about creating opportu
nities. We were able to
do those things Friday
night. We got a lot of
backups into the game
and it was good to see
them in a varsity game,”
Trojan coach Travis El
lington said.
It’s homecoming
week and with that
comes a whole host of
distractions. LC (6-1,
3-0) hosts the Putnam
County War Eagles (4-4,
3-1) Friday at 7:30 at
Trojan Field. The War
Eagles beat Towers
48-14 Friday night in
Eatonton.
LC is tied atop the
region standings with
Social Circle (5-2, 3-0).
LC travels there next
Friday night for what
will be a critical game.
Tkmrny
York is lone
finalist for
city
manager
Tammy York, who cur
rently serves as Barnes-
ville’s acting city manager,
is the lone finalist for the
post. The city council
made that decision in an
executive session following
its regular meeting Oct. 7.
The city will formalize
its decision at a called
meeting of the council set
for Oct. 24.
York, formerly the city’s
chief financial officer, was
named acting city manager
May 13 following the con
troversial suspension and
then dismissal of former
city manager Tim Turner.
Early
voting
starts today
Advance voting in the
Nov. 5 general election
begins today at the new
elections board office in
the county administrative
building located at 790 Vet
erans Parkway. Hours are 9
a.m. - 5 p.m. daily
The early voting period
runs through Friday, Nov.
1.
Saturday voting is avail
able on Oct. 19 and Oct. 26
with Sunday voting on Oct.
20 from 1-5 p.m.
The deadline to request
an absentee ballot is Fri
day, Oct. 25.
For more information,
call the elections office at
770.358.5235.
Greenwood
Cemetery
expansion work
underway
A logging crew began
work last week at the rear
of Greenwood Cemetery
in Barnesville as phase
one of an expansion there
got underway. Trees are
being removed and debris
burned.
The city plans to add
six-seven rows of graves on
the newly cleared portion
on roads that run roughly
north-south. Grading will
follow the tree removal.
The cemetery prop
erty, owned by the City
of Barnesville, consists of
38.25 acres. The current
expansion will leave six or
seven acres of wooded buf
fer between the graveyard
and the four-lane.
IDA searching
for executive
director
The Barnesville-Lamar
County Industrial Develop
ment Authority is actively
seeking candidates for its
executive director posi
tion.
Current executive
director Kathy Oxford has
announced she will retire
at the end of the year.
To apply, send a resume
and cover letter to choos-
ebarnesvillega@gmail.com.
©2024 THE HERALD GAZETTE, BARNESVILLE, LAMAR COUNTY, GA 30204, 770.358.NEWS
