Volume 1, Issue 3
March 2015
Business Builder
Peaches to the Beaches attracts visitors from Maryland
Last year, travelers from Maryland were the first to complete the entire Peaches to the Beaches route and end up in
Barnesville. Shown above with Mayor Peter Banks and Chamber President Marshall Hooks, the group traveled south to
visit family and take part in the annual shopping event.
Inside This
Issue:
Schedule of Events
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Business Spotlight
3
Business After Hours
4
Business Exchange
4
Grill Raffle
5
Leadership Lamar
7
Peaches to the Beaches
13
Battle of the Bones
17
The month of March has begun and spring is right around
the corner! As the Chamber prepares for a busy spring, the
annual Peaches to the Beaches is coming up quickly. If
you need a booth and haven’t purchased one yet, make
sure to contact the Chamber by phone or email to get
yours today! If you don’t need a booth, make sure to stop
by the Peaches to the Beaches on March 13th and 14th to
take a look around and do some shopping! You don’t want
to miss it! T-Shirts for Peaches to the Beaches are already
on sale at the Chamber in two different colors (mint and
berry) for $10 each. Get yours before we run out!
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Schedule of Events
March 7th: Yard Sale at Barnesville Church of the Nazarene
March 8th: Daylight Savings Time Begins!
March 10th: Business Exchange
March 12th: IDA Board Meeting
March 13th-14th: Peaches to the Beaches Yard Sale
March 17th: St. Patrick’s Day!
March 19th: Chamber Board Meeting
March 19th: Business After Hours
March 19th: Gordon State College Ribbon Cutting
March 21st: Gordon State College Founder’s Day Concert
& Scholarship Fundraiser
March 23rd: Relay for Life Meeting
We are updating the Community Calendar
on our Chamber website! If you have any
events or meetings that need to be listed on
the community calendar, please give us a
call or send us an email with the following
information about the event: name of event,
date, starting time and ending time,
location, contact information, and any other
pertinent information that needs to be given.
Our community calendar has recently been
moved to a more accessible location on our
website so please visit www.barnesville.org
and click on the “Calendar” link to view the
Community Calendar in its new location!
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Volume 1, Issue 3
Business Spotlight
Cheryl Idol joined the Coastal Home Care team as Branch Manager of the
Barnesville office in June, 2012. She is a Certified Public Accountant with over 25
years of professional experience in public and private sector accounting and
management. She holds a Master’s degree in Taxation from Georgia State
University and is a graduate of the University of Georgia, Athens with a Bachelors of
Fine Arts degree. Cheryl currently serves on the boards of the Barnesville-Lamar
Community Foundation and the Barnesville-Lamar County Industrial Development
Authority. She is a member of the Barnesville Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce,
Friends of the Library, and Milner United Methodist Church.
Want to win a free ad in our
newsletter?
Join us at the March Business
After Hours event and you could be featured
here next month!
Cheryl E. Idol
Barnesville Branch Manager
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Business After Hours
Business Builder
Business Exchange
March’s Business Exchange will be held on March 10th at the
Lamar County College and Career Academy in Room 602.
CTAE Director Sheila Wilson will discuss the
Lamar County College and Career Academy and its goals for 2015.
Breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. and the meeting will begin at 8:00
a.m. Don’t miss it!
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Volume 1, Issue 3
Battle of the Bones
Grill Raffle!
Extra! Extra! Back by Popular Demand!!!
If you were not the lucky winner of the James Blackmon
custom-made fire pit/grill that we raffled off during
Buggy Days - here is a second chance!!
The Barnesville Lamar County Chamber of Commerce and the Varsity and Junior
Varsity Cheerleaders of Lamar County Comprehensive High School will once again
be selling raffle tickets. Tickets are going to be even more popular at $2 for 1, $5 for
3, and $10 for 7 tickets. Get your tickets today at the Chamber office, at Peaches to
the Beaches (Roses Parking Lot- 03/13/15-03/14/15 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM),
or from your favorite cheerleader! The winner of our Battle of the Bones Grill Raffle
will be announced on Saturday, May 2nd, 2015 at the festival. *You do not have to
be present to win.*
Membership Directory Ads
The Chamber of Commerce is preparing to print our
yearly Membership Directory. As usual, we have several
pages reserved for advertisements for our Chamber
members! If you would like to purchase an ad to be
placed in our 2015 Membership Directory, please give
us a call at (770)358-5884 or send an email to
[email protected]. We are shooting for a
deadline of March 31st, so please let us know as soon
as possible! Also, if you have not renewed your chamber
membership yet for 2015, make sure to renew before March 31st so we can
include your business in our Membership Directory! The Membership Directory
is a great way to advertise your business as many people use it as their go-toguide for finding a service they need!
Griffin Choral Arts Presents
“MASTERWORKS: MOZART’S REQUIEM”
The Griffin Choral Arts community chorus, under the direction of Dr. Stephen J. Mulder, will present “MASTERWORKS:
MOZART’S REQUIEM” on Thursday, March 12, at 7:30 PM at The Griffin Auditorium (234 E. Taylor St). This concert
features Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem Mass in D Minor, one of Mozart’s most performed and popular but also
mysterious works.
The Mozart Requiem became popular most recently in 1984 through its prominence in the plot line of the Oscar-winning
film Amadeus. While the film features only isolated excerpts from the Requiem, the GCA concert will be an excellent
opportunity to hear this masterpiece in its entirety.
The performance will include an orchestra consisting of top-flight Atlanta-area professional instrumentalists and vocal
soloists. The timing of the performance during the Christian season of Lent will add further appeal. Program notes will
also be available at the GCA website prior to the date of the performance.
Tickets are $15 general admission (all ages) at the door or in advance in Griffin at Artistic Flowers and Gifts, Safehouse
Coffee Roasters, and First United Methodist Church, in Barnesville at Goggans Florist, and in Zebulon at A Novel
Experience bookstore.
Griffin Choral Arts is a 50-voice, auditioned community choir known for its innovative and diverse programming. The
mission of Griffin Choral Arts is to bring “the best choral music to the community.”
For more information about Griffin Choral Arts call 888-SING1-88 (888-746-4188) or visit the GCA website:
www.griffinchoralarts.org.
Contact:
Dr. Stephen J. Mulder
Griffin Choral Arts
1-888-SING1-88
Leadership Lamar 2015!
Dear Members, Friends, and Past Leadership Lamar Graduates:
We are proud to announce that we will sponsor and hold the next Leadership Lamar class beginning in the summer of
2015! Leadership Lamar has proven to be a very successful opportunity to mold current and future leaders in our
community. Many of our graduates from Leadership Lamar currently serve in our community in some way, whether
they sit on the board for our Chamber of Commerce, are members of County Boards, serve as County Commissioners,
or serve our community in other ways. We are very excited about this program and hope that you see the level of
importance of this class and support the need to continue to offer such a program.
In the next few pages of this newsletter, you will find the nomination form for Leadership Lamar. Please consider the
following:
Do you know of a co-worker, professional associate, leader in your church or civic organization that you feel will
benefit from this leadership program?
Do you have an employee that you wish to sponsor in this leadership program?
Would you or your business be willing to sponsor a student in this leadership program?
There will be candidates that would like to go through the program that may not financially be able to pay the
$150—would you be willing to sponsor such a candidate?
Please take a moment to complete the nomination form on the next few pages with anyone that you wish to nominate
as an upcoming leader in our community that may benefit from this program. Also, please note the form where
indicated if you wish to sponsor a candidate that is unable to attend due to the financial commitment.
Thank you for your time and consideration! We appreciate your input!
Best Regards,
Carman Templeton
Robin Butler
Carman Templeton
Leadership Lamar Co-Chair
Robin Butler
Leadership Lamar Co-Chair
Steering Committee (Left to Right): Vickie Mae Brownlee, Lynsey Corley, Robin Butler, Jeff Mason, Missy Kendrick,
Martin Johnson, Caleb Tyson, Jessica Farr, Carman Templeton, Tim Turner, Tonya Coleman, and Stacey Ard.
Not pictured: Shanda Rooks and Sarah Snowden.
Get Ready for an Evening of Trop-Rock for a Good Cause at Gordon State College!
Enjoy an evening of “trop-rock” for a great cause at the Gordon State College Founder’s Day Concert
and Scholarship Fundraiser featuring the Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band, A1A! The event is Saturday, March
21 at the Student Activity and Recreation Center on campus. Doors open at 5:30 and the music starts at
7:30 p.m.
Since 1992 Jeff Pike and A1A have been internationally recognized as The Official and Original Jimmy
Buffett Tribute Show. The band also holds the crown as being the first and only Tribute Show ever
sanctioned by Jimmy Buffett himself. “We are so excited to have A1A for this year’s Founder’s Day
Celebration,” said Rhonda Toon, executive director of the Gordon State College Foundation. “They have
quite a following in the area, and the show they present will bring a little bit of the tropics, and a lot of
fun, to our campus as we raise money for our Founder’s Day Scholarship.”
Tickets for the event are $30 each for general admission and $100 each for VIP tickets. VIP tickets
feature a pre-show cocktail hour, special seating and a reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres during
intermission. A portion of the price of a VIP ticket is tax-deductible. General admission tickets feature
seat-back, stadium-like seating. The General admission ticket holders can purchase non-alcoholic
beverages and concessions during the show.
“A1A’s show is engaging and thoroughly entertaining,” said Mike Davis, a Butts County resident and
A1A fan. “They play all the well-known Buffett hits and then some. It would be hard to not have a good
time.”
The event will be held in the Student Activity and Recreation Center, the newest building on Gordon’s
campus. “The SARC is spectacular and will make for a great venue for this fun show,” Toon said.
VIP tickets are available for purchase by calling (678) 359-5739. General admission tickets are
available at the Foundation’s online store at www.gordonstate.edu/foundationstore. “We anticipate
brisk tickets sales,” Toon said, “So all the ‘Parrot Heads’ out there should get their tickets in advance.”
For much more information on the band, visit the official A1A website at www.A1A-Live.com Food and
drink are not allowed to be brought into the venue. Gordon State is a tobacco-free campus. No tobacco
products, including vapor cigarettes and the like, are allowed on campus.
The 2015 officers for Lamar Arts have been chosen!
President: John Votaw
Vice President: Dr. Larry Collins
Treasurer: William Tuttle
Secretary: Kay Pedrotti
Congratulations to the new Lamar Arts 2015 Officers!
The 2015 Lamar County Relay for Life event will be held on April 10
from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Lamar County Recreation walking
track. If you would like to serve on the event committee, you are
invited to attend the meetings, held at 6:00 p.m. at St. George’s
Episcopal School. The final meeting date will be held on:
March 23
Also, if you would like to sign up your business/organization as a
team, please contact Marshall at (229) 376-6003.
February’s Business After Hours
February’s Business After Hours was hosted
by Upson Regional Medical Center at their Barnesville Office. Everyone enjoyed the wonderful food
that was provided and had a lot of fun answering
the trivia questions to win prizes. Cheryl Idol won a
chance for Coastal Home Care to be featured on
our Business Spotlight page through the business
card drawing and the jackpot for $100 was not
won (increased to $125 for the month of March).
The Chamber also decided to bring back its splitpot raffle, which was won by Pam Bryant!
Want your own chance to win these prizes?
Come by our March Business After Hours, which
will be hosted by Spalding Regional Hospital at
their Barnesville Office on March 19th from 5:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m.!
Battle of the Bones!
In just a little over two months, the Barnesville-Lamar County
Chamber of Commerce will host its 11th annual BBQ festival, Battle of the
Bones (formerly called BBQ & Blues), on May 1st and 2nd! The planning
for Battle of the Bones has been underway for several months and it is
shaping up to be an awesome festival! The Battle of the Bones Festival is
an FBA sanctioned event and will be the 2015 Florida BBQ Association
Georgia State Championship. The festival will feature a Kid’s Park, a Golf
Cart Decorating Contest, music, a grill raffle (for more information, turn to
page 5), a car show, and much more! T-shirts are already available for this
event and can be purchased at the Chamber (Pictures of the logo and
back artwork on the T-Shirt are shown below). T-Shirts are $12 for sizes
S-XL and $15 for sizes 2XL-4XL.
Front of T-Shirt
Back of T-Shirt
President’s Corner
Marshall T. Hooks
President/CEO
Barnesville-Lamar County
Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 506
Barnesville, GA 30204
Phone: (770)358-5884
Fax: (770)358-5886
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In a few short weeks, hundreds of shoppers will be
passing through Barnesville to participate in the annual
Peaches to the Beaches Yard Sale. This two-day event
stretches from Barnesville to the Georgia coast and for
many travelers, Barnesville is either their starting point
or ending point. The Golden Isles Parkway Association
has done a wonderful job coordinating this event with
local communities and continues to work promoting the
many tourist and historic locations along the way.
Whether you are planning to stop at one of the official
yard sale sites, or all eighteen, I can guarantee you two
things: not only will you have a great time, but you will
also meet many wonderful people.
Marshall Hooks