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The Braselton News
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Pooches in the Park
coming up Sept. 9
Sit, stay, play. Braselton plans its second annual Pooches
in the Park on Saturday. Sept. 9.
The event begins at 2 p.m. with most activities wrapping
up before 7 p.m.
Live music will be featured at the Braselton Town Green
gazebo from 7-10 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring
lawn chairs and blankets for the performances.
The event will take place at the Braselton Town Green
beside the Braselton Brothers Department Store building in
downtown (9924 Davis Street).
The event is free and all pets must be on a leash.
There is no fee to participate in the contests, bounce house
and games.
Sign-up for contests begins at 2 p.m. at the concessions
building and cuts off 15 minutes prior to the contest. Some
will have limited participation and will be done on a first-
come, first-served basis. See the timeline for schedule.
Rover On Marketplace will feature several vendors that
have pet products. There will be local veterinarians, pet
supply stores and other pet-related products and services.
Vendors that have already signed up include The Puppy
Pantry, Fetching Friends, Alexanderhof Training Academy,
In The Ruff Pet Stuff. Heart Spot Pet & Family Portraits.
Best Friend Veterinary Hospital, Young Living Essential
Oils, Juke n Jive Creamery and Chateau Animal Hospital.
Vendors interested in booth space should visit www.
DowntownBraselton.com for more information.
Food trucks will also be set up. More information will be
announced later.
SCHEDULE
•2 p.m. — event begins. The first 101 dogs will receive
a free wag bag at the concessions building (pooch must be
present). Contest signup begins at concessions building. A
Bounce House opens for kids. Photo props and games begin,
along with the Lure Coursing (participation donations go to
the Humane Society). The “Wet Nose Water Lounge” opens
for dogs. Rover on Over Marketplace opens. Food trucks
and vendors open in the Davis Street parking lot.
•2:30 p.m. — Costume Contest and Pup Stmt at the arena
(located near amphitheater seating).
•3 p.m. — Gwinnett County K9 demonstration at the
arena.
•4 p.m. — More contests at the arena: Balance Act, Lon
gest Kiss, Bark Off and Best Trick.
•5 p.m. — Agility demonstration with Steve, Athens
Unleashed, at the arena.
•6 p.m. — Awards ceremony at the arena.
•7 p.m. to 10 p.m. — Live music at the gazebo
•10 p.m. — End of the leash. Time to go home.
Hoard’s murder
remembered Monday
The life and untimely death of solicitor general Floyd
“Fuzzy” Hoard was remembered Monday night in the halls
of the old Jackson County Courthouse where he spent much
of his legal career.
Hoard, a crusading prosecutor in the Piedmont Judicial
Circuit who targeted local corruption after he was elected in
1964, was assassinated 50 years ago Monday by a Jackson
County bootlegging ring. The killing shook the county to its
core and made national news for months as the search and
eventual prosecution if those responsible played out.
Monday night, Hoard’s son, Richard “Dicky” Hoard,
spoke to an overflow crowd of 150 people gathered at the
courthouse about his father's death and what has happened
in the years since.
“Some of you took the bull by the horns and realized
things needed to change,” he said. “Jackson County today is
nothing like what it was when I was growing up.”
The younger Hoard was at home the morning of Aug. 7.
1967, when 10 sticks of dynamite exploded in his father’s
car in front of their rural Jefferson house. He later wrote a
book, “Alone Among the Living,” about the murder and his
response as a young man growing up amid the turmoil that
followed. Hoard is now a minister in Watkinsville.
“I’m proud of Jackson County and the Piedmont Judicial
Circuit,” he said. “It is a good place to live. I don’t know
that you could always say that because of the undercurrent
of things going on back then. ... It’s not like that anymore.”
Hoard recalled the words of the minister at his father’s
funeral 50 years ago who asked mourners, “Did Floyd
Hoard die in vain?”
“I say as an answer a resounding no, he did not,” the
younger Hoard said Monday night as friends and family
members looked on. “But that’s because of you, because of
his family, even those that never knew him, but are his blood
kin. We have a legacy to live up to.”
Hoard also spoke of his father’s courage and of the need to
remember what happened five decades ago.
“My dad was a compassionate man and when he set his
mind to do something, when he started, it was going to get
finished.”
DDA continued from 1A
end of the year.
OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS
•cotton gin rehab — developers plan to renovate the
facility and reopen it as a brewpub. Keller said he and the
business owner have talked about signage.
•hospital-owned site — Northeast Georgia Medical Cen
ter owns a large parcel in downtown Braselton beside city
hall. It reportedly planned to construct a medical clinic at
the site, but Keller said that project may be abandoned.
•warehouse on Hwy. 124 — developers have submitted
a site development plan for a controversial warehouse on
Hwy. 124 at Davis Street.
•residential developments—the group also discussed pos
sible residential developments. Specifically, Keller expects
to receive a rezoning application from the Embry brothers
for their proposal to develop a townhome and single-family
community near downtown. DDA chairman Clay Eubanks
said he thinks people will be “chomping-at-the-bit” to live
in downtown. He said the DDA may need to refocus when
more residences are brought downtown, shifting its focus to
bringing in commercial business (a small grocery store was
specifically mentioned).
Trena J. Myers
Joan Terrell
Two women bring art to downtown Braselton
Two accomplished area artists answered the Braselton
Downtown Development Authority’s “call for artists”
to help beautify the historic downtown. The call was to
solicit creative outdoor artwork for three large planters
on Frances Street facing GA 53.
“The DDA’s design committee preferred a juried
approach, seeking accomplished and seasoned artists not
only for professionality, but for the high-traffic visibili
ty,” said downtown director Amy Pinnell.
Trena J. Myers and Joan Terrell have been busy paint
ing since being selected based on their resumes and
preliminary design concepts. They completed their work
last month.
Myers has more than 20 years experience with art
design and lives in Suwanee. She has designed many
forms of art, including advertisements, clothing, greet
ing cards and gifts. She is also an author, public speaker
and photographer having won many awards.
“I hope my view of life brings joy.” she said.
Terrell lives in Hoschton and has entered and won
numerous public art competitions since 2007.
“Flowers and garden themes are especially intriguing,”
she said.
She studied photography at the Southeastern Center
for Photographic Arts and has contributed to myriad
newspapers and magazines. Her works have been
exhibited in Athens, Duluth, Buford, Gainesville and
Norcross.
“The ongoing mission is to help beautify downtown,
and these planters make for an ideal canvas to that end,”
said Pinnell. “More artistic opportunities are in the
works real soon.”
Jackson County pay hike on tap
Employees of the Jackson County government may see
a pay hike next month.
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners are
reviewing a proposal to give a 2.5 percent pay raise to
non-public safety employees and a 3 percent hike to all
public safety staff. That could be followed by another hike
in the upcoming county budget that will take effect Janu
ary 1, 2018, said county manager Kevin Poe at Monday
night’s BOC meeting.
The proposal, if approved, would take effect Sept. 1.
The BOC is slated to vote on the plan at its Aug. 21
meeting.
In other business Monday night, the BOC:
• approved a plan with Jefferson to continue building
inspections on homes currently under construction in Sto
rey Meadows subdivision that were recently annexed into
the City of Jefferson.
• reviewed the proposed 2018 aging service contract
with the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission.
• reviewed a proposal for new software for finance,
human resources and the public development department
at a total cost of $480,300.
• reviewed a proposal to use a new firm for EMS billing
services.
Meet Dr. Walpert
Dr. Walpert is a fellow of the American Association of Neurosurgery
and a member of the Neurosurgical Society of America. She holds
an appointment to the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards
and is an assistant clinical professor of neurosurgery at the University
of Georgia Health Sciences Campus. She has a special interest in
minimally invasive, microscopic treatment of spine disorders, head
injury and radiosurgery and image-guidance in surgery for brain tumors.
Medical Degree: Tulane University School of Medicine
Internship and Residency: University of Tennessee College of
Medicine
Learn more about Dr. Walpert by visiting
piedmont.org/DrWalpert
Kimberly Walpert, M.D.
Neurosurgery
242 King Avenue
Medical Services Building
2nd Floor
Athens, Georgia 30606
P: 706.475.1870
F: 706.475.1879
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