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Newspaper Page TextPage 5A The Upson Beacon Thursday, April 1, 2021 Ard Charged With Burglary Ricky Andrew Ard, 37, of Rosehill Drive in Upson County was arrested by investigators March 26 and charged with two felony counts of burglary, according to reports from Sheriff Dan Kilgore. Ard allegedly burglarized a res idence on North Old Alabama Road on two separate occasions between March 22 and March 24, taking power tools and hand tools, Kilgore said. Investigators recovered most of the stolen property. Other unrelated arrests and charges reported by UCSO include Mindy Jai Howard, felony theft by taking; and Jessica Marie Bailey, il legal possession of a controlled sub stance. Eli James Cooper was charged with possession of meth- amphetamine during an arrest by Georgia State Patrol. Thomaston Police Department reported charges including Rodi- riquez “Drek” Rogers of E Street, theft by receiving stolen property; and Kenny Gay of G Loop, posses sion of a firearm by a convicted felon or first offender. Upson County COVID-19 Update New Cases Decline in Upson Upson County reports 3,328 positive COVID-19 cases with 122 deaths as of noon last Tuesday, accord ing to the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Co- ronavirus Resource Center. Numbers reflect 12 new cases (down from 29 last week) and two new deaths (up from none last week) since Tuesday one week prior. During that time, Upson’s per cap ita infection rate increased from 12.64 to 12.68 cases per 100 residents, more than i-in-10. Pike County, at 11.69 P er 100 residents, and Lamar County, at 10.41 per 100, are the only Upson-adjacent counties exceeding i-in-10 infection rate. Taylor is at 9.55, Monroe at 9.33, and Meri wether at 9.03 per 100. A consensus of online sources report Georgia with 1,032,045 (up 10,746 for the week) positive cases and 18,381 (up 391 for the week) deaths as of noon last Tuesday. New cases de creased from 11,800 and new deaths increased from 280 the previous week. Johns Hopkins lists the following confirmed cases for counties bordering Upson: Monroe, 2,538 (up nine) cases with 98 (up one) deaths; Pike, 2,151 (up 22) with 36 (up two) deaths; Lamar, 1,948 (up 11) with 54 (up one) deaths; Meriwether, 1,910 (up 11) with 75 (up five) deaths; Taylor, 776 (up two) with 25 (no change) deaths; Crawford, 649 (up 12) with 17 (no change) deaths; and Talbot, 463 (up one) with 17 (no change) deaths. Total number of posi tive cases reported among residents and staff at local long-term health care fa cilities (including Harbor- view, Providence, and Riverside) is 316 (no change in resident or staff cases) during the same period, with 53 res ident deaths (no change), according to Georgia’s Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 Report from the Georgia Depart ment of Community Health. The report shows Har- borview (105 res idents/102 tested) with 92 resident cases (no change), 71 resident re coveries, 34 staff cases (no change), and 21 resident deaths (no change). Providence (82 res idents/83 tested) reports 67 resident cases (no change), 52 resident re coveries, 34 staff cases (no change), and 15 resident deaths (no change). Riv erside (57 residents/126 File Photo tested) reports 59 resident cases (no change), 42 resident recoveries, 30 staff cases (no change) and 17 resident deaths (no change) from one week ago. The Centers for Disease Control continues to rec ommend the use of face masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19, especially where social dis tancing is difficult to main tain such as in grocery stores or pharmacies. The CDC stresses the use of masks in areas of signifi cant community-based transmission. Thomaston to be Featured in Georgia Archives Symposium The Georgia Archives will host a free virtual sym posium, “From Field to Mill Town: Cotton and Textile Culture in Geor gia,” Saturday, April 3. No registration is re quired for the event, which is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Presenta tions will include: •“Silvertown: From the Center of Tire Cord Pro duction to a Local Treas ure,” by Jane Burdette (Silvertown Historic Pres ervation Project), Jamesan Gramme (director, Thom- aston-Upson Archives), and Chris Jackson (histo ric preservation specialist, WLA Studio). •“Legacies of Cotton Industrialization in Geor gia: Architecture and Transportation,” with two lectures: “Folk Architec ture in Whittier Mills Vil lage (of Atlanta),” by Heather Meadows (gradu ate student at Georgia State University), and “Huff Daland Dusters, Macon, Ga., and the move to Monroe, La.,” by Dr. James Hoogerwerf (expert on the history of technol ogy, Auburn University). •“The West Georgia Textile Heritage Trail,” which includes three lec tures: “Establishing the West Georgia Textile Her itage Trail,” by Keri Adams and Dr. Ann McCleary (both with the Center for Public History at the Uni versity of West Georgia; “Interpreting the Textile Industry,” by Jarrett Craft (the Textile Trail Curator at UWG) and James Bynum; and “Mapping the Textile Industry,” by Bynum, Jessica Sinel, and Dr. Andy Walter. 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