About Upson beacon. (Thomaston, Ga.) 2008-current | View Entire Issue (June 24, 2021)
' sp ® ne fits % dart)} ^ Career Fair • June 30 ^ Dart Container Corporation • 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 2260 Deray Road • Thomaston ****** UO||(|u , uoU iuoM^ f • Machine Operators • Inspector Packers I • Maintenance Mechanic Please Apply Online at WWW.DART.JOBS BEFORE ARRIVING (Dart Container is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all candidates for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law) Vol. 14, No. 25 Thursday, June 24, 2021 IIKINe Shmm^Li^^Keepi^\il(^ckoi^OurCommmity eacon 219 Thomas Street, Thomaston, Ga. 30286 706-646-2382 Militia Group Now on Grays Chapel Road Third Training Settlement to Appear in Upson County Since March Sheriff Dan Kilgore said he is “concerned” about a third militia-re lated training settlement which has surfaced in Upson County. The group allegedly is tied to the Not F**king Around Coalition, members of which were discovered training on Kendall Road in Yatesville in March. Another “tent city” recently was erected on Rest Haven Road, drawing attention from county commissioners and law enforcement, but weapons inspected were loaded with blanks. The most recent site, located on Grays Chapel Road off Highway 74 East near Yatesville, reportedly is training with live ammu nition. “We are concerned,” Kilgore said. “We have contacted the [Georgia Bu reau of Investigation] and the [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives] for guidance.” Property owners of the initial occupied site on Kendall Road asked militia members to vacate the premises, citing a misun derstanding regarding permission to train there. The group evacuated with out incident. The second settlement, Militia Group, 4A Photo by Debbie McClain Another apparent training site has been reported on Grays Chapel Road in eastern Upson County. Sheriff Dan Kilgore has consulted with the GBI and ATF, but says options for action are limited by existing state laws and local ordinances. Fun in The Sun Each week this summer, 4H and the Thomaston-Upson Recreation Department are hold ing week-long day camps for those in Kindergarten through grade eight. Above, campers enjoy a relay race to end the first day of camp. photo by Luke Haney Missing Man Found Dead Henry Walker Photo Submitted A community-wide search for Henry Walker, age 79, a dementia patient who lived in Silvertown, ended sadly last week when he was found de ceased. Captain Joey Theil said, “Today we saw our community and public safety agencies work to gether the way they should. You all made my job so much easier as inci dent commander. Al though the incident didn’t end the way we had hoped or prayed for, take comfort in the truth that in the end, God has the final say in ev erything we do. I ask that you all keep Mr. Walker’s family in your prayers.” Theil thanked everyone who assisted Thomaston Fire Department’s two-day search for Mr. Walker: Georgia State Patrol, Com munity Ambulance, Thomaston Police Depart ment, and Upson County Coroner’s Office; and spe cial thanks to Upson County Rescue, private cit izens, volunteers from Rock Hill, Lincoln Park, and Northside. Theil also thanked Chick-fil-A for providing lunch for the search teams. Sickle Cell Fighter Blood Drive Scheduled June 29 in Upson Clarice Evelyn Mitchell Photo by Luke Haney Mitchell Celebrates 100 Years A “sickle cell fighter” blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 29 at the Eddie Collier Com munity Park Facility Building, according to a press release from Red Cross. The Community Fa cility Building is located 8 10499 02461 2 at 112 Worthy Drive in Thomaston. Pre-donation reading and health history ques tions may be completed online at redcrossblood.org/rap- idpass prior to arriving By Kinsley Riggins Staff Writer Members of the Yates ville City Council discussed the qualifications for the up coming council seat election at their meeting on June 14. Qualifying for the election will be held from Aug. 23- 27, and there are three seats to be decided. In relation to the pre vious council meeting held at the blood drive. Please visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: scdthomaston to schedule an appoint ment. For questions, please contact Holly Winner at (706) 881-6295. May 10, the council voted to purchase private property from John Perdue for $12,000 to construct a new well for the city. This land is located along Highway 74 and is almost three quarters of an acre. Other discussions in cluded the celebration of the 125th anniversary of Yates ville. The city council is con sidering formation of a committee specifically ded icated to the anniversary. Happy 100th birthday to Clarice Evelyn Mitchell, who celebrates a century of life on June 30. Mitchell, the youngest of six daughters by Geor gia and Myrtle Mitchell, is an Upson native and moved around the county a number of times as her father’s work situation changed. Her father was a teacher and an ordained minister, and Mitchell re members living in the New Hope, Pickard, and Ben Hill communities as a child, while East Thomas ton mill village was her home for most of her childhood and young adult years. Mitchell, yA Three Yatesville Council Seats to be Decided (0 Griffin Ob-Gyn NOW SEEING PATIENTS IN THOMASTON CALL TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY: 403 WEST MAIN STREET TUESDAY-THURSDAY 8:30-4:30 (770)227.5505 (706)646.2888 Leigh Ann Story, CNM; Bryan Krepps. HO; Jim Dunaway, MD; Lou Hameli, MO; Holly Harrison, PA*C; Nadine Nolting, CNH; Enid Lofters-Jones, MD; Hegan Potter. HD; Katya Brickman. CNM; Ashley Johnson, PA
