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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2017
JCSO incidents - Commerce
Missing EJCHS
student later found
A couple on Edgefield Drive told officers with the Jackson
County Sheriff’s Office that their child didn't return home from
school. They stated that he is normally home by 4 p.m. and that
he did go to school that day.
Students and faculty at East Jackson Comprehensive High
School confirmed that he was at school for the entire day. A
friend of the boy said that he told him that he was going to that
night’s football game, but he never showed up.
The child was found and returned home later that night.
OTHER INCIDENTS
Other incidents reported to the JCSO in Commerce were:
•suspicious activity on Mitchell Road where a woman com
plained about her neighbor acting weird.
•noise complaint on Still Meadow Drive where people com
plained about loud music being played at a residence.
•information at East Jackson Comprehensive High School
where a male student placed his hands inside his pants in front
of a female student.
•criminal trespass on Hwy. 82 where someone carved threat
ening phrases from the Walking Dead TV show onto the walls
of a vacant church.
•harassing text messages on B. Wilson Road where a woman
complained about a woman constantly threatening to call DFCS
on her. The woman says it's because the other woman's daughter
moved in with her recently.
•damage to property on 1-85 where a vehicle was hit by a rock
while driving on the interstate and the back-passenger window
was busted.
•information on Groaning Rock Road where a woman com
plained about someone stealing the blankets from her residence.
However, her husband informed the officer that she has Alzhei
mer’s and was having a paranoid episode.
•theft by taking on Old Harden Orchard Road where a man
complained about his wallet and other items being stolen from
his RV.
•aggravated assault on Allen Road where a man says he saw
a male dragging a woman by her hair. The man confronted him
and the other male pulled out an AK-47 and put it to his head.
•suicide threats at East Jackson Comprehensive High School
where a child threatened to harm himself and the school was
unable to reach his parents.
•information report at East Jackson Comprehensive High
School where the principal and a parent got into an argument.
•battery at East Jackson Comprehensive High School where
a student told an officer and a principal about a fight outside the
school.
•burglary on White Hill School Road where an officer noticed
that a shed and camper were broken into while he was on patrol.
He and the homeowner found that a compressor had been stolen
from his carport.
•affray at East Jackson Comprehensive High School where
officers were shown video of two students fighting.
•suspicious activity at East Jackson Comprehensive High
School where a woman complained about two boys asking her
daughter and her friend how old they were and stating that they
also attended East Jackson.
•identity fraud on Peach Street where a man noticed that peo
ple had been using his credit card account and taking out loans
for vehicles and other items.
•information at East Jackson Comprehensive High School
where officers were informed of chug activity.
•burglary on White Hill School Road where a man com
plained about items being taken from his carport.
•theft by taking on Steven B. Tanger Boulevard where officers
were given video showing a woman stealing from the Nike
Outlet.
Nicholson continued from 9A
when he wasn’t supposed to. However, the father was on the
school’s list to pick up the child.
•information on Cabin Creek Drive where someone com
plained about a neighbor’s cow being on his property.
•fraud on Stapler’s Bridge Road where a woman noticed large
amounts of money being spent from her account after she went
to a restaurant.
•suspicious person on Gus Barnett Road where a man was
concerned that someone was stealing some of his property while
he was away from home.
•injury on Jefferson Drive where an intoxicated woman fell
and cut her arms on a broken glass jar.
•information on Blackthome Drive where a man complained
about what he thought were bed bug bites on his 15-month-old
child after receiving the child from its mother.
•suspicious activity on Commerce Road where someone com
plained about a man throwing rocks at their residence.
•verbal dispute on New Kings Bridge Road where two people
got into an argument over one blocking the road.
•suicide threats and welfare check on Memorial Drive where a
woman threatened to kill herself if she wasn’t given medication.
•cows on property on Wilson Cemetery Road where someone
complained about a neighbor’s cows coming onto their property.
•verbal dispute on Hwy. 334 where a brother and sister got
into an argument.
•theft by taking on Brockton Road where a person noticed
$830 missing from their bank account.
Judiciary praises Constitution as ‘bedrock’ of gov’t
By Ron Bridgeman
The trial by jury is
“more practiced in this
country than in any other
country in the world.”
Chief Justice P. Harris
Hines told the audience
for a “day on the bench”
in late September.
Hines visited Jackson
County as part of the state
Supreme Court’s celebra
tion of Constitution Day,
which was Sept. 17.
He touted the virtues of
the U.S. judicial system
and its place as part of the
Constitution.
The day was to provide
a glimpse of “what we as
judges do on a day-to-day
basis,” Hines said.
He lauded the work of
Superior Court and State
Court judges. He said
appellate courts - and the
Supreme Court - “talk
about (decisions) for
weeks.”
The judges at the trial
level, who hear cases,
“make decisions very
quickly,” he said.
The occasion was held
at the Jackson County
Courthouse, but it was
HINES SPEAKS AT
COURTHOUSE
P. Harris Hines speaks
at Constitution Day at
the Jackson County
Courthouse. He is the
chief justice of the
state Supreme Court.
an event of the Piedmont
Judicial Circuit, which
includes Jackson, Barrow
and Banks counties.
Part of the morning
included sessions in court
rooms where judges were
hearing cases.
Superior Court Judge
Joseph Booth and Hines
praised the Federalist
papers as the best explana
tion for the Constitution.
Booth said most people
“don’t know very much
about the Constitution.”
He termed the Federalist
papers, written by Alexan
der Hamilton, James Mad
ison and John Jay, as a
way “to bring along the
foot-draggers” in ratifying
the Constitution.
He said the papers
include “the kind of issues
that the courts are grap
pling with today.”
Hines said the jury trial
demonstrates “guiding
principles” for self-gov
ernment. including people
can make good decisions
and people are good.
Regina Quick, former
state legislator and now
a Superior Court judge,
gave the “Constitution
Day address.” She termed
the Constitution the “bed
rock” of government and
emphasized the individu
al rights outlined in the
document. The individual
rights are “not subject to a
popular vote, a majority or
the acts of the legislature,”
she said.
“Enlightened statesmen
will not always be at the
helm,” she said Madison
noted in discussions about
the founding document.
She quoted Madison’s
comment: “You must first
enable a government to
control the governed and
in the next instance enable
it to control itself.”
The Founders could
see the “continual strug
gle and continual tension”
that would exist between
the governed and the gov
ernors, she said.
“We live in a time of
unparalleled commotion,”
Quick said.
Closing the day. Hines
repeated his thanks to
local judges “for doing the
heavy lifting.”
He pointed out that
the state did not have a
Supreme Court until 1835
and money was not appro
priated to operate it until
1845.
He said legislators
“thought it (the Supreme
Court) would just go away
because it would answer
all the questions of law
that would come up.”
Commissioners approves updated UDC
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners unani
mously approved an updated Unified Development Code
last week after a year of work by county planning staff.
The last UDC was done in 2003. but had been amended a
number of times making the document inconsistent, county
leaders said.
The county planning commission recommended approv
al of the new UDC in July.
Officials said no major changes were made in the updated
code, but that various parts were clarified and streamlined.
Among the updates were:
• reorganization of the code’s contents and the addition
of an index.
• streamlining of content and the rewording of vague or
conflicting codes.
• no change was made to the existing zoning districts.
• updates to the permitted and special uses allowed in
various zoning districts.
• more references to state and federal laws.
Babs McDonald representing Citizens for South Jackson,
spoke in favor of the updated code at the BOC’s Oct. 2
meeting.
The county received only one written comment about
the new code that dealt with setback restrictions related to
equine facilities.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business at the Oct. 2 BOC meeting, the board:
• approved submitting an updated NPDES permit with
the state EPD concerning municipal separate storm sewer
systems.
• heard a need to execute a grant contract for the county
airport authority to be reimbursed $819,000 for prior years’
property purchases.
• heard a proposed contract between the county sheriff’s
office and the Jackson County Board of Education for two
deputies to be provided to the school system. The BOE will
reimburse the county $106,000 for the cost of the deputies.
The board is scheduled to take action on the last two
matters at its Oct. 16 meeting.
Hales named to bank association board
Keith Hales, executive
vice president and direc
tor of operations at Hamil
ton State Bank, Hoschton.
was elected to the board of
directors of the Communi
ty Bankers Association of
Georgia as Division Nine
Chair.
Nominations for the
2017-2018 CBA board of
directors were announced
and approved at CBA’s
49th Annual Meeting and
Trade Show, held recently
at the Westin Copley Place
in Boston. His term began
October 1.
The CBA is a non-prof
it organization that has
served community banks
across Georgia for over
45 years “to enhance their
profitability and growth.”
Founded in 1969 by a
group of Georgia commu
nity bankers, the CBA is
the state’s only advocate
working solely for the
interests of community
banks and their custom
ers. The CBA was formed
to protect the political
interests of locally-owned
community banks and
today represents 165 com
munity banks and nearly
200 associate member
companies. The associ
ation offers services in
four distinct areas, which
include political affairs,
education, products and
services and networking.
Board members are
selected from 10 divisions
across the state of Geor
gia. Board members are
elected to a one-year term
which begins October 1
of each year. During the
course of the year, direc
tors will be involved in a
number of items on behalf
of the CBA membership,
such as responding to pro
posed rules and regulations
from the various regulatory
agencies, reviewing numer
ous products and services
which will benefit the com
munity banking industry
as well as consumers, and
weighing in on proposed
legislation.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
CITY OF IIOSCHTON
The Hoschton City Council will conduct a public hearing at its work session on November 6,
2017, at 5:30 p.m. at Hoschton City Hall, 79 City Square, Hoschton, GA 30548, and will
consider voting during regular session on the following items:
Z-17-04 The Reidling Group, LLC, applicant and property owner, to rezone 1.31 acre fronting
approximately 192 feet on the east side of State Route 53 and fronting approximately 286 feet on
the south side of West Jackson Road (Map/Parcel 119/004M1) from C-2 (General Commercial
Highway Oriented District) to C-3 (Commercial Motor Vehicles Service and Repair District).
Proposed use: Climate-controlled self-service storage facility.
V-17-02 The Reidling Group, LLC, applicant and property owner, for variance from Article VI,
“Specific Use Provisions,” Section 6.105 “Self-Service Storage Facility,” to exceed the one-story
height limitation, for property (1.31 acre) fronting approximately 192 feet on the east side of
State Route 53 and fronting approximately 286 feet on the south side of West Jackson Road
(Map/Parcel 119/004M1). Proposed use: Climate-controlled self-service storage facility.
V-17-03 The Reidling Group, LLC, applicant and property owner, for variance from Article IV,
“Zoning Districts,” Section 4.11 “C-2, General Commercial Highway Oriented District,” to
reduce the required 20-foot-wide natural buffer abutting an R-1 zoning district to a 5-foot wide
buffer with opaque fence, for property (1.26 acres) fronting approximately 215 feet on the west
side of State Route 53 (at intersection with SR 332) and fronting approximately 172 feet on the
east side of White Street (Map/Parcel Nos. H01 028 and H01 028D). Proposed Use:
Commercial.
Interested persons are invited to attend the public hearings A copy of the applications are on file
with the Hoschton City Clerk in City Hall. For more information, contact Hoschton City Hall.
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