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O O THE ACKSON H Wednesday, June 7, 2023 ERALD VOL. 148 NO. 51 20 PACES 2 SECTIONS PLUS INSERTS Merged in 2017 with The Commerce News A PUBLICATION OF MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY GEORGIA 30549 $1.00 COPY Pendergrass Qualifying nears for Sept. 19 special election Pendergrass will hold a special election on Sept. 19 to fill the va cancy of city council Post 4 seat. The seat is vacated by Nick Gei- man, who will become the town’s next mayor. Qualifying for the special election will be held Wednesday, June 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, June 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and on Friday, June 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The qualifying fee is $35. Those wishing to qualify may do so at Pendergrass City Hall, located at 65 Smith Bridges Street, Pender grass. Early voting continues for June 20 special election Early voting con tinues for the City of Pendergrass special election. Multiple candidates qualified to fill the un expired terms for Post 1 and Post 6 Pend ergrass City Council seats. Qualifying for the Post 1 (term ends Dec. 31) seat are: • Gabriel Gomez • Josh Auten • William Ellis For the Post 6 seat (term ends Dec. 31, 2024) are: • Crystal Hendrix • Debra Fermin Those wishing to vote early for the June 20 special election may do so at the county election’s center at 441 Gordon St., Jefferson, on the following dates: •June 5-10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. •June 12-16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. See Pendergrass, page 2 A MAILING LABEL Jackson BOC Historical park gets planning design funding By Mike Buffington mike@mainstreetnews. com Plans for a new passive, historical park in Jackson County are moving forward. The Jackson County Board of Commission ers gave the green light to hire Red Rock Design to do preliminary designs for the North Oconee Heritage Stone Mounds Park during its June 5 meeting. The park is located off of Cab in Creek Rd. and the prop erty was purchased by the county last year after offi cials discovered a cluster of rock mounds left by Native Americans. The design plan is the first step in developing the site into a park. Included in the design will be an opportuni ty for citizen input, officials said. The county hopes to be gin construction on the park late this year or early next year. OTHER BUSINESS In other action June 5, the BOC approved: • reappointing Tom my Benton to the Jackson County water & Sewerage Authority. Commissioner Chad Bingham opposed the move, saying the appoint ment was for a District 3 representative and that Ben ton doesn’t live in District 3. Bingham nominated Bry an Allen for the position, but his motion died for the lack of a second. Benton was then nominated and the BOC voted 4-1 in his favor with Bingham opposed. • purchasing a new com puter working system for the courthouse and new administrative building at a cost of $669,000. • a new lease agreement with The Tree House Inc. • accepting grants for the county’s drug and veterans court programs. • naming Andy Goodman to the county’s DFCS board. • naming Jim Southern to the Gainesville-Hall Metro politan Planning Organiza tion citizens advisory com mittee. • renaming Dr. Doug Cleveland to the county’s library board of trustees. • naming Jason Baker to the Region 10 EMS Coun cil. • naming Jim Shaw to the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission. Summer reading time Laney Wood, Adeline Muehling and Beckett Muehling enjoy the animals during a visit from the Half Moon Petting Zoo. The zoo visited the Harold S. Swindle Public Library in Nicholson as part of the library’s summer reading program. Balloon artist from Shadrix Living Art makes balloon creations for the Jeffer son Public Library’s Summer Reading kickoff. Banks Crossing Jaemor closing its Banks Crossing location Jaemor Farms is clos ing its Banks Crossing location at the end of the month. The popular storefront will close on July 1. a move that the company says will allow it to offer new services at its long-standing Alto location. “Over the past 10 years, our market in Banks Crossing has been very successful in creat ing a quality deli menu and driving both individ ual and corporate orders,’’ said Drew Echols, gen eral manager at Jaemor Farms. “In order to help facilitate that growth, they needed more kitchen space. We believe mov ing this effort to our Alto location provides that space as well as addi tional reach across north Georgia.’’ According to a news release from the compa ny, deli orders for Jae- mor’s Banks Crossing See Jaemor, page 2A Commerce Commerce wraps up preliminary ordinance update discussions By Alex Buffington alex@mainstreetnews. com Commerce leaders wrapped up preliminary discussions this week on the town’s proposed zoning ordinance over haul. The Commerce City Council plans to revisit some of the items discussed and get input from the city’s planning and zoning commission before moving forward. The update has been a months-long process, first reviewed by the Commerce Planning and Zoning Commission before making its way to the Commerce City Council. Over the past three months, city plan ning staff have outlined different sections to the council at its work ses sions. Although no plans See Commerce, page 2A Hoschton Keith Karnock and Vern recently performed at the Maysville Public Library as part of the library’s summer reading program. Pictured (IMMEDIATE RIGHT) is a volunteer helping during the magic show and (FAR RIGHT) Karnock and Vern performing. New Hoschton City Hall nearing completion By Ben Munro ben@mainstreetnews.com Hoschton’s new city hall on City Square will soon be move-in ready. City leaders project a June 16 moving date and expect to fully operate in the $1.7 million facility by June 19. An August transition was initially projected, but City Manager Jenni fer Kidd-Harrison said See Hoschton, page 2A PEPSI Products (2 Liter) 99 c 14 14 0
