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Page 3 THE HERALD JOURNAL, Greensboro, GA,Thursday, August 20, 2020 The Postscript by Carrie Classon “Summer Storm” I was headed out for my daily hike. There was thunder in the distance. “It’s getting lighter,” my husband, Peter, said. “I don’t think we’re going to get any rain.” The airsmelled like a storm to me, but what do I know? If my dog, Milo, were still alive I would have asked him. Milo would huddle in the corner of the kitchen when a thunderstorm approached. “There’s no storm on the radar,” Peter would tell him. Milo didn’t care what the radar said. We called him, “Doppler Dog,” because if Milo was in the corner, bad weather was never far behind. But Milo is no longer with us and I was headed out on a hike. “Do you think I need a hat?” I asked. If the sun came out, I’d want a hat. “I don’t think you’ll need it,” Peter assured me. It might be worth noting that both Peter and I grew up on the plains of the Midwest where you can see a storm coming from miles away and the weather is predicted accurately to within the quarter of an hour. We live in the mountains now and things are different. I left the house without a hat and it started to rain before I’d even made it to the trail. That might have been a good time to turn around. I didn’t. I go on my hike almost every day. I hike in the snow and the drizzle and the cold. “There is no bad weather,” a naturalist in Alaska once told me, “only inappropriate clothing choices.” I like that. So, when it started to rain, I wished I had my hat. But the weather was warm and, as Peter pointed out, it was getting lighter up ahead. Unfortunately, that’s not where the weather was coming from. By the time I got to the trail, the rain was steady but it wasn’t cold. I started walking faster. It was just as the trail goes into a ravine that the sky opened up. A sheet of rain fell and, in moments, I was as wet as it was possible to get. I was now going at a brisk trot. It couldn’t have been more than five minutes later that the sky crackled with lightning. I have never had thunder crash so close overhead in my life. My hair would have stood on end if it hadn’t been plastered to my head. The lightning and thunder were simultaneous, so I figured I had walked smack-dab into the middle of a summer storm. The rain was now coming down in buckets and the entire trail had become a swiftly flowing stream. I needed my hiking poles to hop along the newly formed riverbank—jumping from one rock to another, my boots filled with water, my eyes stinging from the rain—and all I could think was, “Oh my gosh, it’s good to be alive!” By the time I was headed home, the rain started to slow. It came to a stop about a half-mile from home. I noticed the puddles getting smaller until the ground was nearly dry. Peter was surprised when I got home. “You sure hiked fast today!” He had no idea what had been happening just a couple of miles away. At our house, it had hardly rained. I got in a hot bath and, as I washed the mud off my legs, I knew I would never have gone on that hike if I’d known how bad it would get. And I was so glad I hadn’t missed it. Till next time, Carrie Carrie Classon’s memoir is called, “Blue Yarn. ” Learn more at CarrieCiasson.com. High-speed chase ends in an arrest; patrol car hit near Crawfordville Continued from Front Page Bob Young to speak on “The Georgia Gold Rush of 1829” Lincoln County Historical Society’s History in the Park Series Whether you need to deposit a check or cash, or simply make a withdrawal, you can do it all at our new ATM. It’s simple, fast, convenient, and offers you another way to do your banking at a social distance. Got questions? Call us today to find out more. 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At mile marker 161, the suspect lost control of his car due to two of the car’s tires being flattened. The suspect got out with his hands in the air, and then at the last minute tried to make a run for it,” Sgt. Bell said. “He fell in the culvert as he was crossing it.” The wreck involving the patrol car was worked by a trooper with the Georgia State Patrol post in Washington. Liberty Truck and Tractor Pull to be held Saturday, August 22 Liberty Truck and Tractor Pull is located at 4230 Liberty Church Road, White Plains, GA. Go to http://www. libertytruckandtractorpull.com/ Location.html for detailed directions. Gates Open at 12pm, pull doesn't start til 2pm -Admission is $10 per person(Pullers pay admission also), Children 6 and under are free. -Coolers are welcome -Absolutely no Glass Containers, we will be checking coolers!!!! Also NO Grills!!! - We have bleachers with first come first served seating, lawn chairs are welcomed. -Concession stand with Hamburgers, Hotdogs, French fries, and snacks available. -The Regular Season Pulls start at 2pm with Antique tractors. Drivers meeting at 1:30pm for Antique tractors. -Then we will have the kids pedal tractor race after the Antique tractors around 6pm., Tech for 2nd Half starts at 5:30pm. - Drivers meeting for 2nd half is Author Bob Young will speak on “The Georgia Gold Rush of 1829” in Lincoln County Historical Society’s History in the Park Series 7 pm Thursday night September 3rd in the Pavilion at the Lincoln County Historical Park. We’ve all heard “There’s gold in Them Thar Hills” but did we know that referred to the hills around Dahlonega, Georgia? In this interesting talk, Bob Young discusses America’s first gold rush which happened after gold was discovered in the hills of north Georgia. The “29ers” flooded the region; at one time there were 15,000 miners in the area around Dahlonega. By 1830, Georgia had become the foremost gold- producing state. Eventually, a US Mint was built in Dahlonega. By the late 1840s, the Georgia gold was playing out and gold was discovered in California, ending the Georgia gold rush. Lincoln County and the surrounding area have a rich heritage of gold mining as well. Bob Young is the former mayor of the City of Augusta and served in the Senior Executive Service in the administration of President George W. Bush. An Emmy- nominated broadcast journalist, Bob has been presented the Jefferson Davis Award by the United Daughters of the Confederacy for his work in South History. Two of his books, “The Treasure Train” and “The Hand of the Wicked,” were finalists for the Frank Yerby Award at the Augusta Make Deposit and Withdrawals at Our New ATM! 68 mph. As the chase approached mile marker 130, the suspect spotted another deputy’s patrol car in the median and then picked up his speed, gradually, according to Sgt. Bell. “The chase continued westbound on I-20 until we reached exit 121,” Sgt. Bell said in his report. The suspect exited the roadway there and as authorities approached the stop sign at Seven Islands Road, the suspect accelerated and ran the stop sign before reentering onto the interstate highway, Sgt. Bell said. “At the bottom of the entrance ramp, the suspect slammed on brakes and made a U-turn to travel east in the westbound lanes of i-20,” Sgt. Bell added. A deputy with the Taliaferro County Sheriff’s Office, meanwhile, used spike strips in an attempt to end the chase at mile marker 145, according to Sgt. Bell. The spike strips deflatted both of the tires on the driver’s side of the car. The chase didn’t end there, though. Instead, the suspect traveled along the wrong side of the roadway until he reached mile marker 152.5. There, he spun out in the median, Sgt. Bell said. “The suspect was able to regain control of the vehicle and exited the median traveling east in the eastbound lanes,” the deputy added. By that time, deputies with the Taliaferro County Sheriff’s Office Rotary Club of Greene & Putnam Counties week 31 winner r ^ I ©BEER CAVEjfcJpT » ^. VJSfanGA ‘ " ' Greene S Putnam Rotary 7&UPER RAFFLE^ Win nor Ton Ballckj Prize Sponsor!* Th<? Oconee Csliar Tom Balicki, pictured left, won a $300 shopping spree to The Oconee Cellar. He is pictured with raffle prize sponsor and owner of The Oconee Cellar, Matt Garofalo. 6:30. -The second half starts around 7pm with Gas and Diesel Trucks, V-8 Tractors, Modern and Hot Farm tractors. -Second Half the Show pay schedule. Each class in Second Half of Regular Season Pulls will pay 1st Place $300, 2nd $150, 3rd $50(Has to be 4 or more competitors for this pay schedule to go into effect. If there is not 4 pullers for the class then we will pay 50% of each class total hook fee for 1st place only.) Literary Festival. Bob grew up in Thomson and is a 1965 graduate of Thomson High School. He attended Wofford College and Augusta University. He is an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Bob and his wife Gwen, a retired real estate broker, live in Augusta’s historic Summerville district. Bob’s latest books are available at the Lincoln County Library, and he will bring books to the talk as well. Lincoln County Historical Society Program Directors Gary Edwards comments, “This will be the first History in the Park talk of the year and we’ll be doing it outside in the Lewis Family Pavilion to allow for appropriate social distancing. Instead of bringing desserts, we’ll have individually pre-packaged snacks and bottled/canned drinks. Masks will be encouraged for the audience. Additionally, we won’t be doing our traditional large pre-talk dinner. This topic is exactly what I like to see in this series - a major episode of regional history that is seemingly forgotten. Everybody knows about the California gold rush, but the Georgia gold rush preceded it-the Georgia miners primarily rushed to California as the Georgia gold began playing out. The above quote about gold in them thar’ hills was based on a plea by the Dahlonega mint assayer to keep the miners from leaving for California. I’m really looking forward to it and I’m looking forward to getting History in the Park back on track; you won’t want to miss it.” The “History in the Park” talks are held at the Lincoln County Historical Park, 147 Lumber Street, Lincolnton, GA on the first Thursday of the month, typically from March through November, skipping July. There is no admission fee, however the Lincoln County Historical Society is a 501 (c)3 organization and donations are gladly accepted. Event updates are posted on facebook at lincolncountyhistoricalsocietyga. org. For questions, contact Don Thomas, President of the Lincoln County Historical Society at dpdastro@aol.com or Gary Edwards at (757) 831-9556. VIC'S PERFORMANCE ATV REPAIR Victor A. Garcia 706-S17-6624 inaHegran: vicsperformarce Facebook: Vic'y Porfo r n;mco
