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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21.2010 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 9A
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Azure Equine Farms Spooktacular
horse show announces winners
By Christie Pool
The manager of the local Wal
greens store says they will not
pursue an appeal to sell beer and
wine by the package following a
denial by the city council last
week.
Jasper’s city council denied a
request by the store to sell beer
and wine, citing both state law
and local ordinances preventing
the sale within 600 feet of a
school. Jasper’s First Baptist
Church, located across the street
from Walgreens, runs a pre
school program within the
church. An attorney for Wal
greens argued that the preschool
was not technically a school
under state law.
“I want us to serve the com
munity the way the community
wants us to serve them,” said
Walgreens Manager Kelly Net-
tleton last Wednesday morning.
“I talked with my regional man
ager and we will not pursue an
appeal. We don’t want to disre
spect the church. They give us a
lot of business and have helped
us with fundraisers. I feel like it’s
in our best interest not to pursue
this further.”
Walgreens opened their
Jasper location in November of
2006.
“This is a small town and I
don’t want to disrespect any
body,” Nettleton said. “I just
want to continue to serve the
community in a positive way.”
Jasper Mayor John Weaver
said the decision not to appeal
the council’s decision was wise.
“After hearing the presenta
tion to the council I think that
was a very wise decision,”
Weaver said. “I think our ordi
nance will holdup because I be
lieve that is a school and that
would have merit in preventing
alcohol being sold that close.
That was a wise business choice
for Walgreens.”
Above - Sydney
Walsh, grandaughter
of Fred and Mary
Walsh of Jasper,
Abby Gleason,
daughter of Gerry
and Tiffany Gleason
of Jasper, and Jamin
Pruitt and Ollie as
“Little Boo Peep and
her Sheep ” at the
Azure Equine Spook
tacular Horse Show
in Ball Ground. The
3rd annual event
showcased the talents
of local riding stur-
dents in English and
Western riding. Syd
ney and her sheep
won first place for
costume and most
original in the cos
tume contest. Sydney
Walsh and Abby
Gleason were Grand
Champion winners in
their riding divisions.
Both received silver
cups for their efforts.
Kathryn Anne Chunn, grandaughter of Fred and Mary Walsh of
Jasper, and Picasso as “60’s Flower Children ” at the Azure Equine Farms
Spooktacular Horse Show in Ball Ground. They won a ribbon for coolest
costume. The horse show has walk, trot and canter divisions, a cross-rails
class and several fun classes.
Lawson Chevrolet, State Farm Insurance
and Pickens High School team up for
National Teen Driver Safety Week
Kids Ahead, I no.
has free government
funded pre-k
spaces available
706-692-5471
Limited openings for ages
Infant - 12 years
Walgreens will not appeal
denial of beer and wine license
This week is the fourth annual
National Teen Driver Safety
Week (October 17-23).
Lawson Chevrolet, State
Farm Insurance, and Pickens
High School are teaming up to
raise awareness of the country’s
number one teen killer; car
crashes.
“Only 20% of the high
schools in Georgia have a
driver’s education program and
when schools start talking about
slashing their budget, it’s the first
to go,” said Marty Callahan,
Jasper State Farm agent. Calla
han also said there is no way for
a 16 year old to get a driver li
cense without a driver’s educa
tion course, which costs
$400-600 outside of the school
system. Under Joshua’s Law,
they must have 30 hours of
driver education classroom time
and 6 horns of driving time with
a certified instructor.
Pickens High School has had
a driver education program since
the early 80s. For 25 years now
the cars used by the school have
been donated by local auto dealer
Lawson Chevrolet through a
company driver’s education pro
gram.
According to a State Farm
press release, a recent survey was
conducted by Harris Interactive
which found that out of 14-17
year olds who intend to have or
already have a driver’s license,
70 percent of them admitted to
being nervous about being in a
crash or hurting someone. But
despite these concerns 57 percent
At Lawson, PHS driver ed. instructors Sam Wigington and Steve
Sewell, and State Farm Insurance agent Marty Callahan stand with
PHS driver education students while they hold up a DVD labeled
Steer Clear Driver’s Program Kit given by State Farm Insurance.
of teen drivers admit to reading
or sending text messages while
driving. “Kids my age want to
stay in touch,” said Danish
Hasan of Algonquin, II. “We like
instant communication and many
kids worry what their friends will
think if they don’t answer text
messages immediately.” The 17
year old nearly drove onto a side
walk while sending a short text
message, recovering control of
the vehicle just in time to avoid
hitting several pedestrians.
“[The students] are allowed to
take their phones while we’re out
but they are not allowed to text
while driving, that’s against the
law anyway,” said Pickens high
Driver Education Director Sam
Wigington.
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