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PAGE 8A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. MARCH 5. 2015
THURSDAY. MARCH 5. 2015 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 9A
Hudgens: State arson dog dead at age 15;
had successful crime-fighting career
Insurance and Safety Fire
Commissioner Ralph Hud
gens announced that Cotton,
the state’s sixth and longest
serving arson dog, died Feb
ruary 19 after a brief illness.
“We’ll always remember
Cotton as a valuable em
ployee in the fight against
arson,” Hudgens said. “With
out his special abilities, hun
dreds of suspicious fires in
Georgia may have gone un
solved.”
Cotton was born February
9, 2001, and began his train
ing as an arson detection
Labrador retriever in August
2003 at the Maine State Po
lice Training Center in Alfred,
Me. He came to work for the
Insurance and Safety Fire
Commissioner’s office in
September 2003 as the sixth
arson canine in the state to
serve the law enforcement
and fire service communities.
Between September 2003
and January 2014, Cotton and
his handler, Investigator
Bruce Gourley, were involved
in more than three thousand
fire investigations. Cotton’s
specialized training in sniff
ing out petrochemical prod
ucts allowed him to determine
if accelerants were used to
start a fire. This ability led to
the convictions of 250 arson
suspects which included six
Cotton
arrests for murders that in
volved arson.
Gourley and Cotton
worked their last assignment
in August 2013 on a business
fire in Barrow County. That
fire was determined to be in
tentionally set and the suspect
pleaded guilty to arson and
was sentenced to five years
probation and fined $1,000.
Cotton’s training at the
Maine State Police Training
Center was underwritten by
State Farm Insurance Compa
nies. Since 1993, State Farm
has paid for the national pro
gram which trains dogs and
handlers for fire departments
and law enforcement agencies
across the U.S.
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Last Catch restaurant receives KPB’s Green Ribbon Award
By Angel Price for KPB
Keep Pickens Beautiful is
pleased to present the Green
Ribbon Award to Kim and Jim
Ryan, owners of The Last
Catch Restaurant, 487 East
Church Street in Jasper. The
restaurant’s new location is an
older building with a brand
new look. When the Ryans
purchased the building in Feb
ruary 2013, they set about ren
ovating and creating their
dream, a seafood restaurant in
the mountains, with a sandy
beach, a wharf lined with
seafood merchants and the
preparation of quality meals
serving fresh seafood from the
USA.
Using the culinary talents
of Jim and son Taylor, the
meal becomes a true dining
experience. Renovations in
clude not only a face lift on
the outside, but also custom
made tables which display
local merchants’ advertising
and the use of ceramic plates,
stainless utensils and glass
ware, instead of plastics, thus
reducing waste and imple
menting the three “ R’s,” Re
duce, Reuse and Recycle.
Kim and Jim plan to keep
their “old” restaurant open for
special events and banquets
which will be handled by
Kim’s sister, Marla Juliano,
making this a true family af
fair. Encouraged by advice
from Kim’s mom, “Pursue
your dreams,” the Ryan fam
ily can be proud of their ef
forts.
KPB wants to thank Kim
and Jim for the efforts in revi
talizing a vacant building and
bringing a new fresh face to
the Jasper Church Street area.
If you would like to nominate
someone to receive KPB’s
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We invite you to visit our
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