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THURSDAY. JANUARY 19. 2017 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 7A
Jasper Merchants Association has changes to Board of Directors
On left is Deputy Scott Payne accepting a Certifi
cate of Appreciation for Sheriff Donnie Craig & Pick
ens County Sheriffs Office and on the right is Deputy/
James Wigington accepting a Certificate of Appreci
ation for Commander Chris Leake & Pickens County;
Explorers.
Wesley at Bent Tree
Golf Course & Club pic
tured accepting a Certifi
cate of Appreciation.
The Jasper Merchants As
sociation celebrated the end
of 2016 with a membership
Christmas party at The Car
riage House. During the
party, the then secretary, Paul
Poore, officially stepped
down from his post due to
ongoing health issues and
will take on the role of Mem
ber at Large. Paul's replace
ment as secretary will be
Krista Kelley of CSR Com
puter Repair.
The JMA looks forward to
bringing an even bigger and
better season in 2017. Many
of the mainstay events will
continue on like the Spring
Fling with the annual Easter
Egg Hunt. It will be held Sat
urday, April 15th. Bark in the
Park will be held on Satur
day, April 8th. The Trick or
Treat on Main Street will be
First Christian Church of Jasper congregation
members pictured accepting a Certificate of Appreci
ation.
The team atA&T Towing and Service Center pic
tured accepting a Certificate of Appreciation.
held on Halloween night on
October 31st. The Night of
Lights Christmas celebration
with the annual Christmas
parade will be held on Satur
day, December 2nd. Other
events that the Jasper Mer
chants Association started in
2016 like the Community
Yard Sale and the Jasper Arts
Fair will both continue on in
2017 with future dates to be
announced.
The JMA would also like
to say thanks to the following
for their help in making the
10th annual Night of Lights
Christmas celebration held
on December 3rd the best
that we have had so far: Pick
ens County Courthouse
Deputies and employees;
Commander Chris Leake and
the Pickens County Explor
ers; Sheriff Donnie Craig and
the Pickens County Sheriffs
office; Chief Steve Roper and
the Jasper Fire Department;
Chief Greg Lovell and the
Jasper Police Department;
T.A.P.S. USA for the nativity
scene, Jeremiah Norton and
the First Christian Church of
Jasper for the new tree topper
which was a beautiful stain
less steel star; Russell and the
employees at Bent Tree Golf
Club for the golf carts; to the
staff and employees at A&T
Towing & Service Center for
helping us get Santa's sleigh
to the courthouse; Nancy
Dawson for loaning the blow
up Christmas decorations
that we used at the court
house; and last but not in the
least, Cassandra Bickel who
was Paul's right-hand person
in staging and helping with
getting the parade to line up
and run smoothly and most
importantly on time.
Jasper Merchants Associ
ation looks forward to bring
ing in 2017 with fun and tons
of family-friendly events. We
look forward to seeing you at
our next event and please
come on out and visit with us
at our next meeting that is
open to everyone on Thurs
day, February 9th at 6 p.m.
out on the patio at Johnny's
New York Style Pizza in
Jasper. You can contact the
JMA by calling a hotline
number at 706-426-1968 or
by visiting us on Facebook.
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By
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Copyright 2017, John K.
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Q: I found a vaping pen hid
den in my 13-year-old son's
room and am at a loss as to
how to deal with it. He is
very susceptible to peer pres
sure and wants very badly to
fit in with the "cool" kids.
Any suggestions would be
appreciated.
A: This is one of those occa
sional questions that no mat
ter how I answer, some group
of people buys pitchforks and
torches and tries to find my
house.
At the risk of being pillo
ried anyway, I will share
some objective facts, starting
with although there has been
plenty of speculation, med
ical science has yet to find
any specific long-term health
risk reliably associated with
vaping other than the obvi
ous: nicotine addiction. Un
doubtedly, some folks are
apoplectic already because
they think nicotine causes
various cancers, most no
tably lung cancer, but—and
again, this is a fact—smok
ing tobacco is bad because
tobacco tars become carcino
genic when burned and in
haled. Nicotine does not
cause lung cancer.
Nicotine is an addictive
drug (but the strength of its
addictive effect varies from
person to person). However,
if one removes tobacco from
the equation, garden-variety
nicotine addiction is not reli
ably associated with any spe
cific health or behavioral
risk. Nicotine addicts are not
known, as a group, to rob
convenience stores or snatch
elderly women’s purses to
feed their habit. Drive-by
shootings are not associated
with nicotine addiction.
There’s no South American
nicotine cartel. As addictions
go, it’s relatively benign.
However, and hopefully
needless to say, no addiction
is a good thing, and it is pos
sible to overdose on nicotine,
so please hold off on the
pitchforks and torches for
now.
Third, valid, replicated,
peer-reviewed research has
discovered that nicotine has
positive effects on cognitive
functioning and appears to be
a “brain vitamin” of sorts.
For example, nicotine use is
associated with lower rates of
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and
other forms of neurological
degeneration.
Perhaps the most immedi
ately worrisome thing about
e-cigarettes is they’ve been
known to set clothing on fire
and even explode. As with
anything else, the cheaper the
e-cig, the more likely it is to
malfunction. Needless to say,
your son is probably using a
fairly inexpensive unit.
By no means am I dis
missing your concerns. I’m
simply saying that if you do
all you can to stop your son
from using e-cigs and he fig
ures out how to get around
your prohibition, the world
isn’t coming to an end. After
all, he could have fallen in
with a peer group that self-
medicates with alcohol, mar
ijuana, or other illicit and
even prescription drugs. If
you don’t see an alarming
change in his mood or behav
ior, then he’s not likely to be
doing anything but nicotine.
When it comes to teens,
parents do well to accept that
the limits of their influence
have waned and trust that the
discipline they’ve provided
to that point is going to effec
tively deter anti-social and
self-destructive behavior.
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Some experimentation is
likely during the teen years—
especially with boys. In
many if not most cases, the
experimentation goes no fur
ther than that: experimenta
tion.
Above all else, you want
to approach this issue dispas
sionately. You can and should
confiscate your son’s smok
ing equipment and let him
know that until all the facts
are in concerning e-cigs, you
would be irresponsible to
allow him to vape. Let him
know that there will be con
sequences if you find another
e-cig in his possession. Try to
discover if the peer group in
question is doing anything
riskier than vaping. If they
are, then you should do what
you can to limit contact,
knowing however that at
tempting to prohibit teenage
relationships carries its own
risks.
As your question illus
trates, sometimes the only
thing a parent can do in the
face of a problem is to stay
calm and continue to be
“user-friendly,” as in always
loving and always approach
able.
Family psychologist John
Rosemond:
johnrosemond.com, parent-
guru.com.
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