PAGE 4B PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. 2019
The Sheriff’s Beat
From the Pickens Sheriff’s Office
Some of the details from a
few of these calls are listed
below:
Case #19102681
Wanted Person Located
Limestone Ln. @ Old Mill
White Rd.
Deputies performed a traf
fic stop on a vehicle. During
the stop, deputies learned that
the driver had a Felony Pro
bation Violation Warrant out
of Hall County. The driver
was arrested and transported
to the jail without incident.
Case #191002655
False Name
Deputies assisted nar
cotics agents with two indi
viduals attempting to gain
fraudulent prescriptions from
a local pharmacy at their res
idence on Burnt Mountain
Road.
During the investigation,
both individuals provided
false names and date of
births. Both individuals were
taken into custody and trans
ported to the detention center.
Case #191002649
Suspicious Person / Wanted
Person
Deputies responded to
Monument Road in reference
to suspicious persons walk
ing down the road. Contact
was made with two juveniles
who advised they were told
to pack their belongings and
get out of the house. The ju
veniles were returned to their
residence and the parents ad
vised they were trying to
teach the juveniles a life les
son.
The juveniles were al
lowed back in the residence.
A GCIC inquiry of the par
ents returned advising the fa
ther was wanted for an
outstanding warrant out of
Pickens County. He was ar
rested without incident.
Case#191002641
Warrant Service / Posses
sion of Meth
Deputies were on patrol in
the area of Fortner Road
when they observed a known
fugitive sitting on the side of
the road.
The individual had a small
black case sitting next to him
on the ground that had multi
ple baggies of suspected
Meth, a loaded syringe, glass
pipes with residue a scale and
suspected Marijuana.
The individual was ar
rested and transported to the
jail without incident.
Case #190902627
Warrant Service/VGCSA:
Possession of Meth
Fortner Rd @ Duckett Ln
Deputies were patrolling
the area of Pea Ridge and
Fortner roads when a suspi
cious vehicle attempted to
turn and avoid them. The ve
hicle pulled into a driveway
near Duckett Lane and turned
off all lights and engine.
When Deputies made contact
with the driver, it was deter
mined that she had a Felony
Probation Violation warrant
out of Pickens County.
During a search incident
to her arrest, a baggie of
Methamphetamine was lo
cated in her purse. She was
arrested and transported to
the jail without incident.
Court Services
In addition to the above
activity from the Uniform
Patrol Division, Court Serv
ice Deputies reported the fol
lowing statistics for the past
week:
Persons Scanned at Front
Door: 1237
Weapons Found: 11
Courts Held: 8
Arrest Made in the Court
house: 2
Civil Papers Received : 123
Civil Papers Served: 65
Adult Detention Center:
Total Jail population: 85
Total male inmates: 70
Total female inmates: 15
Sex Offenders:
There are currently 65 sex of
fenders registered with the
Pickens Sheriff’s Office.
Good soil for the garden is as simple as dirt
By Dee Boggus
Pickens County Master
Gardener
More times than I want to
count I have listened to folks
complain about the inadequa
cies of our north Georgia soil.
Even I have to admit that just
one look at our red clay dirt
(looks like an unbaked brick
and sometimes digs as hard
as if it were a brick) can be
off-putting. Surprisingly, our
local dirt can be very fertile if
you understand the character
istics and limitations of clay
soil.
Regardless of color, good
gardening soil should be
crumbly and friable. It will
hold together as a soft lump
for a minute when you
squeeze it but will fall as
crumbly bits as it slides off
your hand to the ground. One
analogy would be to think of
good garden soil as a living
organism, with visible and
invisible living forms, and
understand that it has (so to
speak) its own breathing sys
tem and pores. It even has a
circulatory system of water
and soil solution and a diges
tive system carried on by
beneficial soil bacteria. A
gardener who loves this
process will open the soil up
for good circulation (tilling)
and feed it with organic mat
ter or fertilizer to keep its
systems healthy (the idea of
feeding plants is a common
misconception- plants make
their own food). Scientifi
cally speaking, feeding soil
with minerals and organic
matter supports the microor
ganisms which provide nutri
ents, enzymes, and
antibiotics that are taken up
by the roots of plants or ex
changed in the mycorrhizal
association of carbohydrates,
proteins, and other materials
between fungi and roots.
Scientists have studied
soil types for a long time and
have devised several meth
ods for classifying them, but
in simple terms there are
three main types: sandy soils,
silty or loam soils, and clay
soils. Silty or loamy soils are
the goal of most gardeners, as
they have an ideal structure;
some sand particles and some
clay with a good percentage
of humus. Humus is the dark
organic matter that forms in
soil when dead plant and an
imal matter decays. Loamy
soils hold enough water and
nutrients to support plant
health without overwhelming
(excessive water kills plants
more often than not).
Sandy soil has large parti
cles in it and feels gritty
when you rub it between
your hands. Because the par
ticles are larger there are
more spaces for water to run
through and air to get in, so
sandy soil dries out and
warms up quickly. This
porous quality drains the bac
terial decomposition of or
ganic matter and nitrogen
rapidly, so recommended soil
improvements for sandy soil
are the addition of organic
matter in the form of com
post (both fine or rough) or
other mulch materials to slow
this process down.
Ironically, the “fix” for
clay soils is the same- an ad
dition of organic matter that
will create humus, provide
air circulation, and improve
internal drainage. Clay soils
tend to be very fertile, as their
smaller particles provide
many more surfaces to hold
nutrients and water for longer
time periods than sandy soils.
Many of the minerals and
chemical compounds clay
soils hold are exchanged for
hydrogen when taken up by
the plant root. Since pH is ba
sically a measure of the
amount of hydrogen in the
soil, that exchange is one rea
son why our clay soils are
often acidic, needing the ad
dition of lime. (Another
cause of acid pH in clay soil
is compaction, which leaches
alkaline bases from our dirt.)
However, be judicious in the
amount of organic material
added to your clay soil. Dis
proportionate amounts of
fresh plant residue and/or fer
tilizer can cause nitrogen to
be unavailable to your plants,
as an excess will cause bac
teria to multiply and con
sume nitrogen until they rob
the soil. Another loss of ni
trogen can come from too
much water, which depletes
mineral nutrients and slows
down the release of nitrogen
into the soil.
Most soils are not of per
fect gardening quality to
begin with therefore soil im
provements are always an
important part of successful
gardening. And while we
have little or no control over
environmental conditions
(sun, wind, rain) you can
buffer your soil with im
provements in order to miti
gate the effects of extreme
environmental forces and
make your garden a success.
Call our office during regular
business hours at 706-253-
8840 for answers to any gar
dening questions.
Notice of Public Hearing
November 7th, 2019
Talking Rock Town Hall
Notice is hereby given of a hearing
to be held on November 7th @ 7:00
pm at the Town of Talking Rock
Town Hall, 4675 Highway 136, Talk
ing Rock, Georgia, before the Mayor
and Town Council. The purpose of
the hearing is to discuss the pro
posed 2020 budget for the Town of
Talking Rock.
Notice of Public Hearing
November 7th, 2019
Talking Rock Town Hall
Notice is hereby given of a hearing to be
held on November 7th @ 6:30 pm at the
Town of Talking Rock Town Hall, 4675
Highway 136, Talking Rock, Georgia, be
fore the Mayor and Town Council. The
purpose of the hearing is to discuss a re
quest submitted by owners, Audrey
Kirsten & Steve Lewis, to have parcel
020A-048-049 be granted a variance to
allow the owners to have a private resi
dence above their business, Shadow
Creek Antiques.
During this past week, the Pickens Sheriff’s Office responded
to or initiated 1,214 calls for service. These numbers are taken
from the report provided directly from the 911 Center where all
calls are logged as they are performed. Below is a breakdown
of all dispatched calls by the call type for each incident.
Accidents 14
Suicide Threats / Attempts 3
Domestics 19
Theft / Burglary Related 26
Forgery / Fraud 5
Traffic Stops 85
Citations Issued 15
Animal Investigations 10
Suspicious Persons/Activity 44
Alarm Calls 9
Stranded Motorists 10
Street Hazards 6
Vandalism 6
Abandoned Vehicles 2
Extra Patrol of neighborhoods, businesses and residences
725 In addition to these, other calls include search warrants, civil
service, 911 hang-up calls, assaults, disorderly persons, missing
persons, assistance with medical calls, natural death investiga
tions, demented persons, funeral escorts, harassment, trespass
ing, and many more.
Breakdown of Charges for those Arrested:
36 individuals were booked into the Adult Detention Center on
charges from the Pickens Sheriff’s Office. Out of these, the fol
lowing charges were taken by PSO deputies (note: some indi
viduals have multiple charges):
Suspended Registration 2
Violation of Georgia Controlled Substance Act 7
Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officer 3
Simple Assault 2
Probation Violation 8
Giving False Name / DOB to Law Enforcement 3
Forgery 2
Identity Theft 3
Possession of Firearm During Crime 2
Battery 5
Theft 1
Theft by Receiving Stolen Property 1
Driving on Suspended License 2
Outstanding Warrant 7
Interference with Government Call 1
Disorderly Conduct 1
Stalking 1
Public Indecency 1
Bond Violation 1
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