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PAGE 8A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. JANUARY 14. 2021
16th annual Mardi Gras in the
Mountains rescheduled for April
Mardi GRAS
Georgia Mountains Hos
pice, The Ellijay and Jasper
Councils of the Knights of
Columbus and The Rotary
Club of Jasper, have decided
to reschedule “Mardi Gras in
the Mountains” until April
24, 2021. This will continue
to be a Mardi Gras themed
event, with the king and
queen nominees, “Banks and
Shane” and as always, a won
derfully catered meal.
Many hours and much
conversation went into this
decision, but the participating
partners agreed, this event
must continue. Because of
the COVID pandemic, many
functions have been can
celled and many agencies are
suffering because of this.
“Mardi Gras in the Moun
tains” monies touch so many
in this community, not only
Georgia Mountains Hospice,
but the many, many charities
The Knights of Columbus
and The Rotary Club of
Jasper support.
Gina Pendley, executive
director of Georgia Moun
tains Hospice asks, “I hope
everyone continues to sup
port this event as they have
so generously in the past.
Your participation in this
event, whether it is through
donations, ticket sales, or
supporting your king and
queen, allows us to continue
to offer quality end of life
care to the families of north
Georgia.”
Please save the date and
look for upcoming announce
ments naming the new nomi
nees for 2021. If you have
any questions or how you can
participate in “Mardi Gras in
the Mountains” please con
tact Gina Pendley at 706-
253-4100 or email
gpendley200@ellijay.com.
We look forward to seeing
you there, and remember,
“Laissez les bons temps
rouler.”
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From the Progress files
Turning Back The Pages
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If You Received A Bargain Hunt
Store Receipt That Showed More
Than The Last 5 Digits Of Your
Credit/Debit Card Number, Your
Rights May Be Affected By A Class
Action Settlement.
Para information en espanol, visite el sitio web.
What is this lawsuit about? The lawsuit alleges
that customers who used a credit or debit card at
Bargain Hunt stores were provided with electronically-
printed customer receipts which had more than the last
five digits of their card number printed on the receipt.
Bargain Hunt denies any wrongdoing but is settling the
claims in this lawsuit.
Who is included in the Settlement? You are
included in the Settlement if you used your personal
credit or debit card at any Bargain Hunt store and you
were provided with an electronically-printed customer
receipt between August 1,2016 and June 30,2017 that
shows more than the last 5 digits of your card number.
What are my rights? Submit A Claim - You
can get up to $100 from the Settlement. To
be eligible for any money, you must submit a
Claim Form by March 22, 2021 along with:
(1) An original or copy of a receipt from any
Bargain Hunt store between August 1, 2016
and June 30, 2017 showing more than the last
5 digits of your credit/debit card number; or
(2) An original or copy of your credit/debit card
statement showing your frst and last name, and a
purchase from any Bargain Hunt store between August
1,2016 and June 30,2017.
Visit FactaReceiptSettlement.com for more
details on benefits available and howto submit a claim.
FactaReceiptSettlement.com
Do Nothing - If you do nothing, you will remain
in the Settlement, but you will not receive any
money from the Settlement, and you will be bound
by the orders and judgment of the Court and
give up your rights to sue for the claims resolved
by this Settlement. Object - You can stay in the
Settlement and object to the Settlement. Your
objection must be mailed to the Settlement
Administrator on or before February 5, 2021.
Exclude Yourself - If you do not want to be legally
bound by the Settlement and you want to preserve
your right to sue about the claims released by this
Settlement, you must reguest to be excluded on or
before February 5,2021. If you exclude yourself, you
will not receive any money from this Settlement.
The parties will request a Fairness Hearing before the
Honorable Judge Andy Prather, Division 2, on April 1,
2021, at 10:00 a.m. to decide whether to approve the
settlement and to award attorneys'fees and expenses
to the Settlement Class Counsel appointed by the
Court, plus Settlement Class Representative incentive
awards. If the hearing date/location changes, the
updated information will be posted on the settlement
website. Applicable pleadings will be posted on the
website below after they are filed. You may attend
this hearing, but you do not have to. If you want to be
represented by your own lawyer, you may hire one at
your own expense, but you do not have to.
This is a summary notice only. For more
information about the Settlement, including the
Long Form Notice and Claim Form, please visit
FactaReceiptSettlement.com or write Bargain
Hunt Settlement, P0 Box 42546, Philadelphia, PA
19101-2546 or call 1-833-913-4213.
1-833-913-4213
From Jan. 10, 1946
Streams highest ever
known in this section
One of the heaviest rain
fall on record has sent north
Georgia streams swirling.
The government weather sta
tion at Jasper recorded 5.29
of an inch between noon Sat
urday and 7:30 a.m. Tuesday,
which is only three one-hun
dredths of an inch less than
the amount recorded the
night of the Whitestone flood
[April of 1938], though the
waters that caused the flood
at Whitestone fell in one
night and the rains of this
week fell in a period of about
60 hours.
The heaviest rainfall in a
24-hour period this time was
2.11 of an inch.
From Jan. 14, 1971
State legislature in session,
several bill affect Pickens
The regular 1971 session
of the Georgia Legislature
convened Monday. Gov.
Jimmy Carter was sworn in
Tuesday. The legislature will
meet again Feb. 8 until
March 12. At this session, for
the first time, the legislature
will have a computer to aid in
preparing and revising bills.
The computer will make it
possible to amend or change
bills proposed almost in
stantly and eliminate the time
consuming and costly re
drafting of the bill each time
a change is made before its
passage.
A large amount of
statewide legislation is ex
pected to be proposed to this
session of the legislature.
Several local bills concerning
Pickens County will be sub
mitted. The form of the bills
are not complete yet but they
are expected to be as follows:
A bill will be introduced
to change the terms of office
of the members of the Pick
ens County Hospital Author
ity so that the terms will be
staggered and all the mem
bers’ term of office will not
expire at the same time.
Another local bill would
increase the salary of the
Commissioner of Pickens
County to $12,000 from
$7,500 per year and also au
thorize an increase in pay for
his clerk.
Another Pickens County
bill will increase the salary of
the sheriff to $10,000 from
$7,500 per year.
Another local bill would
increase the salary of the
Pickens County Ordinary to
$6,000 from $4,500.
Another local bill would
authorize the hiring of an
other court reporter for Pick
ens Superior Court.
Pickens County Represen
tative Will Poole says that the
House Information Office
will have a telephone line
over which the public can
call free to get information
about the House.
Cattle rustlers strike
Cattle rustling has become
a problem in Pickens County
recently. Thieves have
butchered several head of
cattle from herds over the
county.
The thieves’ method of
operation generally is to kill
the animals in the pasture,
take the most valuable parts
and leave the remainder to
spoil. Animals taken thus far
have been mostly large
calves.
No arrests have been
made but law enforcement
officials state that they have
some good leads.
From Jan. 11, 1996
Countdown to 2000 — City
of Jasper plans for future
If you were to leave the
city of Jasper right now and
not return until the year 2000
what would be waiting for
you?
By the turn of the century,
city of Jasper administrators
hope to have accomplished a
series of goals which will
prepare it for the future.
As in the past, one of the
city’s top priorities for 1996
and beyond is it’s water sys
tem. Over the past year the
city drilled four new wells to
supplement their Cove Creek
water supply— currently its
only water source.
City administrators see
Jasper’s streetscape changing
from the bottom up with new
sidewalks.
Starting this year, the city
will improve its existing side
walks and expand the side
walk throughout downtown.
Mayor John Weaver said,
“Our first priority is getting a
sidewalk to the new library.
South Main Street is another
priority. We will also make
all sidewalks on Main Street
handicap accessible.”
Funding for new side
walks will come out of the
general fund and administra
tors anticipate that the project
will take $200,000 a year
from city property taxes.
Other revenue will come
from the Local Option Sales
Tax and franchise taxes.
Infrastructure will get an
update over the next few
years in an effort to stay up-
to-speed with the growing
population both in terms of
people and traffic.
According to GDOT re
ports, Hwy. 53 from 515 to
Holly Street in Jasper will be
widened to four lanes in
1999.
The intersection at South
Church St., Spring St. and
Burnt Mountain Rd. will be
revamped. The road will be
straightened, eliminating one
of the two stop lights in front
of the Jasper First Baptist
Church.
[The city park will re
ceive] a new walking path,
tennis court resurfacing and
repair of the softball fields.
[1996] will bring a new
computer system to City
Hall. The new system will
bring the city’s accounting
and water billing completely
on-line.
Additionally, city admin
istrators hope to annex por
tions of the county into
Jasper’s city limits. Accord
ing to Weaver, only proper
ties in which annexation
would benefit both the city
and the property owner
would be considered.
“The only problems I
foresee with any of these
projects is lack of funding,”
said Weaver. “I’m optimistic,
however, that we will be able
to locate the funds without
increasing any taxes. If we do
go through with some annex
ation, that will help offset ex
penditures to all our
citizens.”
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Parenting expert advocates old way of raising kids
John Rosemond
Copyright 2021, John K.
Rosemond
2021 marks the 45th year
I’ve been writing this col
umn. I’ve been told it is the
longest-running syndicated
column written continuously
by one author. That takes
“Dear Abby” out of con
tention.
In the beginning, I was
four years out of graduate
school, directing a commu
nity mental health program
for children and families, a
mere eight years into mar
riage and seven into parent
hood. A colleague had
suggested I submit a column
idea to the local newspaper,
so I did and much to my
amazement, the editor de
cided to give it a go. One
minute, I was still figuring
out what being a husband and
father entailed and the next, I
was a parenting expert.
At first, the column simply
regurgitated psychology’s
“party line.” I was an avid
promoter of behavior modifi
cation, self-esteem, and
everything else about the new
parenting philosophy I had
learned in grad school. Mean
while, my wife and I were
having significant struggles
with a son whose motto was
“YOU CAN’T TELL ME
WHAT TO DO!” When his
third-grade teacher informed
us that he was the worst-be
haved child she had dealt
with in her 20-year career, we
finally woke up to reality and
marshalled the resolve to set
things straight. Set them
straight we did, which goes a
long way toward explaining
why we are still married, and
happily so. Our family rehab
was accomplished by doing
precisely what my profession
was telling parents not to do,
but rather by doing what pre-
1960s parents would have
done under similar circum
stances.
That experience turned my
head around. I began coming
to grips with the fact that
post-1950s psychological
parenting theory was a com
plete farce. Not mostly farce,
mind you, but completely
farce. That boomer parents
had bought into it explained
why they were having more
problems with the simple
process of raising a child than
their grandparents could have
imagined parents ever hav
ing. 1 began ringing the alarm
and espousing a return to tra
ditional understandings con
cerning children and their
upbringing.
As the new, retro-radical
John Rosemond began
emerging from behind the
psychobabble curtain, mental
health professionals went
bonkers. Understandable,
given that I was threatening
the justification for their very
existence. I won’t go into the
battles I’ve fought with the
mental health professions -
my chosen field and area of
license. Suffice to say, the
battles have revealed the Em
peror’s nakedness.
I am what is called an
“outlier.” Seventy years ago,
I would have been regarded
as useless. Very few people
would have wanted my ad
vice because childrearing
then was driven by a combi
nation of tradition and com
mon sense, which was still
held in common. In that re
gard, “my” advice is not mine
at all. I am committed to the
cause of keeping the old way
of raising children - it was
defined by a certain attitude
as opposed to a set of meth
ods - alive and kicking.
Where childrearing is con
cerned, there is nothing new
under the sun. Things began
to fall apart when American
parents fell under the sway of
new ideas promoted by a new
profession; when they be
came persuaded that capital
letters after one’s name con
fers intellectual infallibility.
Some lessons can only be
learned the hard way.
And so, after 45 years, I
keep right on truckin’. I will
retire when I no longer make
sense, in which case I will
need to be informed.
Family psychologist John
Rosemond:
johnrosemond.com, parent-
guru, com.
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HOSPICE VOLUNTEER YARD SALE
Friday-February 12,2021
8:00AM - 3:00PM
-February 13,2021
8:00 AM -12:00 PM
yard sale will be held in the Stancil Room of the Georgia
Mountains Hospice Building
70 Caring Way, Jasper, Georgia
Any Donated Items appreciated—No clothes
Please wear masks and observe Social Distancing
All proceeds will go to support Georgia Mountains Hospice
For info contact Judy Chance
706-253-4100 1-800-692-7199