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PAGE 6A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. JUNE 17. 2021
Pickens Library Grab & Go location open
temporarily at Mountain Education school
The Pickens County Li
brary in Jasper, located at 100
Library Lane, has closed to
the public to prepare for up
coming renovations and ex
pansions of its facilities
through 2021. While the li
brary is closed, a temporary,
limited-service library loca
tion called “Pickens Grab &
Go” is now available inside
the Mountain Education
Charter High School build
ing, located at 339 West
Church Street. The Grab &
Go location is open Sundays
from 2 p.m.- 6 p.m., Mon
days thru Thursdays from
10:30 a.m.- 8 p.m., and Fri
days thru Saturdays from
10:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The library has launched a
webpage at www.sequoy-
ahregionallibrary.org/pcl-
project detailing the
construction project with an
swers to common questions.
Visitors can check the page
frequently for updates about
the renovations and expan
sions, as well as the most up-
to-date service hours of the
Pickens Grab & Go tempo
rary service location.
At the Grab & Go loca
tion, library patrons can
check out and return materi
als, place and pick up library
holds, request interlibrary
loans, pay fines, and browse
a selection of items from the
library’s collection. Express
computer stations are also
available for users to access
Wi-Fi, print, and make
copies. Free Wi-Fi is also
available in the parking lot of
the Pickens County Library
building until construction
begins.
From now through the end
of July, items returned to the
library will not have overdue
fines as part of the library’s
fine-free summer promotion.
Materials that have been
checked out from the Pickens
County Library have an ex
tended due date of June 28.
Pickens library patrons are
encouraged to return their
borrowed items at the Pick
ens Grab & Go location, or to
any neighboring locations of
the Sequoyah Regional Li
brary System in Cherokee
and Gilmer Counties. Pick
ens County residents may
Highlands Rivers board meeting open to the public
The Highland Rivers
Health Governing Board of
Directors will meet on
Wednesday, June 23 at 10:30
a.m. in the Reaching our
Community (ROC) Club
house located at 1 Goodyear
Avenue, Cartersville, GA,
30120. The Finance and Cor
porate Compliance Commit
tees will meet at 9:30 a.m.
The meeting is open to the
public. For additional infor
mation or directions, please
call 706/270-5000.
Headquartered in Dalton,
Georgia, Highland Rivers
Health has provided compre
hensive treatment and sup
port services for adults,
children and families affected
by mental health disorders,
intellectual and developmen
tal disabilities, and addictive
diseases since 1973. One of
the state's largest public
safety net providers, High
land Rivers operates 28 treat
ment facilities across a
4,400-square mile area of
Northwest Georgia that in
cludes Bartow, Cherokee,
Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gor
don, Haralson, Murray,
Paulding, Pickens, Polk, and
Whitfield counties, and
Need a COVID-19 test for camp or travel?
As summer gets into full
swing and thoughts turn to
summer camps for the kids or
travel, there may be require
ments to provide results from
a COVID-19 test. Make sure
to verify in advance whether
you need a PCR or antigen
test. Piedmont Healthcare has
numerous options available
throughout the metro Atlanta
area.
Piedmont QuickCare lo
cations in Canton, Carrollton,
Grayson, Kennesaw, Lo-
ganville, Marietta North, Mc
Donough, Peachtree City,
Powder Springs, Sandy
Springs, Smyrna, and Wood-
stock all offer COVID-19
rapid testing. Patients must
have a screening visit prior to
testing, via in-person or
video visit. Patients are also
asked to confirm coverage
for COVID testing with their
insurance carrier prior to
scheduling an appointment.
QuickCare locations are open
Monday through Friday from
8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat
urdays and Sundays from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. The Wood-
stock clinic is closed on Sun
days. Visit piedmont.org or
call 678.732.1500 to make an
appointment.
Another option is to check
with your Piedmont primary
care provider. COVID-19
testing is by appointment
only and patients must have a
screening visit prior to test
ing, via in-person or video
visit. Appointments can be
scheduled through MyChart,
piedmont.org, or by calling
your provider’s office.
Piedmont UrgentCare by
WellStreet clinics, located
throughout metro Atlanta,
offer rapid test results within
15 minutes and same-day
PCR test results with no ap
pointment needed. More in
formation can be found at
wellstreet. com/co vid-19 -te st-
Inland port planned in Gainesville
Federal funding will aid construction of rail shipping hub
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - Georgia’s
next inland port will be built
with the help of a $2 million
federal grant.
The funding will build
road and other infrastructure
improvements necessary for
the planned 104-acre North
east Georgia Inland Port near
Gainesville.
The $5.8 million facility
will provide a direct rail link
to the Port of Savannah via
Norfolk Southern. The grant
from the U.S. Department of
Commerce’s Economic De
velopment Administration
(EDA) is expected to create
nearly 700 jobs and generate
$185 million in private in
vestment.
“It is exciting to see this
funding in place,” said Griff
Lynch, executive director of
the Georgia Ports Authority
(GPA). “Improvements to ad
jacent roadways will further
increase the public safety,
economic development and
job creation opportunities of
the planned inland port.”
The GPA’s inland ports
are designed to boost the role
freight rail plays in moving
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(Well, in Pickens County anyway)
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continue to contact the li
brary by phone, online, or via
social media to receive assis
tance and information about
services and programming.
Residents may visit www.se-
quoyahregionallibrary.org/sr
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Check out “
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p to access up-to-date infor
mation about the library’s
Summer Reading Program.
serves nearly 16,000 con
sumers annually. Highland
Rivers is accredited by the
Commission on Accredita
tion of Rehabilitation Facili
ties (CARF) and is a Core
Provider for the Georgia De
partment of Behavioral
Health and Developmental
Disabilities
ing-piedmont.
“We provide clear docu
mentation of your results that
can be accessed in your My
Chart account or emailed to
you and printed out at home,”
said Cassandra Donnelly,
M.D., WellStreet’s Regional
Medical Director. “Our goal
is to provide our patients and
their families a quick and
easy solution when it comes
to COVID-19 testing.”
To find out more about
COVID-19 testing in your
area, visit
piedmont.org/covid-19/test
ing.
cargo to and from the ports of
Savannah and Brunswick.
When completed in 2023, the
Northeast Georgia Inland
Port will offset 600 roundtrip
highway miles by truck for
every container moved by
rail.
The GPA opened its first
inland port in 2017 near
Chatsworth in Northwest
Georgia. A third privately run
inland port in Cordele
opened in 2013.
The new inland port will
serve the manufacturing and
logistics corridor along inter
states 85 and 985.
“President Biden is com
mitted to helping communi
ties grow their critical
industries,” Commerce Sec
retary Gina Raimondo said.
“This EDA investment in
Hall County will facilitate the
expansion of the region’s re
search and development sec
tor while improving the
Georgia Ports Authority in
land ports, creating new eco
nomic opportunities and jobs
for local citizens.”
The Sheriff’s
Beat
From the Pickens
Sheriff’s Office
During this past week, the Pickens Sheriff’s Office responded
to or initiated 1,569 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 in-
cident.
Accidents
15
Suicide Threats / Attempts
3
Domestics
10
Theft / Burglary Related
14
Forgery / Fraud
5
Traffic Stops
90
Citations Issued
25
Animal Investigations
7
Suspicious Persons/Activity
24
Alarm Calls
9
Stranded Motorists
10
Street Hazards
17
Vandalism
2
Abandoned Vehicles
2
Extra Patrol - neighborhoods, businesses, residences 1130.
In addition to these, other calls include search warrants, civil
service, 911 hang-up calls, assaults, disorderly persons, miss
ing persons, assistance with medical calls, natural death in
vestigations, demented persons, funeral escorts, harassment,
trespassing, and many more.
Breakdown of Charges for those Arrested:
20 individuals were booked into the Adult Detention Center on
charges from the Pickens Sheriff’s Office. Out of these, the following
charges were taken by PSO deputies (note:
some individuals have
multiple charges):
Sexual Exploitation of Children
i
Child Pornography
i
Statutory Rape
i
Enticing a Child
i
Probation Violation
5
Failure to Maintain Lane
1
Possession of a Controlled Substance
4
Possession with Intent to Distribute
Controlled Substance
3
Violate Family Violence Order
1
Drug Related Object
1
Criminal Damage to Property
1
Bond Violation
3
DUI
1
Driving without a Valid License
5
Interfering with 911 Call
1
Bench Warrant
1
Obstruction of LEO
1
Trafficking Controlled Substance
1
Failure to Stop/ Yield
1
Tag Required
1
Unregistered Vehicle
1
In addition to the above
activity from the Uniform
Patrol Division, Court
Service Deputies reported
the following statistics for
the past week:
Persons Scanned at
Front Door: 1052
Weapons Found: 5
Courts Held: 14
Arrest Made in
the Courthouse: 1
Civil Papers Received : 41
Civil Papers Served: 40
In the Adult Detention
Center:
Total Jail population: 86
Total male inmates: 58
Total female inmates: 28
Sex Offenders:
There are currently 67 sex
offenders registered with
the Pickens Sheriff’s Office.
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