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THURSDAY. JULY 1.2021 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 5A
Letters tot/m Editor
To the Editor:
An interesting observa
tion: In the 136-year-old
paper (Jasper News from
April 11, 1885) reprinted in
last week’s edition of the
Progress, two of the attorneys
who have ads on the front
page are associated with the
1903 map sold by the Pick
ens Historical Society. J.W.
Henley is the guy who made
the map and W.T. Day
name/homesite is on the map,
near what would now be
Hood Road.
Chris Feldt
To the Editor:
Everyday people like us
are sick and tired of giant
companies obligating our
representatives to pay back
their huge donations with
special favors that benefit
those companies, not us.
We like mail-in and drop
off voting, and frankly, we
resent the people we elected
making those conveniences
difficult or impossible.
We don't break the law;
people who do shouldn't get
away with it.
We're well aware: if vot-
The local Marine Corps
League will be selling raffle
tickets at Ingles this week
end, with the drawing to be
held on July 4.
There are first, second,
and third place prizes, with
values of $1,000, $600, and
$300.
You can purchase tickets
at Ingles on Saturday, July 3
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on
Sunday, July 4 from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. Tickets are $3 each or
three for $6. Prizes are as fol
lows:
1st prize approximately
$1000 in gift cards
Beauty Bar/Tate - $100
Southscape/Jasper - $100
Alessandro’s/Canton - $100
LongHom/Ellijay - $75
Old Mulehouse/Jasper - $60
Rocco’s/Jasper - $50
Carriage House/Jasper - $50
Last Catch/Jasper - $50
Appalachian Gun Pawn &
Range (for pawn
ing is hard or impossible for
one group, the next group
could be us: old folks, young
folks, country people, poor
people...you, me, anybody.
So, we protect everybody's
right to vote.
There is no, one law on
the books addressing these
basic issues all at once, for
our whole country. Separate
laws are threatened or super
seded.
We need one, nationwide
standard For The People.
Please tell our senators: pass
ing the For The People Act
(SI) is essential to us, the
People.
Sincerely,
Maureen Allen
To the Editor:
There is a lot of littering
going on in Pickens County -
and we may have an easy so
lution.
No, we’re not talking
about littering in the form of
fast food wrappers and plas
tic soda bottles, we’re talking
about “cat littering”. Pickens
County has a SERIOUS
problem with unplanned lit
ters of kittens and puppies
shop)/Jasper - $50
Mary Ann’s/Jasper - $40
Appalachian Gun Pawn &
Range(for range)/Jasper
- $35
Fatz/Jasper - $25
Buffalo Lukes’s/Jasper - $25
LongHom/Canton - $20
Jonny’s Pizza/Jasper - $20
Roland Tire/Jasper - $50
Home Depot/Jasper - $50
Frankfort Doner/Ball Ground
- $50
2nd prize worth approxi
mately $600
RovR Cooler/Ace Marble
Hill - $400
Jasper Jeep Cooler/Jasper
Jeep - $200
3rd prize worth approxi
mately $300
Ace Hardware Swing/East
Ellijay - $200
Lowes Dewalt Drill/Ellijay
-$100
bom each year. Many survive
only to grow up and produce
more kittens and puppies. For
example, a female cat that
has not been spayed can eas
ily have two litters a year -
and each litter may have up
to six kittens. If only half of
those 12 kittens survive and
only half of the survivors are
females, you can end up with
13 reproducing female cats in
just two years. In a short
time, you have colonies of
cats all over the county. Un
fortunately, Pickens County
already has this problem.
The solution is simple: we
need to spay and neuter these
animals.
B e-Paws We Care
(BPWC) has implemented a
Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)
program to address the prob
lem of community cat
colonies in Pickens County.
BPWC loans traps and vol
unteers train the Caretakers
to set up traps in colony
“hotspots”, the cats are hu
manely trapped,
spayed/neutered through our
partners Georgia Animal
Project and CatSnip, vacci
nated against rabies and later
returned back to the same
colony where they were liv
ing. Their left ear is tipped
also to identify them as hav
ing been “fixed”. In time, the
numbers of cats in the colony
should reduce and hopefully,
cat colonies could someday
become a thing of the past.
BPWC has assisted caretak
ers already by
spayed/neutered, vaccinated
and returned 60 adult com
munity cats this year. Rabies
is always a public health con
cern so the entire county ben
efits from the TNR program.
BPWC needs additional vol
unteers to help with the TNR
program by delivering traps
and food to colonies and
transporting cats to and from
the vet for the our caretakers
that are disabled and unable
to drive. If you would like to
volunteer for this, please
email BPWC at be-pawswe-
carel9@gmail.com, message
us at
https://www.faeebook.eom/b
epaws.wecare or text / call
Eileen at 678-644-0425. If
you are strictly a dog-lover or
prefer to help in other ways,
we have many opportunities
available and could use all
the help we can get.
BPWC depends solely on
donations to fond all ex
penses. If you would like to
find out more about us or
help by donating, please visit
our website, https://www.be-
p awswee areinc. com/donate
or send a check to Be-Paws
We Care, Inc., 361 Oaklands
Dr., Talking Rock, GA
30175. You can make
BPWC your favorite charity
online at Smile.Amazon.com
or at Kroger; with each pur
chase they will donate a
small portion of their profits
to BPWC.
Be-Paws We Care, Inc. is
a charitable non-profit
501(c)(3) organization and
all donations are tax-de
ductible.
Julie Raming
Be Paws We Care
To the Editor:
I have held this comment
from the Washington Times, a
weekly conservative mini
newspaper. I thought the
comment was not only hu
morous coming from a “Mo
hamad” out of Lebanon,
home of Hezbollah, a terror
ist organization. But the man
is right on.
“Mohamad Safa,
Lebanon’s permanent repre
sentative to the United Na
tions, scored a lot of retweets
with his observation that, “if
the United States saw what
the United States is doing in
the United States, the United
States would invade the
United States to liberate the
United States from the
tyranny of the United States.”
Jan. 11,2021
What he said is what
Putin, N. Korea, and China
(and Iran) think about us. We,
the USA, need to get our act
together - now.
Robert Reitz
To the Editor:
A Hypothetical Story
I am offered a job making
twice as much as my previ
ous job, and it includes many
benefits. I am to oversee a
large company, but there are
few “catches.”
Though I am in charge
there is a board that can re
lease me from my contract if
they deem it necessary. The
history of the board has
shown they have done so
with no clear public reason.
I will have my position re
viewed on a month-to-month
basis, for as long as I am em
ployed. There is no long-term
contract or solid job security.
I must publicly say that this
is a good thing, and it bene
fits everyone.
I can leave at the end of
any 30-day period with no
questions asked. The com
pany can release me at the
end of any 30-day period,
and I would not get a sever
ance or buyout. So, this could
save the company, and its in
terests, a lot of money.
I do not know all of the
inner workings of this com
pany, but the questions that
run through my head before
accepting this position are 1)
why would I be happy with
basically no job security for
myself, or my family? 2) Is
this a “go along, to get along”
kind of position that does not
allow me to do what I am
hired for? 3) Why is this
board allowed to run a com
pany like this? 4) Why is this
offered position even needed
if someone else is running the
company... or is it just to
keep a buffer between who is
blamed versus who is actu
ally responsible for the deci
sions made?
Just asking for a friend.
Ralph Streeter
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The Sheriff’s
Beat
From the Pickens
Sheriff’s Office
During this past week, the Pickens Sheriff’s Office responded
to or initiated 1,651 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 16
Suicide Threats / Attempts 6
Domestics 20
Theft / Burglary Related 14
Forgery / Fraud 5
Traffic Stops 81
Citations Issued 16
Animal Investigations 2
Suspicious Persons/Activity 20
Alarm Calls 10
Stranded Motorists 10
Street Hazards 13
Vandalism 2
Abandoned Vehicles 4
Extra Patrol - neighborhoods, businesses, residences
1,266. 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
investigations, demented persons, funeral escorts, harassment,
trespassing, and many more.
Breakdown of Charges for those Arrested:
18 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):
Failure to Appear 1
Improper Parking 1
Probation Violation 4
Failure to Maintain Lane 2
Possession of a Controlled Substance 3
Possession with Intent to Distribute 1
Possession of Weapon During Crime 1
Violate Family Violence Order 1
Bond Violation 2
DUI 2
Driving without a Valid License 1
Obstruction of LEO 3
Reckless Driving 2
Giving Lalse Name to Police 1
Removing or Affixing Tag to Conceal 1
No Proof of Insurance 1
Suspended/ Cancelled/ Revoked Registration 1
Stop Light Violation 1
Serious Injury by Vehicle 1
Bench Warrant 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: 914
Weapons Found: 11
Courts Held: 12
Arrest Made in
the Courthouse: 3
Civil Papers Received : 22
Civil Papers Served: 37
In the Adult Detention
Center:
Total Jail population: 80
Total male inmates: 53
Total female inmates: 27
Sex Offenders:
There are currently 67 sex
offenders registered with
the Pickens Sheriff’s Office.
Pickens Annual
Arts & Meeting
Cultural July 27,
Al iance 2021
Pickens Arts and Cultural Alliance (PACA)
will hold theirAnnual Meeting on July 27,2021,
at 6:00 p.m., at the Pickens County Boys & Girls
Club, (at Roper Park).
All licensed Caterer are invited to submit a
proposal for a meat and two vegetables plus
desert dinner for 70 people. Please submit pro
posal, via email, to pacageorgia@gmail.com.
Proposals will be accepted through Monday,
July 12th. Caterers must have a current, valid
license with the appropriate Pickens County
and State of Georgia agencies.
Please direct any guestions
to C. Larry Wilson at 770-893-8141.
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