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PAGE 2A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. MARCH 24. 2022
Thrift Store volunteers recognized
at St. Patrick’s Day celebration
Getting into the Irish spirit are store volunteers and family, pictured left to right:
Terri Enes, Kelly Thayer, Danny Roberts, Phillip Harper, grandson Lux Sewell of Connie
Stevens, and Debbie Strawn.
Community Thrift Store
Volunteer Kelly Knight,
(right) proudly displays her
award as Volunteer of the
Quarter, while Store Presi
dent, Terry "Sarge " Bishop
and VP of Operations
Paulette McKenzie look on.
The presentation of
the award was part of the
Quarterly Volunteer Parties
held that was presented at
the St. Patrick’s Day Volun
teer Appreciation Party for
all volunteers.
Forts Gordon and Benning
to be renamed
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - Georgia's Fort
Gordon and Fort Benning are
among nine Army bases that
will be getting new names.
The Naming Commission,
which Congress created last
year to rename military in
stallations named for histori
cal figures with ties to the
Confederacy, has developed
a list of fewer than 100
names it is considering. The
panel will make recommen
dations to the U.S. House and
Senate Armed Services com
mittees by Oct. 1.
Fort Gordon near Augusta
is named for John Gordon,
who served as a general in
the Confederate Army and
went on to become Georgia's
governor. Gordon presided at
the formal surrender of the
Confederate Army of North
ern Virginia at Appomattox,
Va., in April 1865.
Fort Benning south of
Columbus was named for
Henry Benning, who was a
leader in Georgia's secession
ist movement before the
Civil War. Like Gordon, he
was a general in the Army of
Northern Virginia com
manded by Gen. Robert E.
Lee.
Other Army bases due to
be renamed include Fort
Bragg in North Carolina, Fort
Rucker in Alabama; Fort
Polk in Louisiana, and forts
A.P. Hill, Lee and Pickett in
Virginia.
The commission visited
the installations last year for
listening sessions with mili
tary commanders and com
munity leaders and to gain
feedback including prefer
ences for new names. During
the listening sessions and a
public comment period, the
panel received more than
34,000 submissions for re
naming, including 3,670
unique names.
“It’s important that the
names we recommend for
these installations appropri
ately reflect the courage, val
ues and sacrifices of our di
verse military men and
women," said retired Navy
Admiral Michelle Howard,
the chair of the Naming
Commission. “We also are
considering the local and re
gional significance of names
and their potential to inspire
and motivate our service
members."
Suggestions for new
names include former Presi
dent and five-star Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, abo
litionist Harriet Tubman, for
mer Gen. and Secretary of
State Colin Powell and World
War II Gens. Omar Bradley
and George Marshall, who
also served as secretary of
state and secretary of de
fense.
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News Serv
ice, a project of the Georgia
Press Educational Founda
tion.
Bill forbids local governments
to control worker hours, schedules
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - The Republi
can-controlled Georgia
House of Representatives
gave final passage Tuesday
to legislation prohibiting
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of employees in private busi
nesses.
The bill passed 99-67
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House Democrats criti
cized the measure as an at
tempt by the state to usurp
local control.
"We already tell [local]
governments, 'You can't set
minimum wages,'" said Rep.
Stacey Evans, D-Atlanta.
"All local governments are
trying to do is give pre
dictability to workers in their
areas."
Rep. Mandi Ballinger, R-
Canton, who carried Senate
Bill 331 in the House, dis
missed arguments by De
mocrats that the measure is a
"preemptive" bill that takes
authority away from local
governments.
"This is a preventive bill
that allows free markets to
continue," she said.
Rep. Kasey Carpenter, R-
Dalton, said the legislation
provides a practical benefit to
businesses by allowing them
to operate across city and
county lines without being
subject to local regulations
governing employee hours or
schedules that could be dif
ferent.
The Senate passed the bill
31-21 last month.
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News Serv
ice, a project of the Georgia
Press Educational Founda
tion.
PHS Plant Sale begins Tuesday
High school students with some of the plants for sale: (l-r) - Lacy West, Amanda
Bramlett, and Kylee Barfield.
The Pickens County
High School Horticulture
Program will be hosting its
annual plant sale next week.
Students have worked hard
this semester to get these
plants ready and we hope to
see great community sup
port for the program.
The plant sale will run
from 1-4 p.m. on Tuesday,
March 29 and Thursday,
March 31. The sale will be
set up in the PHS bam, di
rectly beside the green
house. Bedding plants,
hanging baskets, and flats of
tomatoes will be available.
There will also be an on
line sale for those who can
not make it during the given
hours, but all plants from the
online sale MUST be picked
up next week.
A later sale will be held
for larger tomato and pepper
plants as well as perennial
plants. The date for this sale
will be announced at a later
date.
If you have questions,
please feel free to contact
Cassidy Samples at PHS.
Email: cassidybyess@pick-
enscountyschools.org
Phone: 706-253-1800 Ext.
325
Families Anonymous meets
Families Anonymous
(FA) will resume meeting in
person weekly on Wednes
days at 11 a.m. beginning
February 2nd at King of
Kings Lutheran Church, 45
Appalachian Circle, Talking
Rock, 30175 (one mile
north of the Jasper Walmart
off 515). Families Anony
mous is a nonprofessional,
nonprofit support group for
family and/or friends of
those with drag, alcohol, or
related behavioral problems.
For more information
contact Mary at mkc@etc-
mail.com 706-276-1850.
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