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PAGE 10B PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. MARCH 31.2022
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Awards • Groups • Weddings • Birthdays • Anniversaries • Students • Reunions
STAR student, teacher
attend region banquet
The Optimist Club of
Jasper sponsored the PHS
STAR Student, Piper Duncan
and her STAR Teacher, Mrs.
Susan Anderson to the STAR
Region 2 banquet. The ban
quet was hosted by The Uni
versity of North Georgia
College of Education. The
banquet was held at North
Georgia College on March 8.
Pickens County is part of
the Region 2 STAR Program
that includes local STAR Stu
dent winners from Dawson,
Fannin, Gilmer, Habersham,
Hall, Lumpkin, Rabun,
Stephens, Towns, Union and
White counties. The region
winner will go on to compete
at the state level with winners
from other regions across the
state of Georgia.
The Optimist Club of
Jasper has been the local
sponsor for the PAGE STAR
program for over 30 years
and recognized the 2022 PHS
STAR Student and her
Teacher along with nine
STAR Student finalists and
their teachers recently at the
annual STAR banquet.
RT Jones Hospital staff reunion
planned for April 23
Members of the R. T.
Jones/Northside Hospital
staff, Pink Ladies and hospi
tal chaplains will hold a re
union on April 23 from 11
a.m.- 2 p.m. at Sharp Moun
tain Baptist Church Fellow
ship Hall. The cost is $15
Contact Jan Blalock at
jan.blalock@yahoo.com for
more information and to reg
ister.
Deadline to register is
April 9.
Clues Across
1. Hillsides
6. Away to ingest
9. Large number
13. Southeastern Minnesota city
14. Cronies
15. Having sufficient skill, knowl
edge
16. Supplements with difficulty
17. Former VP nominee Palin
18. Cambodian monetary unit
19. Where coaches work
21. Secret political clique
22. A type of lute
23. Tan
24. Empire State
25. Where golfers begin
28. For each
29. Muslim inhabitants of the
Philippines
31. Bird genus
33. Popular Dave Matthews Band
song
36. Domesticates
38. “Boardwalk Empire” actress
Gretchen
39. Asian antelope
41. One who takes apart
44. Kin
45. Dresses
46. Says something about you
(abbr.)
48. Doctor of Education
49. One quintillion bytes (abbr.)
51. Overcharge
52. Sailboats
54. Indian musical patterns
56. Predisposition to a condition
60. Share a common boundary
with
61. Wide
62. Skin disease
63. Monetary unit of Samoa
64. Source of the Blue Nile
65. Instrument
66. Red deer
67. Unidentified flying object
68. Bar or preclude
Clues Down
II. Flying insects
■ 2. Strong alcoholic spirit
I 3. Old
! 4. Moves in slowly
■ 5. Symbol for tin
I 6. Having certain appendages
J 7. Expression of sorrow or pity
| 8. Type of hormone (abbr.)
■ 9. One with an unjustified mistrust
110. Hebrew calendar month
III. Pure
■ 12. LSU football coach
114. Unbroken views
'17. Fathers
120. Part of a race
.21. Hairstyle
123. Fifth note of a major scale
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j 26. Amounts of time
127. Designed chairs
■29. Sensational dramatic piece
130. Arrangement of steps
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134. Young child
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118 years
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43. Consisting of roots
47. Humbug!”
49. A way to remove
50. A confusion of voices and other
sounds
52. Keyed instrument
53. Varnishes
55. Unpleasantly sticky substance
56. Unable to hear
57. A short erect tail
58. Indicates interest
59. Flow or leak through
61. British thermal unit
65. Iron
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Pickens citizenship course
EuriUa teaches about the House and Senate in the March 14 citizenship class
By Alex Goble
Staff Writer
agoble@pickensprogress.com
Johnny and Eurilla Hyatt
have been teaching a 15
week citizenship course at
the Pickens County Commu
nity Center since January 10.
The class is designed to assist
people with the process re
quired to become a United
States citizen. The main
focus is on the civics portion
of the citizenship interview,
which would likely challenge
your average American.
Johnny has been teaching
citizenship classes since
1998, starting at the Baptist
Campus Ministry at the Uni
versity of Alabama and Eu
rilla has been teaching ESL
(English as a Second Lan
guage) classes since 1993.
The course is free and has
seven people currently en
rolled, mostly from Mexico,
with one Canadian. Of the
seven, three show up regu
larly and it was those three
who attended the March 14
class this reporter observed.
To start, the Pledge of Al
legiance was read with the
words carefully practiced and
pronounced, using drills that
would fit right into any good
ESL class. This is important
because the pledge is part of
the citizenship ceremony, and
the citizenship interview it
self requires applicants to be
able to speak and ask ques
tions, which the Hyatts have
worked into the lesson in sev
eral places.
The class itself was very
relaxed and the atmosphere
remained friendly for the en
tire hour as the group re
viewed the legislative branch
of government, the seventh
phase of the 15-phase citizen
ship course.
The questions students
were able to answer by the
end ranged from “How long
is a term for a U.S. senator?”
and “How many voting
members are in the House of
Representatives?”, to “Name
your U.S. representative.”
Not exactly a cakewalk, and
it made me wonder how
many average Americans
could correctly answer all
three.
The course will continue
several more weeks through
phase 15, “Information about
the Citizenship Examina
tion,” and anyone in need of
more practice or guidance is
welcome to join at 6 p.m. on
Mondays in room 1 at the
community center. Eurilla
can be contacted at eu
rilla? 842@gmail.com for ad
ditional information.
Future Military
Museum
For Pickens
County
The SAL (Sons of the American Legion Post 149) is in
terested in bringing a Military Museum to Pickens
County. We have a gentleman that has an impressive
collection and wants to share it with the public. We are
looking for help in obtaining a building/warehouse to
display this collection that covers all eras of history.
This would be a fantastic addition to Pickens County.
It would be a noble attraction for visitors from all over
to visit our county.
Anyone interested in helping us make this venture a reality;
please contact Jerry Greer at
sharpmountainaraphics@elliiav.com or call 706-253-3230
Speaker will
discuss history
of Burnt
Mountain,
Bent Tree
areas this
Thursday
night
Mr. Chris Feldt will be
speaking about some interest
ing bits of local history - from
the Civilian Conservation
Corps to the Dude Ranch,
The Original Appalachian
Trail Approach Trail location,
Col. Sam Tate and the Tate
Mountain Estates, The Con-
nahaynee Lodge, arsons at
Mt. Oglethorpe and Sharp
Top, escaped convicts and
more. The speech will be
held On March 31, at 7 p.m.
at the County Administration
Offices at 1266 E. Church St.
in the Pickens Room and is
sponsored by the Pickens
Flistorical Society.
Chris Feldt is a member of
the Pickens Historical Soci
ety, and has been a resident of
the county since moving here
with his family in late 2018.
He is a writer, poet, historian
and has a penchant for tom
foolery.
Service Club
The Pickens Community
Service Club meets every
2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7
p.m. downstairs in the county
administration office.
Lose weight
Choose to Lose - Weight
loss group meets at the Pick
ens County Community Cen
ter Room #1 every Friday
morning. Weigh in time is be
tween 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
Meeting runs from 9:30 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. No charge. Call
Pat Groves for more informa
tion at 1-417-413-8025.
MULEHOUSE
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modern upscale twist to the
neighborhood tavern with a
creative chef-driven menu, a
full cocktail bar, our signature
mules, and features beer and
wine from Georgia.
(706) 253-3440
OLDMULEHOUSE.COM
2 North Main Street
Jasper, Ga 30143
Open at I I a.m.Wed-Sun
Closed Mon&Tues
This week's recipe brought to you by
Rooster's Markets
54 Roosters Way, Jasper, GA • 706-301-8176
Stuffed Pepper Casserole
1 tablespoon Rooster's Market extra virgin olive oil
1 pound ground turkey
1 medium yellow onion ***
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
3 cloves garlic minced (about 1 tablespoon)
12 ounces frozen chopped spinach thawed with as
much water squeezed out as possible
1 red bell pepper cored and diced ***
1 green bell peppers cored and diced ***
2 cups water
1 can 15-ounces fire roasted diced tomatoes in their
juices
1 8-ounce can no salt added tomato sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 cup uncooked brown rice rinsed and drained
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
Instructions
In a Dutch oven or similar deep, sturdy pot, heat
the oil over medium high. Add the turkey and onion.
With a wooden spoon or spatula, break the meat into
small pieces. Cook and stir until it is browned and
fully cooked through and the onion is tender, about
7 minutes.
Add the Italian seasoning, cumin, salt, pepper,
and garlic. Stir and cook until the garlic is fragrant,
about 1 minute. Add the spinach. With a fork break
apart the clumps so it's fairly evenly distributed with
the meat. Add red and green bell peppers, water,
tomatoes, tomato sauce, Worcestershire, and rice.
Stir to evenly combine.
Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat
to a simmer. Cover the pot and let cook 30 minutes.
Uncover and stir, scraping up any rice that is begin
ning to stick. Recover and continue to simmer until
the rice is tender, about 10 to 15 additional minutes.
Remove the pot from the heat. Uncover and stir.
Taste and adjust the seasoning as desired. Don't
worry if it's still a little liquidy. It will continue to thicken
and the liquid will further absorb as it sits. Sprinkle
the cheese over the top, then recover.
Let sit off the heat 10 minutes, until the cheese
is melted, the rice is tender (it will still have a little bit
of chew, which is normal for brown rice, but it should
not be crunchy). If you’d like the top golden, place
the dish, uncovered, under the broiler for a minute or
two (watch carefully to ensure the top does not burn).
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