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PAGE 10A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. APRIL 14. 2022
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From April 10, 1997
STAR student named
Pickens High senior Ben Gard
ner has been selected as the 1997
STAR student for the Pickens County
School System. He selected Sandra
Payne as his STAR teacher. They,
along with other STAR student and
teacher nominees, were honored at a banquet sponsored by
the Jasper Optimist Club and featured Georgia School
Board Chairman Johnny Isakson as the guest speaker.
Marston places 10th in National Medal Finals
Allison Marston of Roswell placed 10th in the 1996 State
Line Tack National Children’s Medal Finals held at the
Capital Challenge Horse Show in Washington, D.C.
Marston, 17, qualified for the National Children’s Medal
Finals by accumulating points through the show year which
earned her a place in the top 30 riders in the State Line Tack
national point standings, which represents some of the best
children’s hunter equitation riders in the United States.
Marston, who has been riding for six years, trains with
Terry Brown at Showcase Limited. Allison is the grand
daughter of Sally and Bill Marston of Bent Tree.
From April 13, 1972
/'l Pickens County Beauty Pageant
/■ J / / The 15th annual beauty pageant
^was held last Saturday night, April 8,
YEARS to name a Tiny Miss, a Little Miss, a
Future Miss, a Junior Teen Miss, and
a Miss Pickens County to reign over
the 4th of July festivities. The pageant
is sponsored by the Pickens County
Jaycees and Jaycettes as a preliminary project to the Fourth
of July activities. The contestants in the Miss Pickens
County pageant were judged in bathing suits, evening
dresses and for talent. All five girls entering this division
were winners with Miss Lynette Tatum being named the
1972 Miss Pickens County. The new queen is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Tatum. The talent of the 17-year-
old blonde is baton twirling. Runners-up for the title of
Miss Pickens County were Trina Boggus, Debbie Low,
LaVeta Goldy and Kathy Thomason.
Mrs. Karen Moss health winner
The second category winner at the Athens Area Voca
tional-Technical School in the 1972 Georgia Occupational
Award of Leadership program has been announced by
AACC GOAL Chairman James I. Akins. Karen Moss has
been named top student in health category and will com
pete for the top local honor. Mrs. Moss enrolled in the med
ical office assistant program and will complete her studies
in September. Prior to enrolling at Athens Tech, Mrs. Moss
taught ninth grade math at Cherokee High for one year and
seventh grade math at Clarke Junior High for three years.
Her hobbies include sewing, reading and swimming. She
has a private pilot’s license and enjoys fishing. She is the
former Karen Smith of Waleska, and is married to Seaborn
Moss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moss of Grandview.
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From April 10, 1947
y [Court to be held at Pickens High]
* The courthouse of Pickens County
having been destroyed by fire, and the
only place available for the holding of
court being the Pickens County High
School building, which will be needed
for school purposes through May
29th, 1947; it is ordered that the regular April Term, 1947,
of Pickens Superior Court, be continued to June 2nd, 1947,
at 10 a.m., and that the Petit Juror drawn for service at said
term, report at said school house on Tuesday, June 3rd,
1947, at 9 a.m., and that all jury trial business of said court
be continued to June 3rd, 1947, at 9 a.m.
In an advertisement published in some of the newspapers,
the Southern Bell Telephone Company said that the starting
wage for the operators in their small exchanges is $22 per
week, and the top rate in the same class of exchanges is $31
per week. This ranges up to a top rate of $39 weekly in the
biggest exchanges. Installer-repairmen in the small ex
changes start at $27 weekly, the highest rate for installer-
repairmen in small exchanges in $56 weekly, and in the
largest exchanges $62 a week. Stenographers draw from
$120 to $190 per month. These wages are for a forty hour
week, with extra pay for overtime and premium pay for
Sunday, holidays and night work. Wages for linemen were
not quoted but those quoted would indicate mighty little
grounds for the present strike.
Antique Challenge Machinery
Guillotine Paper Cutter - $400
Used for years at the Progress office
and in good condition.
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Blade Size: 26.5 Inches
Available at the Pickens Progress
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Rezoning recommendations
pave way for storage units,
small residential projects
Pregnancy Center
Family Fair creates
“connecting point”
Thick coats and big smiles - Kids don’t let near freezing
temperatures slow them down at the Spring Family Fair.
By Angela Reinhardt
Staff Writer
areinhardt@pickensprogress.com
The Pickens County Plan
ning Commission handled nu
merous rezoning requests at
their Monday, April 11 regular
meeting. Among items that
were met with concerns from
the public were a request that
involve storage units in Mar
ble Hill, and another that could
bring seven residences to far
west Pickens.
The Pickens County Board
of Commissioners must make
final approval for all rezon-
ings. The planning commis
sion is a recommending body.
Storage units in Marble
Hill
The planning commission
unanimously recommended
rezoning for a 1.02-acre lot on
Partain Road from Rural Res
idential to Highway Business.
Property owner Tony Nguyen,
who was recently denied a re-
zoning request on Bent Tree
Drive where he intended to
build storage units, has plans
to add more units to what is al
ready on the Marble Hill prop
erty.
The property has operated
as a storage unit business for
at least 25 years before
Nguyen purchased it. He also
owns an adjacent property that
houses his nail and hair salon
business.
The request was made due
to what Nguyen’s attorney
John Capo said was a discrep
ancy with county records. The
Pickens County Tax Asses
sor’s website on qPublic.com
shows a commercial designa
tion, while the county records
office shows a residential des
ignation, Capo said. The dis
crepancy was discovered
when a building permit was
denied to build the new stor
age facilities.
Nearby residents said since
the business has been under
new ownership there has been
increased and unwanted traffic
and other activity in the
evenings as the facility now
had 24-hour access; and also
that the new security lights are
bright and shine into some res
idents’ homes.
Capo told the commission
they were willing to work with
the needs of the community
and special conditions for the
rezoning. They said they could
also limit hours of operation
with an automatic gate.
The commission recom
mended the rezoning, with the
conditions that a privacy fence
be installed, that sliding gates
be added to both entrances;
that hours be limited from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m.; that security
lights be redirected from
homes; and that Partain Road
be made the business’ main
entrance.
Council clears way for
minor subdivision in far west
Pickens
The commission recom
mended approval to rezone
55.39 acres fronting Big Ridge
Road in far west Pickens from
Agricultural to Small Agricul
tural. Applicant 1893 LLC in
tends to split the parcel into no
more than seven, 5-plus acre
tracts and build single-family
residences on each.
Brian Armour, speaking as
the applicant, said he feels that
is a good location for homes to
be built on larger lots. The
largest of the proposed lots is
12 acres.
“1 can’t see a more perfect
use of that property,” he said.
Nearby residents said they do
not want to see more homes
brought to that quiet, rural area
of the county. There were con
cerns about increased traffic,
impact on wildlife in the area,
and impact to aesthetics.
It was noted that county
water would be available for
the development.
In other news from planning
commission:
•Approval was recom
mended to rezone 0.5 acres of
a 14.97 acre track on Cross
bow Lane from Agricultural to
Highway Business. The appli
cant, Brian Armour, owns ad
jacent parcels zoned Highway
Business or Commercial and
needs that additional land for
a proposed storage unit proj
ect. The project would bring
30 climate-controlled units,
and 30 non-climate controlled
units to the area.
•The commission recom
mended approval for rezoning
of a portion of a 45.5-acre par
cel on Camp Dobbs Road
from Agricultural to Small
Agricultural. Applicants, the
Estate of Douglas Gay c/o
Clint Weatherby, intend to
split 30.5 acres of that prop
erty into six, 5-plus acre tracts
for single-family residential
use. The applicant said this
zoning was selected instead of
a more dense residential zon
ing to better fit the area.
When asked, the applicant
told the commission that some
of those potential property
owners would be interested in
county water, which commis
sion chair Clayton Preble said
could be worth pursuing as
costs to install a well are sig
nificant. County lines run near
the properties, with the appli
cant saying they would likely
look into that as an option.
•Approval was recom
mended to rezone 24.57 acres
on Shady Grove Church Road
from Rural Residential to
Agricultural. Applicant
Nicholas Michael Riggin said
he and his wife plan to operate
a sustainable, ethical farming
business to eventually sell that
ethically-raised food to the
community. According to the
application, there was discrep
ancy with county records re
garding the zoning
classification, with applica
tions believed was Agricul
tural based on public records.
One member of the public was
concerned about the possibil
ity of large commercial
chicken houses in the future,
but applications said that type
of operation was “the oppo
site” of their intention.
•The commission recom
mended approval of rezoning
of a 5.01-acre portion of 28.05
acres on Dry Pond Road from
Agricultural to Small Agricul
tural; as well as a 1.01-acre
parcel at 4101 Highway 108 to
from Rural Residential to
Agricultural.
Submitted By
The Pregnancy Center
Saturday’s Spring Family
Fair at The Pregnancy Center
campus was a great day of
fun family activities. Even
with near freezing tempera
tures throughout the four-
hour outdoor event, there
were an estimated 350 people
in attendance. Games, rides,
new toys, arts & crafts, food,
and frozen treats were all a
part of this gift to the com
munity.
Multiple churches and
ministries were on hand to
partner with The Pregnancy
Center to provide kid-
friendly activities and give
aways. Nick Richardson of
Trinity Church of Marble
Hill said they had a great
time meeting families and
making new connections de
spite the cold weather. In ad
dition to the ministries who
provided the interactive
booth activities, multiple
local businesses provided
items ranging from door
prizes to food items to make
sure every visitor had a great
experience. The Pregnancy
Center offered tours of the
center throughout the event.
The Pregnancy Center
plans to make the Spring
Family Fair an annual event
for the local community.
“Our goal for this event
was to create a connecting
point with local ministries
and the families in the com
munity,” said Patti Johnson,
communications director.
“We were blessed to open our
campus to the community in
this new and unique way.”
For more information
about The Pregnancy Center
and a complete list of the free
services they provide, visit
babyontheway.org.
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