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Dropouts
records, rose only .01 of one
percent. In Pickens County,
even while trying to ensure
the safety of students, vir
tual learning, masking, and
other pandemic measures
were kept to a minimum.
Another factor may be
parental concerns over cur
riculum content. Those in
clude the CRT or Critical
Race Theory or the teaching
of sex education to students.
However, curriculum con
cerns, for the most part,
seem to be negligible in
Pickens County where the
system has attempted to
avoid such controversial
curricula.
Perhaps, there are other
reasons which may not be as
obvious.
When it comes to the
high number of students
going into homeschooling,
Superintendent Young says
that he hopes that they are
getting an adequate educa
tion. As far as dropouts are
concerned, Young said,
"One child is too many.
We're going to do every
thing we can to prevent our
kids from falling through
the cracks."
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Forum
group. “It’s the same job,”
said Mora of the single ses
sion for candidates for both
seats.
There is also one con
tested school board race be
tween Suzanne Fowler and
Steve Lowe and two uncon
tested school board races
where only single chal
lengers qualified. No forum
has been set up for the school
board race.
The Progress will publish
a written Q & A with all can
didates.
Early voting will begin
May 2 at the Pickens Com
munity Center on Camp
Road.
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THURSDAY. APRIL 14. 2022 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 11A
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Quick
Burger
the front
door. Hoy
said he and
his wife dis
covered a fire
had broken
out when they arrived the morning of
Saturday, April 9, to handle administra
tive work.
“We’ve been closed Saturdays be
cause we don’t have help and we came
into this,” said Hoy, who was maintain
ing a positive attitude. “And you know
what’s funny? That cooler was the only
piece of equipment in here I didn’t
change out when we bought the place.
It was working fine.”
The Hoys purchased the restaurant
around five years ago. Joan Hoy, who
was holding back tears on the phone
earlier that day, said the fan in the
cooler was faulty and caught fire. The
soda machine is directly next to the
cooler, and fortunately water from
busted hoses from that machine helped
extinguish the blaze.
“But there was so much plastic that
burned and that’s what created the
soot,” she said. “There was water on
the floor when I came in, and a piece
of the ceiling fell on my head. But I’ve
got no idea how long it was burning.”
Joan said they lost a significant
amount of food and other products, and
that it was uncertain at this point what
furniture could be saved. They are
working with their insurance company
to get the process of rebuilding started
Longtime Quick Burger employee Lisa New looks on as restoration service
worker assesses damage to the restaurant’s interior. Fortunately the fire did
not consume the building, with the structural elements, furniture and equip
ment mostly in tact - but heavy soot and smoke damage may render many items
unable to be salvaged.
as quickly as possible, but a reopening
time is uncertain now, too.
Over the last five years the Hoys
have built up a loyal customer base and
team of employees who are there to
help. One employee on the scene Mon
day, Lisa New, has worked with the
Hoys for nearly 30 years, originally at
their restaurants in Ft. Lauderdale. She
has no plans of going anywhere during
the rebuilding process.
“Oh I’m staying with them through
it,” she said. “And I think everyone
will. They’re great to work with, and
we’ve got a really, really strong team
here.”
Joan said the community has been
incredible, with several people already
offering help in any way they can.
“We’ve got such a good community
here,” she said. “We’re thankful, and
want to get back to things soon.”
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Vet
Park
there. “He
brought out the blueprint for
this thing, they put it down,
and the shocker - it’s in
pieces. That’s 20 pieces,” he
said pointing to the monu
ment.
According to Leist, mar
ble is not sculpted or pieced
together this way anymore,
so finding the right company
with the right skills may be
part of the challenge.
“We’re going to have to
really plan that,” he said, “but
it is doable. We’ll just to have
to find a company that can do
it that’s all. We’re going to
have to seal it real good and
enclose it. They just don’t do
that kind of thing anymore.
It’s all solid now. That’s hol
low in there and it takes more
skill to do it that way.”
The phase II plan, where
the monument will be the
centerpiece, will expand the
current park to the south and
include memorial benches
and tablets with photo-realis
tic engravings of soldiers
serving in major conflicts.
The grounds and path itself
will resemble a dog tag with
a bronze POW emblem in
side the hole.
“Right now it’s all about
letting people know what
we’re doing and fundrais
ing,” said Leist. Recently the
Community Thrift Store do
nated $15,000, and other
local businesses have do
nated as well, including Am-
icalola Electric at $20,000.
Leist estimates they will
need between $85,000 and
$90,000 and says they will
not touch anything until they
get the money. The funds are
at $52,000 right now, so the
start of the work and move
ment of the monument might
not be too far off.
As we took a last look at
the monument Leist pointed
out that it is unfinished.
“They never finished it. I can
see the front where they put
World War I and World War
II, they never put Korea,
Vietnam, and of course
Desert Storm. So when we
take it, we will be responsible
for it, it will no longer be
whoever has been handling
it. I’ve been trying to find out
who that is, but we’ll take
full responsibility.”
The park now hosts a va
riety of events and field trips,
as was the original intent, and
a phase III might be on the
way in the future too, but
with projects like this it’s one
step at a time.
Pickens Veterans Memo
rial Park is located at 599
Veterans Memorial Blvd. And
their website is www.pick-
ensvetmemorial. com.
The phase IIplans shaped as a dog tag, with the monument at its center.
PCCR board members at the grant presentation. Left to right: Levonne Leuenberger,
Kathy Huntington, Susan Houseman, Elaine Landrum, Fred Mullis, PCVMP members
Lerry Brown, Jim Elrod, Frank Leist, and left rear Ron Wheeler.
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