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PAGE 2A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. JUNE 23. 2022
Chamber of Commerce welcomes new businesses
Denton Family Clinic provides patient-centered care
Squash medley at the Farmers Market
Squash in all its glory, colors and forms is available at
the Jasper Farmers Market which runs every Saturday at
Lee Newton Park.
The Pickens County
Chamber of Commerce re
cently had a ribbon cutting at
Denton Family Clinic, LLC
located at 12 Sammy
McGhee Blvd, Suite 204 in
Jasper.
‘‘We’re excited to serve
the community of Pickens
County, which is also my
hometown, which has been
such a big influence in my
life”, said Elaina Averett,
nurse practitioner and owner
of Denton Family Clinic.
Denton Family Clinic is
named after Elaina’s late
grandfather, Denton Fox who
was married to Evelyn Fox
and lifetime residents of
Pickens County before their
passing. Denton Family
Clinic is a primary care/inter
nal medicine office located
near Burger King in Jasper
serving patients of all ages
(newborn to elderly).
The overall goal of Den
ton Family Clinic is to pro
vide patient centered care,
while also listening to the pa
tient’s needs and considering
their overall concerns with
compassion and understand
ing. Denton Family Clinic is
happy to provide care to the
community through numer
ous insurance plans or those
individuals who are self-pay.
Insurance companies cur
rently accepted at Denton
Family Clinic: Amerigroup,
United healthcare, Cigna,
Medicaid, PeachCare for
Kids, Medicare, Blue Cross
Blue Shield, Anthem -
BCBS, CareSource, and
PeachState. We offer a new
patient self-pay rate of $100
(credit/debit cards) and $80
for cash. Call our office
today for an appointment
(706)253-3000.
Also, visit the Pickens
County Chamber of Com
merce website at www.pick-
enschamber.com, or call
(706) 692-5600 from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday to learn about
other great Pickens County
businesses.
Submitted by Farmers
Market organizers
And the winner is...
squash. Wonderful, beautiful,
delicious yellow squash
dominated the market. One
vendor cleverly had baskets
of assorted squash, five kinds
per basket, and called it
squash medley. This included
straight neck yellow, crook-
neck yellow, golden yellow,
zucchini (the other yellow),
and zephyr squash. Sauteed
in olive oil with a bit of
bacon topped with parmesan,
yum.
Although yellow was
dominant, there were a few
other types of squash as well;
a pale green pumpkin shaped
one that Bunny Johnson of
J&J Farms carried is good
for stuffing. Zach Henson
had patty pan squash among
his great veggie choices.
Other vegetables avail
able included cucumbers,
garlic, and green beans. All
these choices and more are
coming your way each Satur
day morning and now,
Wednesday from 11 a.m.
until 2 p.m., through August.
Be sure to stop by to fill
up the dinner menu for the
week with fresh veggies,
breads, spicy pepper and
sweet jellies, too. You can
find granolas, english
muffins, energy bars, and
meats, as well.
Or grow your own as
there are still some plants
still available for the garden
like tomato, peppers, and
herbs.
The Jasper Farmers Mar
ket is held in the Park-n-Ride
parking lot at Lee Newton
Park across from the Vet
eran’s Memorial and is spon
sored by the Pickens County
Master Gardeners.
Free HIV testing June 27, for national HIV testing day
Community Bank opens loan production office in Canton
The Pickens County
Chamber of Commerce re
cently had a ribbon cutting at
the new Loan Production Of
fice for Community Bank of
Pickens County located at
1353 Riverstone Parkway
Suite 140 in Canton, GA.
Community Bank of Pick
ens County was opened in
2000 and a branch location
was added in 2008. They are
locally owned and locally op
erated. They are proud to
have over 50 employees and
consistently offer competi
tive deposit and loan prod
ucts to the community.
Community Bank is ex
cited for the new opportunity
to serve Cherokee County
through their Loan Produc
tion Office.
They are local people you
know and trust making local
decisions.
For more information visit
www.cbopc.com or call
(770) 213-2080.
Also, visit the Pickens
County Chamber of Com
merce website at picken-
schamber.com, or call (706)
692-5600 from 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m. Monday through Friday
to learn about other great
Pickens County businesses.
In honor of National HIV
Testing Day, free HIV testing
will be offered in the North
Georgia Health District on
Monday, June 27th, at The
Living Bridge Centers in
Dalton and Canton and at the
Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer,
Murray, Pickens, and Whit
field County Health Depart
ments. Walk-ins are
welcome.
The Living Bridge Cen
ters are also providing com
plementary condoms, cups,
stickers, and more that day.
The county health depart
ments will offer a variety of
items, as well.
Each year on June 27th,
National HIV Testing Day
(NHTD) is recognized as a
day to emphasize and en
courage HIV testing. This
year, NHTD is observed as
COVID-19 and HIV epi
demics continue to affect our
communities and healthcare
infrastructures.
Just as self-care has been
particularly critical during
the COVID-19 pandemic,
HIV testing is self-care that
helps people know their HIV
status so they can begin the
prevention or treatment they
need to live a long and
healthy life, regardless of
their status.
For anyone unable to go
to The Living Bridge Centers
or county health departments
on National HIV Testing
Day, a free HIV self-test kit
may be ordered online at
https://www.gaeapus.eom/r/g
et-tested/.
For more information
about HIV, go to The Living
Bridge Center website at
https://www.nghd.org/tlbc-
home.
Lawson Self Storage
Al Lawson 1188 Ta I ki ng Rock Rd
Office 706-253-1188 Jasper, GA 30143
Cell 770-893-7221 allawson3@gmail.com
GRAND RE-OPENING
Friday, June 24, 5PM-5PM
Georgia’s traffic at all-time high
despite skyrocketing gas prices
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - Car traffic in
Georgia is at an all-time high
despite rising prices at the
pump, state Commissioner of
Transportation Russell Mc-
Murry said Thursday.
The cost of gasoline has
soared across the state to an
average of $4.48 per gallon,
up from $2.87 a gallon in
June of last year, McMurry
told members of the State
Transportation Board.
Gas prices were as low as
$1.84 a gallon in Georgia as
recently as June 2020, during
the early months of the pan
demic, down from $2.40 a
gallon in June 2019.
Normally, rising gas
prices tend to drive com
muters toward using public
transit as an alternative, Mc
Murry said. But that’s not the
case now, he said.
“About two weeks ago,
there was more car traffic on
Georgia’s roadways than
there’s ever been despite gas
being as high as it’s ever
been,” he said. “It’s not play
ing out the way it tradition
ally has in the past.”
Despite the amount of
driving Georgians are doing,
state gasoline tax revenues
through May were about $71
million below the first 11
months of the last fiscal year,
McMurry reported to the
board.
McMurry cited the sus
pension of the state gas tax as
the reason for the decrease in
tax receipts.
The General Assembly
passed legislation in March
temporarily suspending col
lection of the tax through
May 31. Lawmakers acted as
prices at the pump jumped
past the $4-per-gallon mark
and continued climbing.
Gov. Brian Kemp issued
an executive order last month
extending the suspension
through July 14.
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News Serv
ice, a project of the Georgia
Press Educational Founda
tion.
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NOTICE OF MEETING
A Nominating Committee was appointed
by the Board of Directors of Amicalola
EMC at its June meeting to make nomina
tions for directors whose terms expire at
the Annual Meeting to be held October 1,
2022. This Nominating Committee made
up of Steve Garrison (representing Bar
tow/Cherokee Counties); Lee Lowman
(representing Dawson/Forsyth Counties);
Tim Ingram (representing Gordon/Pick
ens Counties); Doug Caldwell (represent
ing Lumpkin County); and Jerry Weaver,
(representing Fannin/Gilmer/Murray
Counties) shall meet at the headquarters
office in Jasper on June 28, 2022.
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