About Pickens County progress. (Jasper, Ga.) 1899-current | View Entire Issue (June 23, 2022)
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. 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