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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY. JUNE 23. 2022 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 5A To the Editor: Regarding the staff edito rial last week, Civility should not be abandoned for politi cal arguments'. One of our Founding Fa thers addressed this future problem around the early days of writing the Constitu tion of the United States. “A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be sub dued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liber ties to the first external or in ternal invader,” Samuel Adams. Darrell Stephens To the Editor: I would like to know who had the authority to declare the whole month of June LBGTQIA25+ month. We have seen enough perversion to make most of us sick. I want to find out where to go to ask for the same authority to declare a "Celebrate Jesus" month. We can ask our pastors to come to the libraries and tell the children the true stories of how Jesus healed the sick, and made the blind to see, and walked on the water to get to His disciples who were in a storm. The schools could set aside time for the actual his torical account of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. The gospel of the King dom could be preached, taught, sung, and reenacted for the whole month of July. It would be a perfect antidote for the poisoning of June. Darla Givan To the Editor: I was reading Turning Back the Pages and won dered what has happened to the canning plant of Pickens? Who owns the property it sits on? I know I read a few years back when Superintendent Wilson was in office the school system owned it. But it wasn’t inspected that spring. It’s been closed ever since. What’s happening to from farm to table? Wouldn’t this have been a good summer time jobs for 4H, FHA and FFA members? Think about it. Jackie Poole (Editor s Note: According to Pickens County’s QPublic website, the Pickens County Board of Education does still own that property.) Letters welcomed - No letter more than 450 words; Send to news@pickensprogress.com or Pickens Progress 94 N. Main, Jasper, Ga. 30143; All letters must have a full name that will be pub lished, and contact info. (Email Address or Phone Number), which will not be published. Short June agenda for county planning commission By Alex Goble Staff Writer agoble@pickensprogress.com The planning commission unanimously recommended two rezonings, each involv ing less than two acres, in a meeting lasting less than 30 minutes. The first request was to re zone a small lot in Talking Rock belonging to Susan Barker from Highway Busi ness to Rural Residential. Discussion was brief and vot ing quick with a unanimous decision. The second request, from Big Canoe Holdings repre sentative Mike Zeigler, was to rezone two acres on Steve Tate Highway from Neigh borhood Commercial to Highway Business. The pro posed use is to develop cli mate-controlled storage units and boat/RV storage. The lot is surrounded on several sides by Highway Business, with more of the same zoning across the street. Only the southern side is zoned Rural Residential. Discussion centered around questions of lighting, traffic and possible time re strictions, with members rec ommending approval unanimously with a 40 foot landscape buffer on the southern side 833-360-1280 BOGO 40% OFF ENDS 8/31 RENEWAL b/ANDERSEN FULL-SERVICE WINDOW & DOOR REPLACEMENT Town of Talking Rock seeking town clerk Town of Talking Rock is taking applications for the position of part time clerk. This po sition will be for 12 hours per week and will pay $800.00 per month. Please submit resume to townclerk@talkingrock.com Or you may place in drop-box at town hall at 4675 Hwy 136 W, Talking Rock, GA 30175. A list of duties is posted on our web site www.taIkingrockga.com and our Facebook page. Office # is 706-253-5515. Deadline is July 15, 2022 In addition to the above ac tivity from the Uniform Pa trol Division, Court Service Deputies reported the fol lowing statistics for the past week: Persons Scanned at Front Door: 1,019 Weapons Found: 10 Courts Held: 12 Arrests Made in the Courthouse: 0 Civil Papers Received: 50 Civil Papers Served: 43 In the Adult Detention Center: Total Jail population: 75 Total male inmates: 64 Total female inmates: 11 Sex Offenders: There are currently 66 sex offenders registered with the Pickens Sheriff’s Office. psq REP The Pickens Sheriff’s Office responds to many calls for service every day. The fol lowing incidents are a few deputies respond to each day. Man defecated on private property A woman called deputies when she started to open her business for the day, because she saw a man defecating on her property. She blocked the .entrance in the parking lot so he could not leave. The man told deputies that he had a medical condition and he was not able to make it to a restroom. He was issued a criminal trespass warning and had to wait for a family member to come and take him home. Runaway vehicle A deputy was called be cause a suspicious vehicle was blocking the road. Once the deputy arrived he could see the vehicle was blocking one lane of the road. The owner of the vehicle told the deputy he thought his car came out of gear and rolled down the road. The owner did get the car started and moved. Man discharges firearm while intoxicated Deputies were called to a residence because the home- owner said someone was sleeping on his porch. Once the deputies arrived they did not see anyone sleeping on the porch, but they did find the homeowner laying on the ground. The homeowner said that he had drank too much. The deputies could see a rifle outside and they found two bullet holes in the bath room. The homeowner told deputies he was shooting at the trespassers on his porch. The deputies spoke to the homeowner’s sister and she said she would take care of the gun and the homeowner for the night. Drug paraphernalia found in an old water drain A deputy was called out because drug paraphernalia was found on the side of the road. The person that called for the deputy said he found a black bag containing mis cellaneous drug parapherna lia. The deputy looked in the bag and there was parapher nalia in the bag. The para phernalia was taken and submitted to evidence to be destroyed. In the bag was five spoons, 10 baggies, three syringes, and an empty edible cookie bag were found. The deputy took the bag and submitted it into ev idence. The person that called for deputies did not know who the bag belonged to. Theft by deception A woman made a report about being scammed. The The Sheriff’s Beat From the Pickens Sheriff’s Office woman said her car had bro ken down about a month ago and she took it to a shop to get it fixed. One of the guys that worked at the shop told the woman it would be cheaper if he just did it at his house. The guy from the shop came and picked up her car and the woman and the guy from the shop made an agreement on what the price would be. A few days later the guy from the shop called the woman and told her he was in finan cial trouble and needed to borrow $1,000 dollars. The woman agreed to lend him the $1,000 but the woman wanted them both to sign an agreement that he would pay her back. The woman got her car back and several weeks later she contacted the guy from the shop to get the money he owed to her. The guy from the shop told the woman that he was not able to pay her. The woman suspected her car had not be fixed, she had paid the man from the shop $800 for that. The woman took her car to another me chanic and that mechanic felt as though the car had not ac tually been fixed. The woman started asking people about the guy from the shop, and discovered that he had scammed several other peo ple. Marijuana seized from a traffic stop A deputy pulled a car over, when he got to the win dow of the car, he could smell a strong odor of mari juana. The deputy asked the driver to get out of the car. When the driver got out of the car, he seemed to act very nervous. The deputy told the driver he could smell the marijuana and that gave the deputy probable cause to search the car. The driver told the deputy he had some marijuana in the car, the deputy only found mari juana, no other drugs were found. Vandalism at Burnt Moun tain overlook Deputies were called to some people spray painting at the Burnt Mountain over look. When the deputies got to the overlook there were two men and one woman that had spray cans near them. The three of them admitted to spray painting. The deputies ran the tag on the car they were driving and it came back that it should have been on a differ ent car. The driver admitted to swapping the tag from an other car and that he did not have a license. Plane crash at Pickens Air port The pilot of the plane called 911 and told them he had wrecked the plane, but was not injured. When deputies got to the Pickens Airport the pilot told the deputies that his left landing gear had malfunctioned and it caused him to do damage to some signs on the runway. No one was injured. Man found asleep in his car A deputy was called to a car that had a man asleep in side. The deputy woke up the driver and asked him if he knew where he was, and the driver told him he didn’t know exactly where he was. The deputy asked if he re membered how he got to that spot, and the driver said he thought he saw his girlfriend drive by so he followed her, but got very sleepy and had to pull over to sleep. The deputy asked the driver if he was ok, and the driver said he was fine just very tired. The deputy ran a check on the car and it came back with no insurance. The deputy told the driver he could not drive off in the ve hicle because of no insur ance. The vehicle was towed. Tires thrown out A deputy was called be cause someone had thrown out tires out on his property. The deputy could see about 30 tires discarded on the property. The property owner said it is an ongoing problem and he has no idea who threw the tires out. During this past week, the Pickens Sheriff’s Office responded to or initiated 1,734 calls for service. These numbers are taken from the report provided directly from the 911 Center where all calls are logged as they are performed. Below is a breakdown of all dispatched calls by the call type for each incident. Accidents 15 Suicide Threats / Attempts 1 Domestics 10 Theft / Burglary Related 6 Forgery / Fraud 2 Traffic Stops 97 Citations Issued 14 Animal Investigations 9 Suspicious Persons/Activity 11 Alarm Calls 17 Stranded Motorists 12 Street Hazards 8 Vandalism 1 Abandoned Vehicles 4 Extra Patrol - neighborhoods, businesses, residences 1,295. In addition to these, other calls include search warrants, civil service, 911 hang-up calls, assaults, disorderly persons, missing persons, assistance with medical calls, natural death investiga tions, demented persons, funeral escorts, harassment, trespass- ing, and many more. Breakdown of Charges for those Arrested: 27 individuals were booked into the Adult Detention Center on charges from the Pickens Sheriff’s Office. Out of these, the following charges were taken by PSO deputies (note: some individuals have multiple charges): Driving Under the Influence 2 Driving While Suspended 2 Aggravated Assault 2 Battery (Family Violence) 2 Possession of weapon during crime 1 Simple Battery 1 Failure to Appear 2 Violation of Rico 1 Probation Violation 3 Court Order 1 Simple Assault Family Violence 1 Cruelty to Children 3rd Degree 1 Hindering Apprehension of Criminal 1 Violations of Veterans court 1 Controlled Substance 1 Criminal Trespass 3 Use tag to conceal the identity of vehicle 1 Hold for another county 1 Accountability court violation 1 Simple Battery Family Violence 1 Aggressive Driving 1 Point Gun/ Pistol @ another 1 Disorderly conduct ordinance 3 Flee/ Attempt to elude 1 Failure to Maintain Lane 1 Surety Came off Bond 1 EMRtRE TODAY Carpet • Hardwood • Laminate • Vinyl • Tile Schedule a FREE In-Home Estimate! Sales (except CA, MA, UT) and installation are provided by independent contractors. 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