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THURSDAY. AUGUST 11.2022 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 9A
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Pickens County Board of Education
Called Board Meeting
August 11, 2022 at 5 p.m.
100 D.B. Carroll Street
Jasper, Ga. 30143
The Pickens County Board of Education will hold
a called board meeting on August 11, 2022 at the
Pickens County Board of Education, 100 D. B. Carroll
Street, Jasper, GA 30143. This meeting will begin at
5:00 PM.
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Agenda
III. Executive Session
IV. Approval of Executive Session Minutes
V. Adjourn
Pickens County Board of Education
Regular Board Meeting
August 11, 2022 at 6 p.m.
Pickens County Board of Education Central Office
100 D.B. Carroll Street
Jasper, GA 30143
The Pickens County Board of Education will meet on
Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 6:00 PM for the regular
monthly board meeting.
I. Call to Order
II. Invocation
III. Pledge of Allegiance
IV. ApprovalofAgenda
V. Recognitions
A. State Championship Ring Recipients -
Chris Williams, Athletic Director
VI. SuperintendentReports
A. Financial Update - Amy Smith,
Chief Financial Officer
B. Operations and Construction- Stacy Gilleland,
Chief Operations Officer
C. Enrollment Report - Dr. Patrick Shea,
Chief Technology Officer
VII. Action Items
A. Approval of Personnel
B. Approval of Financial Reports
C. Request for Final Approval of Policy Revisions-
PolicyJB and Policy IEDA
1. Revision of Policy JB - Student Attendance
2. Revision of Policy IEDA - Unstructured
Break Time
D. Request for Final Approval of Policies
JRBand IKBB
1. Policy JRB - Parent's Bill of Rights
2. Policy IKBB - Divisive Concepts
Complaint Resolution Process
E. Approval of MOU between Georgia HOPE and
Pickens County School District
F. Approval of MOU between Highland Rivers and
Pickens County School District
G. Approval o fMOA with Georgia Learning
Resources System,GLRS
H. Approval of Minutes
VIII. Public Participation
IX. Board Comments
X. Adjourn
Plants of the Southeast
Georgia savory,” “Georgia
calamint,” Clinopodium georgianum
Photo/ Dave Schuetrum
Georgia Savory, a native subshrub of the Southeast, is
starting to bloom. It has potential cooking possibilities and
may also show up as an ornamental.
By John Nelson
University of
South Carolina
Despite all this heat, this
has been a good summer for
our backyard garden. Plenty
of sunshine and all those
pop-up thunderstorms have
been great for the garden
goodies (as well as the
weeds). We’re particularly
proud of our crop of mint
(the genus is Mentha...we
have two kinds), the fresh
leaves graciously lending
themselves to the summer
table: a cool tabouli salad,
and then there’s the Italian
insalata di pomidori of
tomatoes, mint and onion,
and of course, a tall, icy mo
jito. Mint: great stuff.
And of course, “mint” is
a member of the mint family,
named the Lamiaceae. This
is a big family, occurring
worldwide, and embracing
thousands of species. But we
must remember that all those
species in the mint family
are not the garden mint that
we know and love. Here’s
one to consider, which is not
“mint”.
Georgia savory,
[Clinopodium georgianum]
something of a shrub...we
could say a “subshrub”...
featuring woody stems.
Doesn’t get very tall, just a
couple of feet at most.
Now this is a native
species in the Southeast,
known from North Carolina
to the Florida Panhandle,
and over to Mississippi. Un
like your garden mint, this is
a plant of dry, rocky or
sandy places. (This is not a
plant with wet feet.) Its fo
liage is quite fragrant,
though, and to me gives off
a sweet, peppery fragrance
when rubbed. (Somebody
ought to try cooking it with
pork chops. I bet it would be
great.)
This species is starting to
bloom now. Its flowers are
typical for the mint family:
there will be a cluster of
flowers at each of the upper
stem nodes. All the sepals
are fused into a tube, and the
petals, too. The business end
of the flower offers a gaping
opening provided by the
corollas’ upper and lower
lip, revealing the tempting
nectar way down inside. The
corolla is an attractive pink,
the lower lip features a
crowd of purple speckles.
This is a “bee flower”, and
attracts a variety of bees,
mostly small bumblebees, I
think.
So.. .let me tell you about
my buddy Dave Schuetrum.
He’s a local guy, and a good
friend, who seems to be in
terested in basically every
thing, especially if it’s alive:
bugs, critters, plants, you
name it.. Dave can com
monly be found on some
hunt-club land not so far
away, an area that features
swamps, river bluffs, and
fire-maintained pine flat-
woods. He likes to go on
field trips, which he calls his
“rambles”...and he always
finds interesting things to
consider while stomping
around.
I was on one of Dave’s
rambles the other day (in the
morning, before it got too
hot), and we were tooling
around in his 4-wheeler
along a powerline. It was
there that we found this
Georgia Savory. There were
number of these little shrubs
at the woods’ edge, already
blooming. Dave instantly
became a fan of it, and now
has a great interest in grow
ing some as an ornamental.
In fact, young plants are
available from native-plant
nurseries, and although they
are usually short-lived
shrubs, would make a great
addition to your dry-ground
pollinator garden. ©Joltn-
Nelson2022
[John Nelson is the re
tired curator of the A. C.
Moore Herbarium at the
University of South Car
olina, in the Department of
Biological Sciences, Colum
bia SC 29208. As a public
service, the Herbarium of
fers free plant identifica
tions. For more information,
visit www.herbarium.org or
johnbnelson@sc. rr. com.]
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Driver dies in
single-vehicle crash
By Angela Reinhardt
Staff Writer
areinhardt@pickensprogress.com
A Lawrenceville woman
was killed in a single-vehicle
crash on Monument Road off
Burnt Mountain in late July.
The incident occurred on
Friday, July 29 at approxi
mately 8:53 p.m.
According to Georgia
State Patrol reports, Allison
I. O’Grady was travelling
north on Monument Road
when she lost control of her
2011 Jeep Wrangler and trav
eled off the roadway onto the
east shoulder.
Reports show that she
overcorrected and traveled
back across Monument Road
and off the west shoulder
where she struck a tree, then
traveled into the road where
her vehicle overturned.
O’Grady, 26, was pinned
under the Jeep and pro
nounced dead on the scene.
There were no passengers
with her.
Woman seriously injured
in motorcycle crash
By Angela Reinhardt
Staff Writer
areinhardt@pickensprogress.com
A 37-year-old Fairmount
woman was air lifted to
Kennestone Hospital after
sustaining serious injuries in
a motorcycle crash in west
Pickens County.
The incident occurred on
Tuesday, Aug. 2 at approxi
mately 12:51 p.m. Samantha
Dawn Cotner, 37, was travel
ling east on Highway 53
West near the Highway 136
Connector. She was driving a
2005 Harley Davidson when
she failed to maintain her
lane and struck two other ve
hicles.
According to Georgia
State Patrol reports, Cotner
struck the rear tire of a 2012
Kenworth construction truck
travelling westbound on
Highway 53, spun and struck
a 2010 GMC Acadia also
travelling westbound.
A GoFundMe fundraiser
has been created to help with
medical bills. The fundraiser
is “My Momma With Ther
apy and Medical Bills.”
“Hi my name is Lily and
I’m starting a GoFundMe for
my beautiful momma,” the
daughter writes in the
fundraising campaign.
“About four days ago she
was in a horrific motorcycle
accident that could’ve taken
her life but God was by her
side and tndy has plans for
her. At this point in time
she’s in critical condition
going through multiple sur
geries and many blood trans
fusions. I can’t bear with you
how hard it’s been watching
her cry and go through what
she has been.. .so I’m asking
for your help to get her
where she needs to be any
donation is much appreci
ated.”
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PICKENS COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PLANNING RETREAT
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2022
2:00 pm
The Pickens County
Board of Commissioners
will have a Planning Retreat
at 2:00 pm on
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 in the
Commissioners Meeting Room at the Ad
ministrative Office Building located at
1266 East Church Street, Jasper, GA.
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC MEETINGS
FOR LOCAL OPTION
SALES TAX (LOST)
All Georgia Counties that impose a
Local Option Sales Tax (LOST),
O.C.G.A. (48-8-80 through 48-8-97) re
quires that counties and qualified munici
palities renegotiate allocations within two
years after each new census.
Pickens County, the City of Jasper, the
City of Nelson and the City of Talking
Rock will have a third meeting on
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 2:00 pm in
the Cherokee - Pickens Room of Chatta
hoochee Technical College (100 Campus
Drive), Jasper, GA. The public is invited
to attend.