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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8. 2022 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 3A
Taking Your Own Bags to
the Grocery Store Can
Change the World/Your
Life
If you haven't heard the
motivational speech by Ad
miral William McRaven,
about making your bed each
day, and how it can change
your life and the world, you
should give it a listen. In that
same vein, I propose that tak
ing your own bags to the gro
cery store can have the same
impact.
Plastic bags take 100s of
years to degrade in the land
fill and release toxins into the
groundwater. They get into
the food chain, waste energy
during the manufacturing
process, and kill an estimated
100,000 marine animals each
year. Scientists are studying
alternatives to plastic
bags/enzymes to break down
plastics more quickly. While
there may be an alternative
solution to taking your own
bags to the store in the future,
it's not here yet.
There are many excuses
not to bring your own bags to
the store. I've heard that one
must use a reusable bag hun
dreds of times before it will
have less of an environmental
impact than a plastic bag. I
have used the same cotton
bags since the mid 1990s and
they are still in operation.
Many people say, "I recycle
the plastic bags." Even if you
throw the bags into the recy
cle bin, there is a high proba
bility that the bags are not
being recycled.
For numerous reasons,
plastic recycling is not a
promising solution to plastic
pollution. (However, I do re
cycle plastic that I cannot
avoid buying.) Some people
say, "I reuse the store bags at
home." Except in very rare
instances, one doesn't need
the amount of bags that one is
given at the grocery store.
How will taking your own
bags to the store improve
your life?
Do you want to go
through life mindlessly doing
what everyone else does?
Being different (and taking
your own bags), creates char
acter.
Going out of your way to
help maintain a sustainable
planet shows character.
Bringing in your own
bags can improve your mem
ory. If you forget them in the
car, commit to going back to
retrieve them.
Bringing in your own
bags can help with organiza
tional skills - Return the bags
to your car between each use.
Taking your bags can im
prove your self esteem. You
will know that you are doing
more for the environment,
and are more knowledgeable,
than the others in the store
that aren't carrying reusable
bags.
Once you start thinking
more about the planet that we
live in, you will want to do
more - becoming more envi
ronmentally conscious. What
are other single use plastics
(for example, soda bottles)
doing to the environment?
What are our emissions
doing to the climate? Who is
addressing this?
Your life can take on a
whole new meaning :)
Sincerely,
Ginger England
To The Editor:
Hoorah, hoorah, you son-of
a-gun, Donald Tramp is
going to ran.
He moved the US Embassy
inside Jerusalem's gate.
He taught the Arabs how not
to hate.
Their hearts with love to fill.
Not to bum but to build.
If you have a guy like that,
He will help the child and
control the brat.
And what's more
He will lead them both to
heaven's door.
Once again our guns we can
shoot.
He will give the bad business
deal the boot.
On election day don't be a
chump.
Strut to vote and vote for
Tramp.
Billy Joe Parker
Prohibition Party of Georgia
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Jasper, GA 30143
Office: (706)253-8781
REGULAR CALLED MEETING
The Pickens County Board of Elections
and Registration will hold a regular called
meeting on Friday December 9th, 2022 at
5:30 pm in the Pickens Room at the
County Administrative Building, 1266
East Church Street, Jasper, GA 30143. The
public is invited to attend.
Stacey Godfrey, Supervisor
Pickens County Elections and Registration
In addition to the activity
from the Uniform Patrol Di
vision, Court Service
Deputies reported the fol
lowing statistics for the past
week:
Persons Scanned at
Front Door: 1,315
Weapons Found: 6
Courts Held: 10
Arrests Made in
the Courthouse: 4
Civil Papers Received: 23
Civil Papers Served: 34
In the Adult Detention
Center:
Total Jail population:48
Total male inmates: 40
Total female inmates: 8
Sex Offenders:
There are currently 70 sex of
fenders registered with the
Pickens Sheriff’s Office.
PS<
REPORT
The Pickens Sheriff’s Of
fice responds to many calls
for service every day. The
following incidents are a few
deputies respond to each day.
Stolen Tag
A woman called to report
her tag being stolen off of her
car. She did not know when
the tag went missing or who
would have taken her tag.
The last time the woman re
membered seeing her tag was
four days before she reported
it stolen.
Argument over a text
A woman called for a
deputy to come to her house
because she and her
boyfriend had been in an ar
gument. The woman said her
boyfriend only lives there
part time, and she wanted
him to get his things and
move out. The woman said
she and her boyfriend had
been in an argument over a
text message he had received
from his mother. The deputy
explained the eviction
process to the woman, the
boyfriend had already left the
home.
Traffic stop leads
to an arrest
A deputy was on patrol
when he spotted a car with no
insurance and the registered
owner had a suspended li
cense. The deputy pulled the
car over and the ran the dri
ver’s information to check on
his license. The driver had a
suspended license due to
child support obligations and
for failure to appear in court.
The driver was arrested and
car was towed.
Stolen vehicle
A woman called to report
her stolen car had been lo
cated in Pickens County. The
woman said the man who
stole her car had been staying
with her until he could get
back on his feet. She had al
lowed him to drive her car
before, but he took it without
permission. She tried to call
him several times but he
would not answer her calls.
She reported her car as
stolen. A few days later, the
man called the woman and
told her he had hit a deer in
her car and he left it in Pick
ens County. The woman was
able to find the car and get it
towed from the area.
Broken window pane
A man called to report a
window pane being broken
on his house. The man said
he had been out of town and
when he returned he saw that
one of the window panes had
been broken. It looked like it
had been shot with a bullet,
but he did not find a bullet.
The man needed a report for
his insurance.
The Sheriff’s Beat
From the Pickens Sheriff’s Office
Woman found needles
by her driveway
A woman called to report
illegal drags by the end of her
driveway. The woman found
a red box and several hypo
dermic needles, some had
some kind of substance in
side of them. There was also
a set of scales and a spoon
found with all of the stuff.
The deputy took all the things
and disposed of them prop
erly.
Men criminally trespassed
from each other’s homes
A homeowner called to
have a deputy come to his
house because his former
friend had spun tires in his
front yard. The deputy did
see the tire tracks but no real
damage was done to the yard.
The homeowner wanted to
have his former friend crimi
nally trespassed from his
home. The deputy went to
see the former friend, and in
formed him that he was crim
inally trespassed from the
original caller’s home. The
former friend wanted the
original caller criminally
trespassed from his home as
well. The deputy went back
to the original caller’s house
and told him he had been
criminally trespassed from
his former friend’s property.
Woman called to
report her friend
being held hostage
A woman called to report
her friend had called her and
told her that she was being
held hostage in Alabama. The
woman said her friend told
her not to call the police be
cause her husband would kill
her. The woman said her
friend lived in Cherokee
County and she had no idea
where she would be in Ala
bama. Deputies did some re
search and were able to ping
the friend’s phone and it
showed her being in Canton.
The Canton police made con
tact with the friend and she
was at home and absolutely
fine. The friend said she
knew the woman that called
and made the report, but she
only knew her from work.
Domestic dispute reported
A person called to report a
domestic dispute that had al
ready happened. The person
said he could hear a man and
wife arguing. He said he did
not hear what they were say
ing but knew they were argu
ing. The woman lives in the
house and the man lives in a
tent on the property, but both
had left. The deputy made
contact with the woman, by
phone, and she said they only
argued nothing physical had
happened. The man came
back to the house and told the
deputy they had argued be
cause the woman thought he
was cheating on her, the man
said he had packed his things
and was staying at a friend’s
house. The dispute was only
an argument, nothing more.
During this past week, the Pickens Sheriff’s Office
responded to or initiated 2,964 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 inci
dent.
Accidents 40
Suicide Threats / Attempts 4
Domestics 27
Theft / Burglary Related 16
Forgery / Fraud 7
Traffic Stops 225
Citations Issued 33
Animal Investigations 13
Suspicious Persons/Activities 26
Alarm Calls 17
Stranded Motorists 24
Street Hazards 8
Vandalism 6
Abandoned Vehicles 2
Extra Patrol - neighborhoods, businesses, resi
dences 2,231. In addition to these, other calls include
search warrants, civil service, 911 hang-up calls, as
saults, disorderly persons, missing persons, assis
tance with medical calls, natural death
investigations, demented persons, funeral escorts,
harassment, trespassing, and many more.
Breakdown of Charges for those Arrested:
18 individuals were booked into the Adult Deten
tion 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):
Probation Violation (Felony) - 3
Forgery 1st Degree - 1
Driving with license suspended/revoked - 7
Fleeing attempting to elude - 2
Hold for Another County - 1
Accountability Court Violation -1
Possession of controlled substance - 1
Bench Warrant Bond Violation - 1
Obstruction of LEO - 1
Simple assault family violence - 2
Cruelty to Children 1st Degree - 1
Theft By Shoplifting -1
Cruelty to Children - 3rd degree - 1
Bond Violation -1
DUI-1
Notice is hereby provided that the 2023
Pickens County Budget will be considered
for adoption by the Board of Commission
ers on December 15, 2022 in its regular
meeting scheduled to begin at 5:30 PM in
the BOC Meeting Room in the Pickens
County Administration Building.
A printed copy of the full 2023 Pickens
County Budget is available for public
viewing in the office of the County Clerk
in the Pickens County Administration
Building.
The Pickens County Administration Build
ing is located at 1266 East Church Street,
Jasper, Georgia 30143.
GRISHAM, POOLE
& CARLILE, PC
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