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Thursday, December 29, 2022 | Volume 135 Number 37 | Jasper, Georgia | 22 pages, 2 sections | Published Weekly | $1.00
“Heroic work,” long hours and cold;
No holiday for utility/water crews
After days without power,
Big Canoe resident calls
power returning on
Sunday a Christmas
miracle
By Ellie Pool
Intern Reporter
In the early morning hours of Fri
day, December 23rd, high winds and
below freezing temperatures from
Winter Storm Elliott hit Pickens,
causing power outages, transformer
malfunctions and busted water pipes.
Robin Sievers, a resident of Big
Canoe, lost power from Friday, De
cember 23rd, until early Christmas
morning. She and her husband,
Keith tried to make the best of it and
treat it like an adventure. On Friday
night they made a fire, bundled up,
and had a charcuterie board and
wine. Sievers described the first
night as fun, but when they woke up
Saturday morning, the fun was gone
and they were cold. They spent all
day Saturday with no power. They
drove around to get warm and charge
their phones. Christmas morning,
around 1 a.m., their power came
back on, what Sievers calls a Christ
mas miracle.
‘‘Yes it was cold, yes it was mis
erable, yes we could see our breath.
But so many miracles happened and
I am so grateful to Amicalola EMC.
We weren’t as cold as the Amicalola
EMC workers and they have our
undying appreciation... Every morn
ing since then that I wake up and I’m
warm, I thank See Cold on11A
pnotoAiex Korowomy
That isn’t a holiday fountain. Burst water lines spew into the air on
East Church Street, causing more grief for city crews battling ruptured
lines across the sendee area.
Patrols
beefed up
for New
Year’s Eve
By Angela Reinhardt
Staff Writer
areinhardt@piekensprogress.com
Law enforcement is urg
ing motorists to drive safe
over the New Year’s Eve
holiday weekend, and be
aware that there will be in
creased patrols during that
period.
“We’re going have those
high visibility patrols on
major arteries and inter
states,” said Georgia State
Patrol Post #28 Cpl. James
Hensley, who added that
they are an effort to slow
people down on the roads
and remind people to travel
safely.
GSP’s New Year’s Eve
holiday travel period begins
Friday, Dec. 30, at 6 p.m.,
and ends at 11:59 p.m., on
Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.
Jasper Police Chief Matt
Dawkins said they have
plans to have higher visibil-
See Patrols on 11A
The Old Mulehouse named Best Bar in Georgia
Photo/Old Mulehouse Facebook
The Old Mulehouse was recently featured on 11 Alive’s Atlanta <6 Company.
Old Mulehouse bartender Logan Merrell, far left, and pastry chef Ashlee
Dupree, center, with Atlanta & Company hosts.
By Angela Reinhardt
Staff Writer
areinhardt@pickensprogress.com
The Old Mulehouse restaurant in
Jasper has been named a Best Bar in
Georgia through the Georgia Business
Journal for the second year in a row.
The restaurant was also recently fea
tured on Atlanta & Company on
llAlive.
“We’re super proud to have won
this award for the second year,” said
Old Mulehouse owner Georgia
Koulouris. “From the beginning we’ve
featured Georgia’s best wineries, brew
eries and distilleries. We want to be a
place that everyone in Jasper and be
yond can enjoy.”
The Old Mulehouse opened in
2019. It is located in the heart of Jasper
at the comer of Main Street and Church
Street.
The annual Best of Georgia compe
tition invites Georgia Business Journal
readers to vote for the best of in over
20 categories across many different
sectors. Winners and nominees are se
lected though votes, editorial input, and
other factors.
In addition to their Best of Georgia
win, Koulouris was thrilled to have his
restaurant highlighted on llAlive on
Dec. 17.
“Being featured on Atlanta & Com
pany was a very cool experience for
two reasons,” he said. “First, we got to
showcase the awesome stuff going on
in Jasper to the rest of the state, and
second it gave us a chance to spotlight
a couple of our all-stars, pastry chef
Ashlee Dupree and barmeister Logan
Merrell.”
The Old Mulehouse transformed
into The Yulehouse this holiday season
with several special events. Holiday
cocktails will be available through the
end of December, and they will hold a
New Year’s Eve event featuring a live
DJ and dancing on Dec. 31. Tickets re
quired.
After death of
spouse, radio
station owner
hopes to
pass on
legacy
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Native American remains
being returned to Etowah
Indian Mounds
photo/Ga. DNR
Native American tribes will take charge of, transfer
control of, and the reburial of Etowah ancestors at the
important cultural site in Cartersville.
Ga. DNR press release
CARTERSVILLE - The
Georgia Department of
Natural Resources (DNR)
will soon begin returning
artifacts to culturally affili
ated tribes from Etowah In
dian Mounds State Historic
Site in Cartersville. Repa
triation is mandated by the
Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation
Act (NAGPRA), a federal
law enacted in 1990.
Changes to the museum
reflect a growing cultural
shift that takes emphasis
off artifacts and focuses on
Indigenous people who
thrived and were stewards
of the land. Etowah re
mains an important reli
gious and cultural site to
Indigenous tribes from the
Southeast.
Many died there more
than 1,000 years ago, and
Indigenous ancestors are
still buried at the site. The
DNR is working closely
with federally recognized
descendant tribal partners
to ensure respectful and ac
curate interpretation of the
Muskogean Tribal Town
that their ancestors built on
the banks of the Etowah
River.
See Etowah on 11A
Progress Holiday Schedule
The Progress will be closed Thursday and Friday,
December 29th and 30th for New Years.
We will reopen Monday, January 2nd.
So long 2022 - Our top stories and
photos from the past year
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photo/Max Cay lor
October 27 - Serve Pickens brings community together
Two hundred volunteer workers assisted 18 non-profits
with various projects from painting, replanting flower
beds, sorting clothes, and a lot more in October for Sen’e
Pickens Day, which observed the National Day of Sendee.
The community event was organized and coordinated by
the Episcopal Church of the Holy Family.
From Feb. 3 edition
Chamber names Citizen,
Business, Ambassador of
the Year
Citizen Of the Year
Lorrie Shaw was named
the Chamber’s 2022 Citizen
of the Year during the
group’s annual Winter Ball
on Saturday, Jan. 29th.
Salon 84 was named Busi
ness of the Year; Lesa
Thomason was named Am
bassador of the Year
Shaw was commended
for her work making a differ
ence helping thousands of
families in Pickens County
since 1992 when she helped
with the startup of Prevent
Child Abuse Pickens. Shaw
has been an active member
of Rotary since 1993 and
was awarded Rotarian of the
Year in 2014. She has served
on numerous other commu
nity committees and boards.
Salon 84, owned by Amy
Leake since 2014, was
named the 2022 Business of
the Year. The hair salon is an
active supporter of Leader
ship Pickens, Youth Leader
ship Pickens, PHS athletics,
Chattahoochee’s Technical
College, Burnt Mountain
Center, and Reinhardt Uni
versity.
Lesa Thomason named
2022 Ambassador of the
Year.
“Lesa has a true dedica
tion to our community and
strives to make Pickens
County a place where we all
wish to live, work, and
play,” said Amberle Godfrey,
Chamber president/CEO.
March 10
Downtown bathroom plans
back to drawing board?
After reviewing concep
tual drawings for long-
awaited restrooms at the old
See Top Stories on 6-7A
2022
Pages
B4-B5
Local History
Recollections of
Stephens Lake
Page 12A
Obituaries - 10A
• Inez Hales
• Matthew Campbell
• Marie Guthrie
• Ruby Warren
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