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THURSDAY. JANUARY 19. 2023 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 3A
Hope House announces community
open house to showcase remodeling
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The Hope House Board of
Directors and the Rotary
Club of Jasper invite the
community to come and visit
their remodeled childrens
care home on Saturday,
January 21 from 9 a.m. -11
a.m.
The local 501(c)(3) non
profit is located at 1869
Hood Road.
In 1998 Judge Brenda
Weaver, the Big Canoe
Chapel, Jasper Rotary and
over 200 individuals came
together to establish Hope
House for children who have
been abused or neglected and
removed from their homes
due to neglect or abuse by the
Department of Family and
Children’s Services.
Hope House has been a
24-hour emergency safe
haven for some 850 children.
The home provides a stable
environment for children
when they have experienced
emotional stress by allowing
them to stay in their own
school, be close to relatives
and continue to participate in
sports, church or other local
activities.
They are a local organi
zation serving local children
supported by local volunteers
using local hinds to care for
“at risk children.”
These children have an
opportunity to thrive because
of the care given by their
house parents, oversight
through DFCS and guidance
of a Board of Directors.
The Hope House is organ
ized under the Rotary Club
of Jasper with a separate
board and Rev. Max Caylor
serves as President.
“Hope House has been
able to care for children for
24 years through the gener
ous financial support of indi
viduals, churches, civic
groups and local grants,”
stated Caylor.
The Open House is avail
able to the public now be
cause they are awaiting new
children from the Depart
ment of Family and Chil
dren’s Services. The 20 year
old house has been com
pletely refurnished painted
and updated to give children
a safe heaven and a place to
thrive until their parent’s
court cases have been settled.
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The Hope House exterior shines following a complete
remodel of the children’s care facility built in 2000 by com
munity volunteers.
Hope House cares for children who have been abused
or neglected and removed from their parents until their
court cases have settled.
Korean solar panel manufacturer announces
$2.5 billion expansion in Dalton, Cartersville
Solar panel, EV, and
battery manufacturing
companies have plans
to invest nearly $25
billion in Georgia
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - A Korean
solar panel manufacturing
company announced plans
Wednesday to expand an ex
isting operation in Dalton
and build a new plant in
Carters ville.
The commitment of more
than $2.5 billion by Hanwha
Qcells, the largest-ever single
investment in solar manufac
turing in the United States,
will create 2,500 jobs.
The project is a direct re
sult of new solar tax credits
contained in the Inflation Re
duction Act a then-Democra-
tic controlled Congress
passed last summer, Presi
dent Joe Biden said in a pre
pared statement.
“Hanwha’s Qcells invest
ment will create thousands of
good-paying jobs in Georgia,
many of which won’t require
a four-year degree,” Biden
said. “It will bring back our
supply chains so we aren’t
reliant on other countries,
lower the cost of clean en
ergy, and help us combat the
climate crisis. And, it will en
sure that we manufacture cut-
ting-edge solar technology
here at home.”
Hanwha Qcells opened
the Dalton plant in 2019, the
largest solar manufacturing
facility in the Western Hemi
sphere, generating 750 jobs.
An expansion already in
progress will create another
470. The new facilities in
Dalton and Cartersville are
expected to bring Qcells’
total Georgia workforce to
more than 4,000 by the end
of next year.
"I am honored to an
nounce the growth of Qcells
in Georgia for a second time
in less than a year," Gov.
Brian Kemp said. "With a
focus on innovation and tech
nology, Georgia continues to
set itself apart as the No.-l
state for business.”
While the federal solar tax
credits ultimately were in
cluded in the broader Infla
tion Reduction Act, the
original legislation calling
for those tax credits was
sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jon
Ossoff.
“My goal remains to
make Georgia the world
leader in advanced energy
production,” said Ossoff, D-
Ga. “That’s why I wrote and
passed major legislation to
bring more solar manufactur
ing jobs to our state ... with
thousands of solar jobs and
billions of dollars on the way
to Georgia.”
Qcells CEO Justin Lee
also credited Georgia’s other
senator, Democrat Raphael
Wamock, for actively sup
porting the solar tax credits.
The Qcells expansion is
just the latest clean-energy
project Georgia has landed.
Last year, Hyundai broke
ground on a $5.5 billion elec
tric vehicle manufacturing
plant near Savannah - the
largest economic develop
ment project in the state’s
history - and announced a
joint venture with SK On to
build a $5 billion EV battery
plant in the Cartersville area.
Solvay Specialty Poly
mers is investing nearly $1
billion in an EV-battery parts
plant in Augusta, supported
by a $178 million grant from
the U.S. Department of En
ergy.
FREYR, a Norwegian
battery company, has an
nounced plans to build a $2.6
billion plant in Coweta
County.
In all, solar panel, EV, and
battery manufacturing com
panies have committed to in
vesting nearly $25 billion in
Georgia since Biden took of
fice.
“We are in the decisive
decade,” said Ali Zaidi, the
White House’s national cli
mate advisor. “In this decade,
we need to dramatically re
duce our [carbon] emis
sions.”
The Qcells expansion will
bring the company’s total
solar panel production capac
ity in Georgia to 8.4 gi
gawatts next year.
The Qcells project will
put the U.S. on track to
quadruple domestic solar
manufacturing capacity by
the end of next year, Zaidi
said. That will mean gener
ating up to 33.5 gigawatts of
solar power, enough to allow
5 million homes to switch to
solar, he said.
“This is what we need to
be doing to meet the moment
on climate,” he said.
Board of Education
Tummy Gartiell, Chair
Steve Lowe, Vice Chair
Sue Finley
Amy Gibson
JoeWigington
Dr. Janet Goodman
Interim Superintendent
PICKENS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
2023 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE
January 12,2023 Called Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
January 12,2023 Regular Monthly Board Meeting -6:00 p.m.
February 9,2023 Called Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
February 9,2023 Regular Monthly Board Meeting -6:00 p.m.
March 9,2023 Called Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
March 9,2023 Regular Monthly Board Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
April 13,2023 Called Board Meeting -5:00 p.m.
April 13,2023 Regular Monthly Board Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
May 11,2023 Called Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
May 11,2023 Regular Monthly Board Meeting -6:00 p.m.
June 8, 2023 Called Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
June 8, 2023 Regular Monthly Board Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
July 13,2023 Called Board Meeting -5:00 p.m.
July 13,2023 Regular Monthly Board Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
August 10,2023 Called Board Meeting -5:00 p.m.
August 10,2023 Regular Monthly Board Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
September 14,2023 Called Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
September 14,2023 Regular Monthly Board Meeting -6:00 p.m.
October 12,2023 Called Board Meeting -5:00 p.m.
October 12,2023 Regular Monthly Board Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
November 9,2023 Called Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
November 9,2023 Regular Monthly Board Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
December 14, 2023 Called Board Meeting -5:00 p.m.
December 14,2023 Regular Monthly Board Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
Board Meeting Location:
Pickens County Board of Education Central Office
100 D.B. Carroll Street. Jasper, Georgia 30143
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NOTICE
Effective February 1. 2023, the City of Jasper will be
implementing a new policy concerning late fees and
disconnections.
A late fee of $25.00 will be incurred on any water bill
not paid by the due date. Water bills are due by the
10 th of the month.
Any water bill with a past due balance not
paid by the 20™ of the month will be subject to
disconnection without any further notice.
If service is disconnected, a $50.00 charge will be
added to the customer's account to restore service
before 3:00 pm. After 3:00 pm, the reconnection
charge will be $100.00.
Any customer who tampers with the meter due to
disconnection will be charged additional fees.
The Pickens Puzzler is featured every third week of the
month in the Progress. The answers can be found on the
classified pages in the B section.
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2. Main Street furniture store no more
6. For taking dips at Roper
7. Fills prescriptions on Main
9. Home of IGA, Ace
10. State's lead leader
11. Club for Christian kids w/ camp
13. Has buggies, has aisles, starts I
14. Twilight's illuminated insect
17. Talona in Talking Rock
18. Big biscuits, size of this
19. Sells boots, tack, feed sacks
Down
1. Summer slice, with mayo, on bread
3. To soak bread and eat
4. Closed club for cowboys
5. Film from '72, feat, canoe on Chattooga
8. PHS color, colors a dragon
12. Where fermented grapes are served, with scenery
14. City, rhymes with mud spill
15. 515, 53 and 108
16. Old Road,first highway
The Pickens Puzzler is proudly sponsored by:
MState Farm
Alan Horne, Jr., Agent
95 Whitfield Drive, Suite F
Jasper, GA 30143
Bus: 706-692-2888