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PAGE 12A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 2023
Talking Rock Black Powder group
donates to Veterans Park
Black Powder Shooters make donation: (Left to Right) John Martin, Talking Rock
Black Powder Shooters; Frank Leist, PCVMP; Dennis Schmidt, and Doug Burgess from
the shooting group.
By Frank Leist
Pickens Veterans Park
The Pickens County Vet
erans Memorial Park, Inc.
(PCVMP) was honored by
the Talking Rock Black Pow
der Shooters (TRBPS) mem
bership with a generous
financial donation toward the
expansion of the Veterans
Memorial Park.
The Talking Rock Black
Powder Shooters recently
held a social shoot to allow
folks to get out of the house
from the winter weather,
sight in guns, blow the rust
off, and get reacquainted
with friends.
It was decided to take
100% of the proceeds from
shooting that day, match the
funds from the group treas
ury and donate them to the
expansion of the Veterans
Memorial Park.
The Veterans Memorial
Park has been working to re
locate the monument that has
55 Pickens County Veterans’
names who gave their lives in
defense of freedom for our
country.
It is currently located in
front of the Pickens County
Courthouse. This will allow
the Veterans Memorial Park
to be all-encompassing for
honoring all veterans in one
location. Phase II will have
etchings in finished black
granite monuments of veter
ans in photo-realistic uni
forms of various wars.
We have been actively
raising funds to construct the
expansion. We have reached
some of those financial goals
to start working with contrac
tors to build Phase II.
The plan is to start con
struction in the spring/sum-
mer of this year.
We are a non-profit, tax-
exempt, 501c (3) organiza
tion. All donations are
tax-deductible. If you wish to
donate to the expansion,
please send your donations to
PCVMP, POB 2181, Jasper,
Ga 30143, or PayPal.
If you wish to reach out to
the PCVMP our phone num
ber is (706)253-0501 or
email pickensvetmemor-
ial@gmail.com. Visit our
website to stay connected to
Veterans Memorial Park
events.
Pickensvetmemorial.com
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Affordable Health Screenings
coming to Jasper
Residents living in and
around the Jasper, Georgia
can learn about their risk for
cardiovascular disease, os
teoporosis, diabetes, and
other chronic, serious condi
tions with affordable screen
ings by Life Line Screening.
Pickens County Community
Center will host this commu
nity event on 4/11/2023.
The site is located at 1329
Camp Rd in Jasper.
Screenings can check for:
• The level of plaque
buildup in your arteries, re
lated to risk for cardiovascu
lar disease, stroke and
overall vascular health.
• HDL and LDL Choles
terol levels
• Diabetes risk
• Kidney and thyroid func
tion, and more
Screenings are affordable
and convenient. Free park
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Special package pricing
starts at $159, but consult
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create a package that is right
for you based on your age
and risk factors. Call 1-877-
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Pre-registration is required.
State Senate EV bill
gets first airing
Under a proposed bill, electric vehicle owners will be
charged for power used, rather than time charging.
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - The first
bill to emerge from a leg
islative study committee
that met last year to explore
how to prepare Georgia to
accommodate an antici
pated influx of electric ve
hicles is making its way
through the General Assem
bly.
Senate Bill 146 would
require Georgia utilities and
retailers including conven
ience stores that build elec
tric vehicle charging
stations to charge EV own
ers by the kilowatt hour for
the electricity they sell.
Currently, charges are based
on the length of time a ve
hicle is connected to the
charging station.
Charging by the kilowatt
hour was a key recommen
dation the Joint Study Com
mittee on the Electrification
of Transportation made
when it issued its final re
port last November.
“It makes more sense to
pay for the energy con
sumed rather than for how
long someone is plugged
into a charger,” Stephanie
Gossman, electric trans
portation manager for Geor
gia Power, told members of
the state Senate Committee
on Regulated Industries and
Utilities Tuesday.
Spokespersons for Geor
gia Power, Georgia EMC
and the Georgia Association
of Convenience Stores en
dorsed the kilowatt-hour
proposal during Tuesday’s
initial hearing on the Senate
EV bill.
Convenience stores and
other retailers are expected
to provide the lion’s share
of EV charging stations.
Gossman said the charging
stations Georgia Power op
erates make up less than 3%
of the market.
Senate Majority Leader
Steve Gooch, R-Dahlonega,
said the legislation’s intent
is to set the kilowatt-hour
rate equivalent to what
owners of cars powered by
internal-combustion en
gines pay in state sales taxes
for gasoline. The bill would
eliminate the flat $200 an
nual fee EV owners have
been paying since 2015,
which doesn’t account for
how much or how little an
EV is driven.
Gooch said his bill is in
keeping with Gov. Brian
Kemp’s pledge to make
Georgia a national leader in
electric mobility.
“The creation of this
framework will be a great
step in that direction,” he
said.
Sen. Bill Cowsert, R-
Athens, the committee’s
chairman, said expects the
pane will vote on the legis
lation in the next few days.
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