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THURSDAY. MAY 18. 2023 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 11A
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Drawing on the same creativity she used to teach kindergarten, artist Jennifer Noe says
she is constantly on the lookout for interesting or beautiful subjects to paint.
A passionate desire to paint is reflected in the strong lines
and bright colors of Noe’s works.
Inspired
Artist
She says that YouTube is
also a resource she uses often
to expand her craft. When
she wants to paint clouds or
capture texture of skin, she
will search a video and
mimic the hand movements.
Noe says she takes pic
tures of everything. If some
thing looks irregular, vibrant,
or funny, she will snap a pho
tograph. “I’m a daydreamer.
I’m always imagining differ
ent ideas,” she said. “But
sometimes when I want to
get inspired, I’ll look at a pic
ture I took and remember
what I found interesting that
moment.”
The artist says she doesn’t
get creative blocks because
there’s so much in life to
draw from.
As far as advice to aspir
ing artists, she expressed that
everything is a process.
“Don’t give up. Nothing is
easy, the important thing is to
be consistent in life.”
Noe is a self-proclaimed
optimist saying that there are
always open doors to being
discovered. She talks about
how her sister has always de
scribed her as a resilient indi
vidual.
“I don’t consider myself a
professional,” said Noe. She
explains that her passion for
art is great but she faces chal
lenges every day. Noe takes
English classes twice a week
[Editor’s Note: contributing
writer Kevin Rauda con
ducted the interview in Span
ish]. Her hope is to soon be
able to communicate with
other local artists. Sanchez
said she hopes to find a com
munity of artists that she can
learn and grow with.
The artist said that her fu
ture pursuit will be to paint
murals. Inspired by her visit
to the mural art haven of
Wynwood, Miami, Noe envi
sions painting the walls of
Jasper, showcasing her work
to a wider audience. “I know
there are many talented
artists in the world. I just
want to improve for myself,”
she said.
Come see Noe and her
works Friday, May 19 at
Artwalk - she will be in the
First Mountain Tasting
Room. See map of where
other artists, musicians and
exhibits will be for ArtWalk
on the ArtWalk Jasper
Facebook page and at
www.pickensartsandcultur-
alalliance.org/artwalk-
jasper-2022.
ArtWalk Jasper is held on
Main Street 6- 9 p.m.
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Burn Ban
diseases and ground-level
ozone can cause inflamma
tion of the lungs, especially
in children and people with
asthma.”
But Sherrer said the re
striction is “two-fold,” also in
place when humidity is low
and fuels for fire are dry.
“Humidity is below 25
percent, and leaves and fuels
for fire are much drier,” he
said. “It’s easier for fires to
get out of control.”
He noted that outside of
Summer Open Bum Ban re
strictions there are year-
round rales people must
adhere to when conducting a
bum.
“People don’t realize
bums have to be out by dusk,
that [yard or land-clearing
burns] have to be 50 feet
from a structure, and that
they can never bum anything
processed or manmade. All
that’s legal to bum is natural
vegetation.”
Recreational fires must be
25 feet away from structures.
It’s never legal to bum things
like tires, plastics, household
garbage and even lumber.
Only natural “clean wood”
that has not been pressure
treated, painted, varnished,
and does not contain resins or
glues (including plywood)
can be burned.
Other year-round rales in
clude: No burning in barrels;
yard-waste fires must be ex
tinguished an hour before
sunset; the site must be at
tended, and others.
Sherrer said yard, land
and debris-clearing fires must
be out by dusk because the
atmosphere changes and
causes the smoke to settle.
Bonfires are allowed year-
round, but they must be per
mitted.
Citizens can access more
information on the open
burning ban by visiting
https://epd.georgia.gov/air-
pro tec ti on-branch/op en-
buming-mles-georgia, or by
calling the EPD District Of
fice serving their area. For
Pickens County, that is the
Mountain District Office
(Cartersville): 770-387-4900.
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Downtown
Live
tended but not so crowded as
to create issues.
Marty Callahan, who is in
his second year of organizing
the event, said Monday that
as far as he knew there were
no issues as they had made
some adjustments to last year
regarding generators and
some of the set-up and more
signage.
“Had a few things we did
n’t do last year that we did.
Everything went well,” he
said. “I am pleased to get the
first one and all logistics out
of the way.
Saturday featured two
local acts, Paul, Patton, &
Nato as the opening act and
the T. James band as the
headliner.
Callahan said it looked
like the crowd arrived a little
earlier than last year but that
could be attributed to the
great weather. Callahan said
they got lucky by dodging a
pretty good shower in an
other part of the county about
the time the music started at
5 p.m.
The concerts will run all
summer, once a month, with
the next one coming June 10
featuring Stuck in Right Field
as the opening act and One
for the Road as the main act.
Callahan said they had
positive feedback from the
vendors and are always look
ing to make adjustments and
are open to suggestions. For
June, they may add a car
cruise with a local group that
would be on DB Carroll
Street on the north end of
town.
72-year-old,
high-voltage
power pole
replaced
By Max Caylor
Progress Contributor
At first glance on Monday
afternoon it was only bucket
truck art in the sky on Pine
Street across from the
Speedburger, but a closer
look revealed crews working
with a hot 46,000-volt line
and a rotted 72-year service
pole top being replaced.
“We had to string live be
cause the plant (QSR) did not
want to lose production,”
said Kevin Dean of Pike
Electrical Contractors. Top
ping the old post only took
three tracks but replacing the
top “overhead static ground
wire that had rusted was done
one section at a time, requir
ing five trucks and 11 crew
members.
Dean added, “each crew
member has a specific task
and works individually to
keep from being distracted
for safety. The project was
choreographed in great de
tail.
Georgia Power tags their
poles upon installation and
the tag on this one was dated
1951.
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School
Board
parents and educators, as
well as research into other
systems.
“This has been a hot topic
for us the last few weeks,”
Lowe said, “.. .and there was
a lot of speculation about
what we were and weren’t
doing. We really spent a lot
of time looking at this, and
what I understand about this
is no matter what we do
somebody is going to be un
happy...and I’m okay with
that. But I think it’s important
to understand some of the
reasoning.”
Lowe said the board heard
from elementary teachers and
principals who feel that those
younger children need to get
out of school earlier.
“One thing we knew we
could do was cut the day,”
Lowe said. “What I want
everybody to know is that I
did my research.”
In addition to surveying
other schools in the region,
concern from parents about
younger children having su
pervision in the evenings was
considered.
“We’re hearing from par
ents - and I get this - they
need their older kids to get
home before the younger
kids. I’m just not good with
sending kids home and...
they have older kids that need
to pick them up, so that be
comes a burden for the fam
ily.”
Lowe added that with the
addition of transportation
personnel they hope to be
able to cut down route times.
“Our hope is that we’re
going to be able to cut that
window of time in the morn
ing so that our elementary
kids maybe can get to school
15 minutes earlier.”
Board member Joe Wig-
ington said he “totally dis
agreed” with the proposed
times.
“Our younger kids need
less time in school to be with
their parents,” he said. “They
spend way too much time at
the school.”
The proposed times were
approved 4-1, with Wiging-
ton voting in opposition.
Pickens has full slate of
bus drivers
The bus driver shortage
has been an ongoing straggle
for school systems across the
nation, including in Pickens
County - but, according to
the schools’ maintenance di
rector, Pickens is now fully-
staffed.
“This is probably the most
exciting news I have to re
port,” said Chris Wallace.
“Really excited about that.
These drivers are really ex
cited about that.”
Bus drivers have told Wal
lace that there were times
they needed a day off but
they “hate to call in...these
are the types of people we
have there,” he said. “Very
dedicated... But we want
them to feel like they have
some room to breathe if they
need to take some time.”
The system is in need of a
diesel technician.
Dragon Drive on radar for
facelift
The heavily-travelled
Dragon Drive, the road that
leads to Pickens High
School, is on the radar for
resurfacing over the summer.
“It gets a lot of traffic and
is deteriorating,” said Wal
lace. “We want to do this be
fore it gets to a point where
we have to spend a lot of
money to replace what’s
there.”
He noted that the school
does not own the road but has
access to an easement. He re
searched the easement with
an attorney, who is expected
to give the system a letter that
states they have the obliga
tion to improve the road.
“We wanted to be sure be
fore we allocated the money
for that that it was our re
sponsibility,” he said.
Other news from
school board:
•The maintenance depart
ment received 94 requests for
the month of April, bringing
the total for the school year to
1,345 maintenance requests.
•The system purchased a
plumbing track and multi-use
track with SPLOST funds.
They have plans to purchase
a trailer to use with the multi
use track.
•For the month of April,
the school board received
$713,527 in SPLOST collec
tions.
Jasper Coca-Cola Co. business of the month
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From Community Bank of
Pickens County
Congratulations to Jasper
Coca-Cola Co. United for
being named Business of the
Month for May.
Jasper Coca-Cola opened
in 1963 and in 2017 Coca-
Cola United purchased their
bottler rights in Jasper and
they began their community
involvement and joined the
Chamber.
This year their Icon Brand
Coca-Cola will be 147 years
old. The Coca-Cola icon is
one of the most recognizable
Trademarks in the world. The
company sells over 1 billion
bottles of coke per day. Here
in Jasper, they contribute to
that number, since 2017
Jasper Coca-Cola United
sales have increased 20.6%
or 330,000 cases in the last 4
years, or another perspective
is that they have sold 45.6
million individual drinks in
seven surrounding counties
in North GA.
Coca-Cola United believes in
servant leadership and they
project that daily in every
community they serve.
Community Bank of Pick
ens County is proud to spon
sor the Business of the
Month Program with the
Pickens County Chamber.
Member FDIC.