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Thursday, November 2, 2023 | Volume 136 Number 29| Jasper, Georgia | 22 pages, 2 sections | Published Weekly | $1.00
West Pickens subdivision
again with anti-Semitic
Jewish resident
says it’s important
to report the hate
message with
events in Israel
By Angela Reinhardt
Staff Writer
areinhardt@piekensprogress.com
A west Pickens County subdivi
sion was blanketed with plastic bag
gies stuffed with anti-Semitic hate
mail for the second time in just over
a year.
The Progress was contacted by a
Photo provided by resident
These flyers showed up in the driveways of a west Pickens subdivision
last week.
Pickens West Estates homeowner “This happened last year and
after the flyers were tossed on their everything was quiet until yester-
driveways Wednesday, Oct. 25. day,” said the resident, who wished
targeted
flyers
to remain anonymous.
She believes bringing this to the
public’s attention is important, “es
pecially important with what’s hap
pening in Israel. [It’s] kind of ironic
because the media has been per
ceived as not being supportive.”
When asked if she thinks the tim
ing was related to issues in Israel she
said, “I don't think so. These flyers
pop up all the time, albeit different
topics, but all focus on Jews. I’m
Jewish so it resonates with me
more.”
She has lived in the subdivision
since 2003.
“We don’t need these hate mon
gers here,” she said.
The resident believes that all of
See Flyers on 11A
Baby
‘thriving’ after
scary diagnosis
at birth
Photos courtesy Sydney Albors
“Life in the NICU (neonatal in
tensive care unit) is like a roller
coaster, ” says mom of baby Harper
Albors, shown above, who is now
home and doing fine.
By David Clemons
Northside Hospital
Sydney Albors of Jasper was at 29
weeks of pregnancy when a 4D ul
trasound alerted her something was
n’t right with her baby.
Fluid surrounded the child’s lungs
early this year, and Sydney was ad
mitted immediately to Northside
Hospital Cherokee, where she works
as an ultrasound technician.
Sydney had two weeks of contin
uous monitoring before the baby’s
movements “were significantly de
creased,” she recalled.
A Cesarean section was required
due to fluid in the baby’s lungs and
See Thriving on11A
County
moves
forward
with new
attorney
By Dan Pool
Editor
dpool@pickensprogress.com
During a week of drama, county
commissioners moved forward
Thursday with the introduction of and
an executive session with newly con
tracted attorney Angie Davis of Jarrad
& Davis.
Davis and her firm, based in Cum-
ming, replaced Phil Landrum III who
was ousted last week after he worked
for the county for more than two
decades. His father and aunt repre
sented the county as far back as the
1970s. A resignation letter, redacted
by the county, ran in the Progress last
week but few additional comments
have been made in the situation that
numerous sources acknowledge as
tense.
See County Attorney on 11A
Creepily-good costumes at Zombie Fest
Photo/Max Caylor
The Alice in Wonderland characters won first place in the
family/group costume contest at last week’s Prestige Medical Zombie
Fest. The Daniel, Waldrop, and Howard families were combined for
the presentation. The costumes were designed by Karen Howard, far
right. See more photos and story, Page 3A.
Two gas leaks last week prompt question:
What do you do when you smell gas?
Photo/Angela Reinhardt
Jasper Fire crews hunt the source of a gas leak in the downtown business area Wednesday. After using de
tection equipment it was traced back to a valve in The Carriage House restaurant and repaired.
By Angela Reinhardt
Staff Writer
areinhardt@pickensprogress.com
Two unrelated but back-to-back gas leaks spark the
question, what should you do when you smell gas? We
spoke to Jasper Fire Chief John Sherrer who provided
some advice and tips.
The first incident occurred on Wednesday, Oct. 25
on Main Street in Jasper. Employees at The Carriage
House smelled gas and contacted emergency crews. Gas
could also be smelled in adjacent businesses on that
block.
According to Sherrer, Jasper fire crews responded
with detection equipment and determined that gas was
leaking from a valve in the restaurant. The gas then en
tered the sewer system and traveled into other nearby
establishments.
Atlanta Gas Light responded and repaired the leak.
Sherrer said no one was evacuated because responding
crews determined the concentration of gas was not
strong enough to warrant that extreme a measure.
The next day, the morning of Thursday, Oct. 26, Tate
Elementary School students were rerouted to the Old
Tate Gym and then to Harmony Elementary due to a gas
leak at the school See q 3S Leak on 11A
Election Day
VOTE
Light turnout
despite
plenty of talk
thus far in
city races
Page 11A
New director
wants to
expand
senior center
services
Page 6A
Respect
Plans set
for Veterans
Day parade
Page 6A
Obituaries 10A
• Fredrick Cain
•Audrey Gartrell
•John Jones
• Don Mullinax
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