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June 13, 2024 Pickens County Progress Page 11A City Of Nelson To schedule a free site visit call 770-825-2103 or visit our website GenSpringPower.com lOenSprhw power® mmmmJ MOVIES IN THE PARK fiber arts people are everywhere at the market with such cute cro cheted creations like succulents in pots and hanging frogs. And Honey Belle Hill advertises that “Coffee tastes better in a hand made mug!” The Pickens County Master Gardeners had their plant tent up with loads of great plants and good gardening advice for those that inquired Diane Nelson heads this up with support from other MGs. Each offers infor mation and advice on the plants available or will answer ques tions about gardening in gener al. Newcomers to our commu nity find this to be very helpM especially if they have moved from a different gardening en vironment. Diane also leads the very successful Plants and Paints program that has been held at the Library. The next Plants and Paints event is Fri day July 12th at the Extension Office instead of the library. The Pickens County Extension Office is located at 68 D.B. Car- roll St, just off Main Street be hind the Old Jail. The program time is 3 until 4:30 p.m. Now, this coming Saturday, Farmers Market Report The Pickens County Master Gardeners with their booth at the Farmers Market are a great re source for anyone with plant questions. Another wonderful day for the Jasper Farmers Market. Loads of good items to choose from like plants, produce, paint ings and much more kept ev eryone busy searching for what was needed Cozy Cherries sells bags filled with cherry pits to be heated or chilled to soothe your aches and pains. Wood land Kingdom Creations offers fanciful creatures and more to stimulate the imagination The June 15th at the Extension Of fice, will be a free public educa tion MG program event called ‘Conservation Landscape Design to Preserve Nature’. Come learn about the essential elements of landscapes that will harmonize with the natural en vironment to increase pollinator habitats that in turn will expand the numbers and variety of pol linators. There is limited seating and six people from the market have already signed up. You will also create a hand painted yard art piece. The event will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Please register via email at novaboxerl04@ gmail.com. Thank you to all the cus tomers who stopped by the MG tent. Many chose some great plants for their garden and the master gardeners appreciate your support. Our next plant tent sale is the 2nd Saturday of July. (Special thanks to Jenny, market manager and a MG. She has beautilul bouquets from her garden.) Relief in sight for Ball Ground UGA Athletics history in Jasper Friday ATHENS - “UGA Athletics in Your Town,” a traveling exhibit of materials from the University of Georgia Athletic Association archives, will be coming to Jasper. The exhibit will be on display at the Pickens County Library Friday, June 14 from 11 am. until 3 p.m. Jason Hasty, Athletics History Specialist tor the UGA Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, will bring a collection of historic Georgia Bulldogs athletics artifacts to the Pickens County Library as part of a statewide summer torn' of public libraries across Georgia. “There are Georgia alumni and Georgia tans in every coma' of our state,” Hasty said. “This traveling exhibit is a great way to take some of the most interesting artifacts we have in the UGA Athletic As sociation archive to communities all across Georgia for a fun, fami ly-friendly event.” These traveling exhibits are free and open to the public. Additional information may be obtained from Hasty at: hasty@uga.edu. Or 706- 542-6179. The Hargrett Library, which is in the Richard B. 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Preliminary plans call for a bypass extending from that point to State Highway 372, near to its intersection at Flatbottom Road. By Larry Cavender Contributing Writer It has been nearly three decades since Ball Ground city officials first sought some relief for their down town traffic congestion, specifically concerning the voluminous truck traffic. It now appears relief may fi nally be in sight. According to Ball Ground City Manager Eric Wilmarth, the Atlanta Re gional Commission recently awarded $3.2 million dol lars to be purposed for the bypass project, and an en gineering firm has already been hired. Wilmarth added that a request for funding through the federal level has been made by way of CDS (Congressionally Directed Spending) which is current ly being ushered through the United States Senate by Senator Rafael Wamock. When approved, that will target $4.8 million dollars for right-of-way acquisition. Preliminary plans call for the bypass to extend from Howell Bridge Road East and to circle back around to Gilmer Ferry Road, the Free Home Highway, or State Route 372 somewhere near that road’s intersection with Flatbottom Road. Howell Bridge Road, which is the primary exit off Highway 575 into Ball Ground, cur rently ends at the Universal Alloy Corporation (UAC) plant entrance. Wilmarth notes the by pass, although it entails only a couple of miles, will be a massive construction proj ect. For one thing, there will be a 70-foot-deep cut required for an underpass beneath Northridge Road leaving that road with no ac cess to the bypass. The idea of a bypass was first floated by Ball Ground in 1996, and the city was optimistic at first because the Georgia Department of Transportation immediately approved the project and, according to Wilmarth, it was then picked up by the state. However, the bypass project has languished ever since. 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