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The Pike County High School football team upset the
Knights and the Lady Pirates high and middle school
softball teams added wins to their records.
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PIKE'S PEEK
Another
COVID-19
death;cases
on decline
Another COVID-19
death was recorded,
increasing the num
ber of victims in Pike
County to 37 since the
pandemic started.
The number of cas
es in Pike was at 136
for the past two weeks
on Sept. 20, compared
to 256 in the previous
two week period, ac
cording to the Georgia
Department of Public
Health.
The number of
positive cases in the
school system is down
significantly, at 29 as
of Monday, Sept. 20,
compared to 49 on
the previous Monday,
Sept. 13 and 184 cases
on Sept. 2, according
to pike.kl2.ga.us.
See COVID-19 page 3A
Jobless rate
drops in July
The adjusted job
less rate for the Three
Rivers region, which
includes Pike County,
dropped in July, the
latest month for which
data is available. The
rate was 3.1% com
pared to 8.3% in July,
2020.
Initial unemploy
ment claims in July
were down by 41 %
from June and were
down by 87% from a
year ago.
In addition to Pike,
the Three Rivers
region includes Butts,
Carroll, Coweta, Heard,
Lamar, Meriwether,
Spalding, Troup and
Upson counties.
Register by Oct. 4 for November elections
Pike County and city
voters will elect several
council members and
decide whether to have
and Education Special
Purpose Local Option
Sales Tax on the upcom
ing Nov. 2 Election Day.
In Zebulon, District 2
Post 2 candidates Emily
Morris and incumbent
Anthony Mark Nalls are
vying for the council
seat. Incumbent council
member William Thomas
is unopposed for the
District 1, Post 1 seat.
In Williamson, incum
bent Miranda ‘Randy’
Martin is facing Angela
Martin for the Post 2 seat
and incumbent John T.
Brown is unopposed for
the Post 3 seat.
Advanced in person
voting will begin Tues
day, Oct. 12 due to the
state holiday Oct. 11 and
will run through Oct.
29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
each day. Two Saturday
voting opportunities will
be offered, including Oct.
16 and 23 from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. at the Board of Elec
tions office at 81 Jackson
Street in Zebulon. The
last day for residents to
register and be able to
vote in the November
election is Oct. 4.
All precincts will be
open on Election Day
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and
the tallying of votes will
be done at the Board of
Elections in Zebulon.
The city of Williamson
held a special election
Sept. 21 but results
were not available as of
the Journal Reporter’s
press deadline. The city
of Williamson has 481
registered voters and as
of noon Friday 26 of them
had cast their ballots
during early voting with
many others expected to
vote on the election day.
SPECIAL PHOTOS
The 1870 Society and Pike Historic Preservation will host their annual Sustainable Feast on Oct. 3 as they discuss
an update on the Old Zebulon School building that group members helped save by replacing the roof.
1870 Society to host Sustainable Feast
Pike County’s 1870 Society
and Pike Historic Preservation
will host their annual Sustain
able Feast on Sunday, Oct. 3
as they continue their mission
of preserving local brick-and-
mortar treasures. “We hope
to share the 2021 Sustainable
Feast with everyone - we have
missed you! Now, with the
proper precautions, we want
to catch up and celebrate a
brighter tomorrow at our feast
this year,” said Chris Curry
“We want to say ‘thank you’
for your continued support of
our nonprofit’s mission of sav
ing our historic buildings and
landscapes. We’ll be dining in
Molena at the corner gallery
on Main Street. We’ll give you
updates on our on-going proj
ects and, we’ll honor our 2021
Pike Preservation Award win
ner that evening-this year,
we’ve chosen an inspiring
“can-do” recipient who has
made a great contribution to
saving our historic buildings.
The Whiskey Bonding Bam in Mo
lena has become a popular venue
after it was renovated and restored,
Join us for cocktails begin
ning at 6 p.m. with dinner to
follow.”
RSVP for the dinner by Sept.
26 by calling or texting 770-841-
9268. Annual dues for the 1870
Society Membership are $100
per individual and $175 per
couple. Those interested in
attending the dinner can bring
a check or credit card to the
Sustainable Feast, send it to
Pike Preservation, P.O. Box 489,
Zebulon, GA 30295 or drop it
by the bookstore in Zebulon.
“Thank you so much. Your
support means the world to
us. We use our funding to save
historic buildings in Pike, get
out the word on the “how
to’s, sponsor SlowExposures
and honor our community’s
historic building champions,”
said Curry.
Pike Historic Preservation is
a private, non-profit 501(c)(3)
dedicated to the preservation of
Pike County’s historic buildings
and landscapes. Pike Historic
Preservation board members in
clude Anna Evans, Chris Curry,
Joy Whisenhunt, Elsie Anderson
Bell, Tammy Lindsay, Jessica
Butler and Ace Amerson.
“Donations are tax-deduct
ible and always appreciated!
We hope that you will join us
throughout the year to sup
port the exciting and reward
ing projects that honor our
past and insure the future of
these wonderful resources,”
said Curry.
Freedom
Rodeo is
Sept. 25-26
The Freedom Rodeo will kick
off Friday, Sept. 24 and Saturday,
Sept. 25 at the Chestnut Oak Arena
in Meansville with gates opening
at 6 p.m. and the rodeo starting at
7:30 p.m. Vendors will be on site
with food, beverage and shopping
opportunities.
“The Bull Bash event in May
2021 garnered so much attention
and interest that we decided that
it would be a fun opportunity to
hold a full seven-event rodeo for
the community,” said Beth Camp.
“My husband Mark and I are
working with our long time friend,
Charlie Lowery of 4L&S Rodeo, to
bring this event to life.”
Tickets are $20 per person
and kids 10 and under are free. Ar
rive early as there are only 2,000
seats per night available.
“We are blessed to have many
wonderful sponsors who have
partnered with us to make this
community event happen,” said
Camp. “There will be great food
and lots of fellowship.”
Chute and event sponsors
include Franklin Contracting
Roofing, McLeRoy, Southern
Ford, Christ Chapel, Pike Depot,
Southside Steel, Double P Grading,
A&B Heating and Cooling, Middle
Georgia Water Systems and Circle
R Feed.
PHOTO BY RACHEL McDANIEL
The Freedom Rodeo will be held Friday
and Saturday at Chestnut Oak Arena.
Double certification Sept. 25 for Adopt-A-Stream volunteers
PHOTOS COURTESY OF PIKE COUNTY EXTENSION
Caroline Lee, Brandi Baade and Morgan Hurkmans (l-r) test
water samples during a program at the UGA Griffin Research
and Education Garden.
Pike County Extension
along with the city of Grif
fin will host a double re
certification workshop on
Sept. 25 in Griffin so previ
ously certified volunteers
can renew both chemical
and bacterial monitoring
certifications.
Volunteers wishing to
be recertified for Adopt-
A-Stream are asked to
conduct assays: dissolved
oxygen, conductivity, pH,
temperature and bacterial
plating. Certification will
follow successful comple
tion of both a written test
and field test to assess a
volunteer’s ability to col
lect accurate and precise
data.
“Though this specific
workshop is targeted for
those who have been
previously certified, there
are numerous opportuni
ties to join Pike County’s
Adopt-A-Stream group,”
said Extension agent
Brooklyne Wassel. “Pike
County Extension hosts
workshops throughout
the year to introduce new
participants and certify
new volunteers in chemi
cal, bacterial, macroin
vertebrate and visual
monitoring. If you are new
to AAS but would like to
check it out, the Lunch
and Learn discussing
visual stream monitoring
on Oct. 26 or the macro
invertebrate class on Oct.
23 would be excellent
places to start. Addition
ally, anyone is allowed
to accompany a certi
fied volunteer to collect
stream samples, so be
sure to reach out to a lo
cal volunteer to get your
feet wet. If there is one
thing that truly connects
us, it’s water, so let’s be
sure to protect it.”
Georgia Adopt-
A-Stream (AAS) is a
statewide volunteer
water quality monitoring
program. Georgia Adopt-
A-Stream encourages
individuals and communi
ties to monitor and/or im
prove sections of streams,
wetlands, lakes or estu
aries. Manuals, training
and technical support are
provided through Georgia
EPD and more than 60
established community
organizers. Community
programs organize moni
toring groups in their
watershed, county or city.
These local programs are
funded by counties, cities
and nonprofit organiza
tions and use the Georgia
Adopt-A-Stream model,
manuals and workshops
to promote nonpoint
source pollution educa
tion and data collection in
their area.
The goals of Georgia
Adopt-A-Stream are easy
to remember by using the
acronym ADOPT which
stands for Awareness:
Increase public awareness
of the State’s nonpoint
source pollution and
water quality issues; Data:
Collect baseline water
quality data; Observa
tions: Encourage volun
teers to take observations
of their adopted site and
surrounding environment;
Partnerships: Encourage
partnerships between
citizens and their local
government; and Tools
and Training: Provide
citizens with the tools and
training to evaluate and
protect their local water
ways.
For more information,
go to GeorgiaAdoptAS-
tream.org.