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Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - Pike County Journal Reporter - Page 3A
Halloween happenings, fall festivals planned across Pike
SPECIAL PHOTOS
At right, robot brothers visit A Novel Experience as witches
Jewell Coleman (left) and Karen Lacey provide them with
candy during a past Trick or Treat on the Square.
Pike County will have
plenty of fall festival fun
and Halloween haunts
and celebrations this
week, including the an
nual Trick or Treat on the
Square on Oct. 30 from
6 to 8 p.m., Williamson’s
fifth annual Trunk-or-
Treat from 4 to 8 p.m.
Oct. 30 and the Family
Frenzy Fall Festival at
Chestnut Oak Arena on
Oct. 30 from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 29:
In Molena, volunteers
from the Molena Police
Department and the Pike
County Fire Department
will host a drive by Trunk
or Treat event from 6
to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29
downtown.
SATURDAY, OCT. 30:
The traditional Trick
or Treat on the Square
will be held Saturday,
Oct. 30 from 6-8 p.m. and
will feature local busi
nesses around the square
as well as others who set
up stations around the
square. The Downtown
Development Authority
will host a scarecrow
contest and invite local
businesses - and even
homeowners - to take
part.
“Join us in decorat
ing for the season and
putting out a scarecrow
in front of your shop or
business - try to make it
represent what you do
in Zebulon! We’ll pick a
winner and let everyone
know,” said ZDDA mem
ber Chris Curry. “Judging
will be on Oct. 30 by our
mystery judge!”
The city of Williamson
will host its Trunk-or-
Treat Oct. 30 featuring
several different events,
including Trunk-or-Treat-
ing from 5 to 7 p.m. the
Howl-o-Ween Pet Parade
from 4 to 5 p.m. and an
outdoor movie at 7 p.m.
The event will also in
clude hay rides, inflata-
bles, live music, food and
treats, hot chocolate and
all are invited to wear
family friendly costumes.
The Family Frenzy
Fall Festival will be held
Oct. 30 from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. at the Chestnut Oak
Arena in Meansville. The
free festival will include
fun for the whole family
and will include vendors
offering delicious food
and a kids zone with
bounce houses, train
rides and more. Partici
pants can trick or treat
with vendors and there
will also be a Halloween
costume contest at the
festival.
The Family Frenzy
Fall Festival will be held
Oct. 30 from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. at the Chestnut Oak
Arena in Meansville. The
free festival will include
fun for the whole family
and will include vendors
offering delicious food
and a kids zone with
bounce houses, train
rides and more. Partici
pants can trick or treat
with vendors and there
will also be a Halloween
costume contest at the
festival.
SUNDAY, OCT. 31:
Life Springs Church
will host a Fall Festival
on Sunday, Oct. 31 from
2 to 5 p.m. at the church
which is at the corner
of Highway 109 and 19
south. The event will
include Trunk-or-Treat-
ing, hay rides, bounce
houses, and spooky
fun. In addition, the Life
Springs Pumpkin Patch
is open Monday through
Friday from 4 to 8 p.m.,
Saturday from 10 a.m. to
8 p.m. and Sunday from
12:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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PHOTOS BY JOHN ELLIS
Above left, 2021 Pike County Emergency Medical Technician of the Year Brittany Hammond is congratulated by her team chief
Jessica Williams as she received the award during a special program by American Legion Post 197. Above right, 2021 Pike
County Firefighter of the Year Quentin Rouseau is congratulated by county commissioner James Jenkins during a special Post
197 program honoring outstanding first responders in the county.
FIRST RESPONDERS: Honored by Post 197
FROM PAGE ONE
In addition to the 2021
Pike County Law Enforce
ment Officer of the Year,
other first responders
were honored.
2021 PIKE FIREFIGHTER
OF THE YEAR:
Quentin Rouseau
has lived in Pike since
2007 and he started his
firefighting career in 2016
with the Pike County
Fire Department after
earning his Fire Services
qualifications, Firefighter
1 and 11 certifications and
completing EMT training.
He also completed his
Fire Service Instructor
certification in 2020.
He received the Life
Saving Award from the
PCFD for his efforts in
saving a life during an
emergency response in
Pike County.
He was appointed
as Lieutenant for Sta
tion 6 in Williamson and
responds to emergency
calls, provides in-house
training and complies
with reporting require
ments.
“Firefighter Rouseau
has dedicated himself to
the performance of his
duties and execution of
obligations to the Pike
County volunteer Fire De
partment while also serv
ing as a full-time member
of the city of Griffin Fire
Department,” said Rich
ardson. “Quentin is the
guy you like to see arrive
on incident scenes. He
conducts himself very
professionally, is a good
organizer, analyzes situa
tions quickly and devel
ops and executes a plan.
He gives reassurance
to victims, patients and
fellow service personnel
under stressful situations
in demanding environ
ments.
Quentin has four
brothers and four sisters
who share his dedica
tion to service. In his
immediate family, there
are three firefighters, two
EMTs, one paramedic,
one nurse, one police
officer, one teacher and
one dentist. Richardson
noted that his family get-
togethers would be one
of the safest places on
earth.
2021 PIKE EMERGENCY
MEDICAL TECHNICIAN
OF THE YEAR:
Brittany Hammond
has served as a paramed
ic with Veterans Emer
gency Medical Service
in Pike since the started
operations here in Octo
ber 2020. According to
Richardson, she always
wanted to be a paramed
ic growing up and in 2014
attended EMT school at
Trinity EMS Academy in
Columbus where she re
ceived Top Star Student
and Top GPA honors. She
worked in Troup County
from 2015-18 and was
deployed to Savannah
to assist with Hurricane
Matthew disaster relief
during that time. She
joined Grady Emergency
Medical Service in Pike in
2018. From 2018 to 2020,
she completed paramed
ic school while working
full time with Grady EMS
and being a mother of
five children with one
more on the way. She
maintained outstanding
grades and completed
250 hours of clinical and
lab experience, 500 class
room and lab hours and
250 clinical hours in the
hospital.
“Just this past year,
Brittany has responded
to more than 272 emer
gency calls and provided
life support services at
more than 177 calls. She
consistently provides
exceptional patient
care, skill proficiency
and academic mastery
pertaining to EMS care.
As a member of the Pike
County community,
Brittany has responded
to medical emergencies
while off duty when there
were high 911 calls in
an effort to get trained
healthcare professionals
to our patients during the
pandemic crises. Brittany
is a dependable EMS pro
vider with a passion for
excellent care. Over the
past year, Brittany has
responded to at least two
patients in cardiac arrest
and achieved return of
spontaneous circulation
due to her quick recog
nition and therapeutic
intervention. Brittany
has been able to save
critical trauma patients
from further demise due
to her intuitive abilities
and skill mastery. She is
a compassionate patient
advocate and a leader of
her EMS teams.”
She also volunteers
with the Pike County Fire
Department Auxiliary,
providing support to
firefighters at emergency
scenes.
She lives in Concord
with her husband Casey
Hammond who is a
sheriff’s deputy and her
children Hailey, Hunter,
Mason, Maci, Maddox
and Caroline.
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Meansville discusses
upcoming city budget
BY DWAIN W. PENN
news@pikecountygeorgia.com
Meansville mayor
Virion Rachels convened
the Oct. 11 council meet
ing with two council
members present. Due
to a lack of a quorum,
city business could not
be conducted. With the
city entering into the
final fiscal quarter, an
informal discussion en
sued on the local finance
report, new city budgets,
the GEFA grant and the
new SPLOST, its referen
dum six months away.
“It’s time for the new
budgets,” said city clerk
Jerome Finley. “Some
thing will be avail
able to inspect at the
November meeting and
budget hearings will be
held leading up to the
December 13 meeting.”
“The local govern
ment 2020 finance
report, following state
guidelines, was sent to
the department of com
munity affairs,” said
Finley. “Response to the
report was prevalent
with ‘no exceptions
found.’ The report was
completed months ago,
as it was required for
the GEFA application.”
“Kurt McCord of
Carter & Sloope is on
the ball. Everything is
in for the GEFA grant,
good enough to move
forward. We are apply
ing for the $1.4 million
grant; better than we
had hoped.”
“1 am attending the
county SPLOST meet
ings,” said Finley. “Ne
gotiations are ongoing
trying to convince the
county to extend the
scope of the six year
SPLOST beyond roads,
streets and bridges to
include water infra
structure.” Three cities
would benefit from it.
COUNCIL ALSO:
• Received the fire
department response re
port from Stefan Huck-
aby. In the city: one fire
and four medical calls. In
the county: one fire and
seven medical calls.
• Heard from water
superintendent Scott
Huckaby the water tank
was recently “dumped
and disinfected.” Water
usage was normal in
September with 490,400
gallons used.
• Learned the city
is eligible to use pro
bationers rather than
work details.
• Heard from council-
woman Brittany Miller
that public response to
the Meansville music
festival was positive.
The crowd was limited
due to competition that
weekend but vendors
did well. Plans are to
build a pavilion for fu
ture festivals and events.
• Received a chal
lenge from Williamson
mayor Steve Fry for
mayor, council, city at
torney and personnel to
participate in a friendly
bag toss challenge.
Twenty pairs of boards
were created and are
ready for use.
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