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The 6U All Star Nationals earned the World Series
championship. Other Pike teams played well also.
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WORLD SERIES W1
PIKE COUNTY
ONE DOLLAR
www.pikecountygeorgia.com
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2023
PIKE'S PEEK
Prayer Walk
is Sunday at 1
A Prayer Walk at
Pike County Schools
will start at 1 p.m. Sun
day, July 30 in front
of the Pike County
Primary School.
Participants will
pray together as
a group and then
separate to pray over
various areas of the
school campuses. The
Prayer Walk is hosted
by Christ Chapel Com
munity Church.
Zebulon man
at fault in
fatal wreck
BY WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The Georgia State
patrol has issued a
preliminary report on
a two-vehicle crash in
Spalding County that
killed a popular Or
chard Hill coffee shop
owner July 12.
Kenneth Paul Bolton,
37, of 71 Old Bolton Rd„
Zebulon was north
bound on Green Valley
Road in a curve when
his 2012 Ford F-250
Super Duty crossed the
center line and struck a
southbound 2023 Ram
Promaster van head on.
The driver of the
van, 45-year-old Vallie
Marie Sanders of 399
Lamar County Line
Rd., Griffin, was dead
at the scene. Her body
had to be extricated
from the van.
Bolton and a seven-
year-old girl in his
vehicle suffered only
minor injuries and
were taken to a Griffin
hospital by family.
Bolton, the at-fault
driver, told troopers a
brown dog entered the
roadway, forcing him
to make an evasive
maneuver to his left.
A witness said the dog
never entered to road.
See WRECK page 2A
Family, Friends Day July 29 in Molena
BY RACHEL McDANIEL
news@pikecountygeorgia.com
Willie McDowell and
others in the Molena
Alumni Group are work
ing to revamp the city
park so residents of
all ages can enjoy time
together outside.
A raffle is being held
and sponsors are sought
to help sponsor kids 5 to
12 years old for regular
basketball games at the
park starting this sum
mer. Raffle tickets are $5
each and the prizes in
clude a 32” Phillips Roku
TV and a 24” Onn Roku
TV. The drawing will be
July 29 and participants
do not have to be pres
ent to win.
They are hosting the
Family and Friends Day
fundraising event Satur
day, July 29 from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at the park.
There will be vendors
and entertainment for a
family-friendly fun day at
the park.
“We are inviting
everyone to come enjoy
the park and asking local
families to bring all the
kids. We will have all
sorts of games for the
little ones. And we will
be raising money to re
vamp the city’s park and
make it come back alive.
We hope to give kids a
place to play basketball
and give older people a
place to go where they
can bring their lawn
chairs and watch the
kids play.”
The group is trying to
raise money to refinish
the tennis court and
basketball courts with
updated equipment and
new paint. The basket
ball court currently
doesn’t have any goals
and both courts are
in need of sealing and
paint.
“Weather permitting,
we hope to have activi
ties at the park once a
month and we will try
to do everything for free
and keep the park alive
and getting people go
ing,” said McDowell.
SPECIAL PHOTOS
Caden Shubert, 19, will race in the biggest motocross event in the world, the 42nd AMA Ama
teur National Motocross Championship July 31 to Aug. 5 at Loretta Lynn Ranch in Tennessee.
Pike rider competes in MX's biggest race
Caden Shubert, a
19-year-old dirt moto
cross racer from Pike,
qualified for the largest
amateur motocross race
in the world, the 42nd
Annual Monster Energy
AMA Amateur National
Motocross Champion
ship presented by AM-
SOIL, to be held July 31
through Aug. 5 at the his
toric Loretta Lynn Ranch.
He is a Pike County High
School graduate who has
grown up riding moto
cross and earned his way
to the top competition in
the sport.
“He made it three
years ago in a differ
ent class and this race
is something all riders
strive for every year. As
they move up in classes,
the competition gets
harder and harder,” said
his mother Wendy Shu-
Caden Shubert celebrates at
the Budds Creek MX Park,
Mechanicsville, MD 2023
Northeast Regional Qualifier.
bert. “This year he was in
a very difficult class and
worked very hard to get
a ticket to this National
race.”
Caden, who works at
The Lindsey Way as a
videographer, has been
riding since dirt bikes he
was 4 years old. With the
help of sponsors such
as Wynntrac Construc
tion, Capitol Cycle, Scott
Goggles and EVS who
help pay his way to the
races, Caden has had the
opportunity to pursue
his dreams. He has won
multiple races over the
years and competes
nearly every weekend
in races all across the
southeast United States.
Caden will make the
journey to Hurricane
Mills, Tennessee along
with his mom Wendy, dad
Billy, and brother Denver
Shubert. They will be
camping onsite for the
week-long event and will
participate in many non
racing evening activities.
Racers have been
working hard since Feb
ruary to qualify for the
world’s largest and most
prestigious amateur mo
tocross race in Hurricane
Mills, Tennessee.
See MOTO page 3A
Ken Scott to host
magical time at
library July 29
He has performed for
Usher, Shaquille O’Neal,
the Atlanta Braves and
at the White House -
and now Ken Scott will
perform for Pike Coun
ty. The J. Joel Edwards
Public Library will
welcome Atlanta’s own
comedy magician Ken
Scott for the summer
reading finale
this Saturday,
July 29 at 1
p.m.
“Like a lot
of magi
cians and
school
assembly
perform
ers, 1 got
bit by the
‘magic
bug’ when
1 was very
young,”
said Ken.
“1 received
a magic
set as a
gift and
from that
moment
on, 1 was
hooked!
But unlike a lot of other
kids, 1 never lost inter
est. Eventually, 1 decid
ed this was going to be
my full-time job. And 24
years ago, that’s what 1
did. Every year 1 aver
age about 350 shows.
It’s a lot of hard work
performing that much,
but when you love what
you do as much as 1 do,
every workday is fun!”
Ken is a four-time
winner of the Greater
Atlanta Magician of the
year award. In addition,
he was also featured
on CNN Headline News,
where he headlined
their segment on A Day
of Magic.
This
library
program
is free
and
open
to all
ages
SPECIAL PHOTO
Comedy magician Ken Scott has performed
at the White House and will be performing in
Pike Saturday, July 29 at 1 p.m. All are invited.
“Bring the whole
neighborhood for this
rare opportunity to en
joy a magical hour that
you will long remem
ber,” said library as
sistant manager Helen
Carter.
For more information
follow the J. Joel Ed
wards Public Library on
Facebook or call during
regular business hours,
770-567-2014.
101-year-old WWII veteran presented with Quilt of Valor
PHOTO BY JOHN ELLIS
World War II veteran Estelle Collins (front right) was presented with a Quilt of Valor during a
presentation by the Pike County American Legion Post 197 family recently.
BY JOHN ELLIS
The Pike County Amer
ican Legion Post 197 of
Zebulon hosted a Quilt
of Valor award program
Tuesday, July 11 for one
of its members - 101-year-
old WWll/Korean War
veteran Estelle Collins.
The ceremony was at her
Griffin home. The award
was presented by Nancy
Stafford of the Quilt of
Valor Foundation which
is a non for-profit organi
zation that makes quilts
with the help of many
volunteers throughout
the nation in honor of
and for the comfort of
deserving veterans.
Estelle signed up for
the Women’s Army Corps
(WAC) on Jan. 18, 1945
during World War II. After
completing her basic
training, Estelle was sent
to Camp Atterbury Indi
ana where she completed
12 weeks Army Service
Forces Surgical Techni
cian training at the Wake-
man Hospital Center.
After training she was
assigned to the Walter
Reed General Hospital in
Washington, DC Estelle
worked in the surgical
ward of the hospital. As
a surgical technician, she
administered medica
tions, hypodermics and
took temperatures and
pulses while caring for
military patients. She
cleaned and sterilized in
struments and prepared
swabs and bandages. She
requisitioned supplies
for individual wards. She
maintained records and
reports pertaining to the
progress of patients and
other needed and neces
sary services. Many of
her patients were seri
ously wounded military
casualties who were
transferred from the
various WWII theaters
of operations. During
her tours of duty, Estelle
served in the surgical
wards of other hospitals
such as the Oliver Gen
eral Hospital in Augusta,
Ga. and Ft. Mcpherson
General Hospital in Col
lege Park, Ga. In May
1951, she was assigned to
the U.S. Army and U.S. Air
Forces Recruiting Main
Station and induction
Station in Birmingham,
Alabama which was close
to her home. On Oct. 2,
1951 Cpl Collins received
a letter of Commenda
tion from the Recruiting
Command for exemplary
service and on Oct. 10,
1951 she received an hon
orable discharge. During
Estelle’s service time, she
received six medals and
decorations.
See WWII VETERAN page 3A
