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TUBENT SALUTE
Pike County Elementary School students
honored veterans with program, parade.
See page 2A
FORGIVEN!
The library is forgiving fines for
returned materials until Nov. 22.
See page 9A
PIKE COUNTY
JOURNAL REPORTER
ONE DOLLAR
www.pikecountygeorgia.com
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2023
PHOTO BY CHAD MOORE/
BURSTMODE.SMOGMUG.COM
Flat Shoals
Bull riding is
Nov. 24-25
XX Bulls and Mask
Roll Off will present
Flat Shoals Bull Riding
Nov. 24-25 at QC Arena,
1017 Flat Shoals Road
in Gay.
Gates open at 6 p.m.
and the show starts at
8 p.m., featuring Colt
45, food vendors and
heart-stopping enter
tainment.
Rylee Banks will
be performing both
nights.
An after party will
be held at Towerhouse
Farm Brewery both
days? where everyone
can meet the cowboys
and participants. They
will be competing for
more than $10,000
over the course of the
weekend.
Tickets are $20
(cash only) at the
arena and kids 8 and
under are free.
Find out more from
the ad on page 2A.
Thanksgiving
early deadline
is Nov. 21
The Pike County
Journal Reporter will
be closed Nov. 22-24
for the Thanksgiving
holiday.
The early deadline
for publication in the
Nov. 28 edition is at 1
p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Family shares free greens for Thanksgiving
BY RACHEL McDANIEL
news@pikecountygeorgia.com
For the fifth year in
a row, Mark and Mary
Nalls are opening their
garden to the commu
nity as families prepare
for the Thanksgiving
holiday. The Nalls
garden has 70-foot rows
and this year they have
23 rows of turnips, 11
rows of collards and one
row of mustard greens.
The gates to the gar
den will open Monday
and Tuesday, Nov. 20-21
from daylight to dark
as the turnips and col
lards are harvested for
Thanksgiving meals.
“We would like to
offer two large bundles
of each turnips or col
lards if wanted to each
family,” said Mark Nalls.
“Last year we had about
174 cars come by. We
want all to get what they
need. Please bring a
medium trash bag and
1 will gather them for
each family.”
Two years ago, the
couple gave away 250
giant bundles of turnip
greens and 80 bundles
of collard greens.
“1 love to garden and
1 love to eat. Garden
ing is my therapy and
the garden is my place
to think, a free space
to work out problems.
The Bible says if you
have a gift, share that
gift. I’m pretty good at
gardening and 1 have the
room for it and 1 have
the desire. Giving away
the harvest really does
make your heart smile. 1
get a lot of hugs too.”
PHOTO BY RACHEL MCDANIEL
Mark and Mary Nalls are
opening their garden to
the community Monday
and Tuesday, Nov. 20-21
to share their Thanksgiv
ing harvest of turnips and
collard greens at 127 Gwyn
Street in Zebulon.
PHOTOS BY RACHEL McDANIEL / PIKE COUNTY JOURNAL REPORTER
Bigfoot visited the courthouse square in Zebulon last week, greeting local leaders in the sher
iff’s office and the courthouse as well as stopping in on businesses around the square.
Bigfoot Fest starts Saturday, Nov. 18at9a.m.
Enjoy the Nov. 18
Bigfoot Fest in Molena.
The festival will be from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
include music, vendors
and the Elkins Creek 5K
and 1 mile fun run/walk.
Speakers who will
discuss the local and
global evidence for sas-
quatch creatures at the
2023 Bigfoot Festival will
include Matthew Delph,
Melissa Adair, George
Wrigley, Trey Hudson,
Jessica Jones and Jonny
Twobears.
According to Angie
Williamson there will be
a Bigfoot 101 tent which
will feature displays
regarding Elkins Creek,
local reports, famous
In addition to
visiting the
sheriff, Bigfoot
stopped by
to visit with
officers Derek
Rowan (left)
and Jeffrey
Boatwright
(right).
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The sign in Molena says, ‘It’s Bigfoot weather’ and this week
end, the Bigfoot Fest and Elkins Creek 5K and 1 mile fun run/
walk will be held with festivities starting at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Bigfoot sightings, field “1 think people are re
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and more. ing it out,” she said.
Mayor, council
members elected
Mayoral and council
seats were decided by
voters Tuesday, Nov. 7
with 28.5% turnout in
Williamson and 13.3%
turnout in Zebulon.
Steve Fry is the
newly elected mayor of
Williamson with Ste
phen Levin serving as
Post 1 council member
and Steve Davis serv
ing as Post 5 council
member.
Steve Fry received
101 votes to Andrew
Watson’s 57 votes. Ste
phen Levin received 81
votes to Scott Rohde’s
78 voters. Steve Davis
received 94 votes to
Bunny Scoggins’ 64
votes.
In the city of Zebu
lon, Jeffery Sawyer was
elected as District 2,
Post 1 council member.
Sawyer received 33
votes to Dewey Yar
brough’s 24 votes. The
city of Williamson had
159 of 557 eligible vot
ers casting ballots and
the city of Zebulon had
58 of 433 eligible voters
casting ballots.
First ever Turkey
Trot 5K is Nov. 18
at recreation center
The first ever Turkey
Trot 5K will be held at 8
a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at
the Pike County Parks
and Recreation’s Com
munity Center.
The 5K route will go
across the complex to
wards the ball fields and
then circle back to the
community center.
“Please bring your
own water bottle, there
will be refill stations
along the path,” said
Victoria Bryan. “The
race will begin promptly
at 8 a.m. All registrants
will receive a shirt and a
medal and the top three
male and top three
female racers will win
a free turkey voucher
from Freshway! Please
arrive at 7:30 a.m. to
pick up your t-shirt.”
PCPRA Presents:
1st Annual
Turkey Trcl5K
This race fee is
$35 for 16 and up and
includes a t-shirt and a
medal. Those who are
15 and younger run for
free.
To register, email
vbryan@pikecoga.com
registrant info, includ
ing name, date of birth,
parent name and phone
number.
Puma/Porsche film commercial on Pike roads
SPECIAL PHOTO
Puma and Porsche recently filmed a commercial which shut down parts of
Caldwell Bridge Road and Concord/Hollonville Road. Puma released a special
line of shoes to celebrate the 60th birthday of the Porsche 911.
A Puma X Porsche commer
cial was recently filmed in Pike
County as the sports and shoe
company celebrates the 60th
birthday of the Porsche 911
with retro and heritage sneakers
fashioned after the car.
According to county man
ager Brandon Rogers, Caldwell
Bridge Road and Concord/Hol
lonville Road were shut down
Oct. 31 for filming. He said the
film company did a good job of
notifying everyone involved and
hired local sheriff’s deputies to
help with traffic control.
“The film company was very
easy to work with,” he said.
“One of the agreements was
them to pay for gravel for the
county to put on roads where
needed. They are in the process
of paying that invoice as a thank
you for using our roads in the
commercial.”
The unveiling and exclusive
pre-sale event for the sneakers
took place Sept. 5 at the Porsche
pop-up store during the IAA
Mobility event in Munich, Ger
many. In America, the shoes can
only be purchased online.
“PUMA and Porsche intro
duce two exclusive limited-
edition sneaker models: the
Retro Sneaker and the Heritage
Sneaker. Both pay homage to the
rich legacy and dynamic present
of the Porsche 911,” says Puma,
com. “Limited to only 1,972
pairs - a nod to the vehicle’s
birth year - each Retro Sneaker
is individually numbered and
distinguished by the presence of
the iconic Porsche lettering on
the top of the leather flap. The
grill badge, a distinctive circular
emblem, and the 60 Years of
Porsche 911 logo further ac
centuates the sporty character
of the sneaker, culminating in a
footwear masterpiece.”
