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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE COMMERCE NEWS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016
First the cleanup, then reconstruction
Demolition and cleanup of the Maysville Road strip shopping area the burned building. His plan is to rebuild on the site, either a building for a
destroyed by an Oct. 21 fire began last week. Owner Archie McCook said specific tenant or some king of speculative building,
the process will include the removal of the undamaged metal sheds behind
JCSO ... Cont. from Page 7A
at a U.S.. 441 South, Com
merce, address.
•An Old Hoods Mill Road,
Commerce, man said his
neighbor’s horse came onto
his property and injured his
horse.
• gunshots fired at a Brooks
Road, Pendergrass, address.
•trespassing at a Chandler
Bridge Road, Nicholson, loca
tion.
•a threatening text mes
sages at an Ila Road, Com
merce, address.
• panhandling at a U.S. 441
South, Athens, location.
•a dog complaint at an
Academy Church Road,
Jefferson, address when a
man said a neighbor’s dog
came onto his property and
growled at him.
•trespassing at a Holiday
Cemetery Road, Jefferson,
address.
• a mailbox damaged at a
Ryan Road, Athens, location.
•A Sawdust Trail, Nichol
son, man said his neighbor
waved a gun during a dispute.
•a noise complaint at a
Dixon Bridge Road, Maysville,
address.
•A Hawks Nest Road,
Commerce, teenager said a
friend from school threatened
him.
• loud music at a B. Wilson
Road, Commerce, address.
• a verbal dispute at a J.T.
Elrod Road, Jefferson, loca
tion.
•a dispute between two
juveniles at East Jackson Mid
dle School.
•battery during a dispute
between several juveniles at
a Mountain Creek Church
Drive, Pendergrass, address.
•loud music at a Viper
Lane, Braselton, residence.
• harassing phone calls at
an Ednaville Road, Braselton,
residence.
• a verbal dispute between
two men at a Cecil Clark
Road, Braselton, location.
•A Braselton man said
his son is being harassed by
other juveniles.
•music complaint at a
Briarwood Court, Hoschton,
address.
•trespassing at a Hwy. 53,
Braselton, residence.
•threats and harassment
at a Jim David Road, Nichol
son, location.
• a dispute between neigh
bors at a Jim David Road,
Nicholson, address.
Toll-free arson hotline
available, rewards offered
Insurance and fire commissioner Ralph Hudgens wants
to remind Georgians that the state has a toll-free arson
hotline, 1-800-282-5804, sponsored by his office and the
Georgia Arson Control Program.
Callers to the hotline will be eligible for rewards of up
to $10,000 if they provide information leading to the arrest
and conviction of an arsonist. According to Hudgens,
callers and reward recipients may choose to remain anon
ymous.
“We want to remind Georgians of this incentive to report
any information they may have about a suspicious fire,” said
Hudgens. “In many cases, investigators rely on evidence
provided by witnesses to convict an arsonist.”
Since its inception in 1979, the Georgia Arson Control
Board has approved 560 rewards totaling $1,617,850. The
average reward paid is $2,889.
In 2013, arsonists caused $1.68 million in property dam
age in Georgia.
Audubon group to hear program on feral cats
A University of Georgia
scientist known for studying
pet behavior by attaching tiny
cameras on free-roaming
domestic cats will describe the
newest phase of her research
- fitting feral cats with “kitty
cams” - at the Oconee Riv
ers Audubon Society’s next
monthly meeting.
Sonia Hernandez, an asso
ciate professor with the UGA
College of Veterinary Medi
cine, will share cats’-eye-view
videos from a feral cat colony
at 7 p.m. Thursday May 5, at
Sandy Creek Nature Center.
Hernandez will speak on
“Using a Novel Technique to
Understand How Cats Affect
Wildlife.” Her project includes
using lightweight cameras to
record the activities of feral
cats in trap-neuter-release col
onies on Jekyll Island. Her
initial project used waterproof
cameras to record the activi
ties of outdoor domestic cats
in Athens in 2010 and 2011. The
study found that only 44 per
cent resorted to hunting, most
ly to take lizards and voles.
The research is supported
by the National Geographic
Society which developed the
camera system, the American
Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals and the
American Bird Conservancy.
Hernandez has a veterinary
degree from Louisiana State
University and a Ph.D. from
UGA. In addition to cat behav
ior, her research interests
include exploring how human
modifications to the environ
ment affect wildlife disease
transmission.
The meeting will be held in
the Nature Center’s Education
and Visitor Center, 205 Old
Commerce Road off U.S. 441.
Council...
nowhere.”
The city has a $250,000 federal traffic enhancement grant
to assist with the funding. The rest will come from special
purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) revenue already
in hand.
New Gas Reserve Fund
Also related to its gas department, the council authorized
the creation of a “discretionary member reserve fund”
through the Georgia Municipal Gas Authority. Basically,
that’s a savings account into which the city will pay each
year to build reserves for future capital projects.
“BANKS COUNTY VOTERS”
Continue Positive Progress for Banks County!
QUESTION?
Is Banks County in better shape today
than it was 4 years ago?
s/l
YES
VOTE
IIMMY HOOPER
Banks County Commission Chairman