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- PHS hires new football coach
- Georgia, fat and still growing: UGA initiative to address obesity epidemic
- The Dixie Swim Club splashes into town this February
- Jasper planning commission denies zoning change on Green Valley Farm Road
- Pet of the Week for January 26th
- Great things are happening here
- State budget cuts could close doors at Jasper’s Burnt Mountain Center
- Print/e-edition only for the week of Jan. 26
PHS hires new football coach
Pickens High School will have a new face leading the football program next year. The man behi...
Georgia, fat and still growing: UGA initiative to address obesity epidemic
Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia has launched a major campus-wide initiative to help the stat...
The Dixie Swim Club splashes into town this February
Tater Patch Players is asking you to put on your fat pants and embrace your hertiage thi...
Jasper planning commission denies zoning change on Green Valley Farm Road
For a second time, Jasper’s planning commission denied a request by Trust Company of Kansas to have ...
Print/e-edition only for the week of Jan. 26
Two enter race for District 1 Commission Post – Bart Connelly (pictured left) and Charlie Chastain (...
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PHS hires new football coach
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Georgia, fat and still growing: UGA initiative to address obesity epidemic
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The Dixie Swim Club splashes into town this February
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Jasper planning commission denies zoning change on Green Valley Farm Road
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Print/e-edition only for the week of Jan. 26
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 09:49
The Dixie Swim Club splashes into town this February
Thursday, 26 January 2012 09:50 | 
Written by Angela Reinhardt
Tater Patch Players is asking you to put on your fat pants and embrace your hertiage this February, when the story of five women and 33 years of friendship are told in the upcoming production of The Dixie Swim Club.
The show opens Febuary 10 and closes February 25. Find out more about showtimes and dates at www.taterpatchplayers.org or call 706-253-2800.
Read what the cast has to say in this week's edition of the Progress. Follow this link to sign up for our new online edition.
PHS hires new football coachThursday, 26 January 2012 14:48 | Written by Administrator
Coach Parker is planning on traveling to Jasper next week to meet with students that are interested in playing football next year. Mr. McDonald and Athletic Director Kyle Rasco would like to extend a special “thank you” to the search committee for all the diligent work on this project. See more on this story in next week's print edition. Comments (6)
Courthouse project to close streetsWednesday, 25 January 2012 09:21 | Written by Angela Reinhardt
Courthouse Facts: •When the courthouse is completed, it will be 50,000 sq. ft. larger than the original courthouse, which was 16,000 sq. ft. total. •Approx. 13 parking spaces will be lost in the downtown area due to construction and reworking of the streetscape, but it is estimated between 120 to 130 spaces will be added in the new parking area behind the Piggly Wiggly. •According to Commissioner Robert Jones, a portion of the property the county purchased beside Pioneer Road may be used for a judicial center in the future. •Demolition of the rear leg of the courthouse will begin this week. Following a presentation from Pickens County Commissioner Robert Jones, the Jasper City Council approved closure of a portion of Depot Street that will be used as a staging area during renovations on the courthouse. Jones, speaking at the regular Jasper Council meeting held Jan. 18, offered a general overview on progress of the SPLOST-funded courthouse project, detailed the county’s proposed traffic flow changes around the courthouse and requested the council close Court Street and a portion of Depot Street, the roads that run parallel to one another on either side of the courthouse. Follow Read More to see more views of courthouse project.
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State budget cuts could close doors at Jasper’s Burnt Mountain CenterWednesday, 25 January 2012 09:50 | Written by Dan Pool
If proposed cuts at the state level are fully instituted, the Burnt Mountain Center in Jasper, which provides work training to adults with developmental disabilities, would “dwindle away over the next couple of years,” according to statements from the center director Tuesday. Executive Director Debbie Rooker said that up to $270,000 of the center’s $900,000 yearly revenue coming from the state Medicaid program could be cut under current state budget proposals. “The new budget will rip us apart,” she said. “There is no way we can provide services.” Rooker said if the state’s new funding model is enacted, the Burnt Mountain Center would eventually have to close the doors on its 39-year-old program, located on Pioneer Road. She estimated that would not happen at once, but by two years out, “we would dwindle away.” The Burnt Mountain Center, which has served the mentally handicapped of north Georgia since 1973, is not alone on the chopping block.
Court sessions for the afternoon of January 26 cancelledWednesday, 25 January 2012 08:54 | Written by staff
Notices of new court dates are being sent
Chief Superior Court Judge Brenda S. Weaver
Probate Judge D. Rodney Gibson
Chief Magistrate Judge W. Allen Wigington
Clerk of Courts Gail Brown
District Attorney Joe Hendricks |
