Chest Pain Center named for Thrift Store founder

Submitted by Dr. Carlton Wilson, Pickens County Schools Superintendent

The Pickens County School District is reviewing school times for the 2017-2018 school year. We would like public input for this decision.

Current School Start and End Times: 

Gary Pichon, at almost 70 years old,  completed a bicycle ride across the country. This week he passes along his observations on the nation garnered from the sights and conversations with people along the route.

By Gary Pichon

Well I finally did the big ride, coast to coast on a bicycle just short of my 70th birthday. 3,000 miles is a distance you notice. I had a great time for 52 days. Got up, drank coffee, grabbed something to eat and then got on the bicycle and rode between 50 and 90 miles. Then  drank a beer and ate supper.  Back to bed, usually in a tent.  And then got up and repeated. A  very simple life.

Submitted by Habitat for Humanity Pickens County

Habitat for Humanity Pickens County seeks next homeowners for New Hope Acres House #18.

Habitat for Humanity Pickens County will host two application meetings for families interested in applying for House #18 in specially designated sub-division  New Hope Acres.  This will be the third house to be built in the non-profit’s 10-acres located in Jasper.

        Buddy Callahan, who works near the Hwy. 136 Connector where the bear was killed, holds up one of the legs that had the paw cut off. According to state law it is legal to take some or all of a bear carcass if you accidentally hit it with your vehicle. 

        A bear cub with severed paws found dead on the shoulder of the Highway 136 Connector was hit by a vehicle and not killed by a poacher as some originally thought, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. 

At approximately 9:30 a.m. someone called 911 about the bear and DNR  was alerted. Nearby resident Charles Chastain discovered the cub that morning. When he found a bullet hole in the animal’s chest and saw that its front paws were cut off he assumed it had been poached.

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