270-home development off Philadelphia Rd. approved

        Mike Lowe (left) and Drew Tutton make the deal official for Jasper Jeep to change hands.

        On Monday, Drew Tutton, who wrapped up a  deal to acquire Jasper Jeep last week, was scrambling around his new “store”, dealing mainly with the IT side of running one of the most well-known Jeep dealerships in the world.

Now known as Tutton Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, the new owner said oddly enough this latest investment - which joins two RV service/sales locations, part-ownership of another dealership, and his work as the general manager of three dealerships, and his work as the general manager of three dealerships in Cobb County - is partially about his “roots.”

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          Two young book lovers donating their used books at Community Bank of Pickens County.

Got books to share?

By Paula Adams,

Friends of Pickens Library

Each year, we have had many generous donations of books brought to the Pickens County Library. This year, however, we have been unable to take in books due to COVID and because our library is now in the process of being renovated. To remedy this, Community Bank of Pickens County will be accepting all books in good condition throughout the entire month of August, Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at their Cove Road location. Chattahoochee Technical College will also be accepting books on Wednesday, August 11th from 2-7:30 p.m. and Wednesday, August 18th from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the Cherokee Hall room. 

     With the easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, Casual Classics Concert Series announces its 2021-22 season. Four exciting and varied chamber music concerts are scheduled for the 2021-2021 series of Casual Classics.      Monday, September 13, 2021: Atlanta Symphony Woodwind Quintet, featuring the first chair players in the woodwind section of the ASO. They are Christina Smith, flute; Elizabeth Tiscione, oboe; Laura Ardan, clarinet; Andrew Brady, bassoon; and Jaclyn Rainey, French horn. They will perform quintets from the Classical through modern periods and works focusing on each of the five instruments individually.

      Monday, January 3, 2022: Atlanta Symphony Talent Development Program Stars, featuring violinist Gordon Meeks and cellist Brandon Leonard, accompanied by Dr. Jeffrey Meeks, piano. As one of the longest-running, year-round musical education diversity programs in the USA, the Talent Development Program (TDP) provides 25 young Black and Latinx musicians with the highest level of musical training each school year, studying privately with

Harper, 5, is all smiles with this Nigerian Dwarf Goat, which was perfectly content being held.

      You’d think a gaggle of energetic, talkative, grabby children would put farm animals on edge – but a petting zoo menagerie at the Pickens County Library last week was noticeably unaffected. 

     Thursday, July 22, kids (mostly pre and elementary-school aged, with a few older ones peppered in the mix) would brush, pet, pick-up, hug, and talk to the animals in rapid-fire, and slightly chaotic, succession. The tiny Nigerian Dwarf goats let out the occasional high-pitched “baaaa” as kids with Cheshire grins swooped them up - but they didn’t try to wriggle free, instead laying more or less still and content. A Shetland sheep munched lazily on grass while they rubbed his coarse, dreaded coat. The Lionhead rabbit managed to take on an even more relaxed