Volunteers team up to make Pike Road a clean place to live
Paul Sullivan
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Eighteen teams of volunteers picked up trash along 14 miles of roadway in the Pike Road community during April, filling up at least 114 bags of litter.
A gas cap to an older-model car, and vintage candy bar wrappers and soda bottles were just some of the interesting items found along the roadside, said Turner Waddell, Pike Road communications specialist.
“We have so many blessings in the Town of Pike Road, and one of them is the beautiful landscape of our community. Each year, the Spring Cleanup provides an opportunity for our community to work together to be good stewards of our natural surroundings,” Mayor Gordon Stone said. “We are so appreciative of the community engagement illustrated by the record-setting participation in our 2021 Cleanup effort.”
Arrests
⢠Natasha Hope Hill, 31, 1806 West Blvd., was charged April 23 with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession and use of a drug related object.
⢠Jerry Dewayne Ricter Jr., 31, 900 West Blvd., was charged April 25 with D.U.I.-Alcohol and tail lights required.
⢠Jasmine Tashelle Richardson, 27, 1205 Sixth Ave. Apt D, was charged April 25 with criminal trespass and simple assault.
⢠Ashley Jarvis, 34, 345 Janes Lane, Ochlocknee, was charged April 24 with possession of a schedule I controlled substance.
⢠Brandy Leigh Apperson, 35, 406 West Broad Ave., Doerun, was charged April 24 with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute; possession of drug related object; and purchase, possession, manufacture, distribution, or sale of marijuana.Â
Arrests
⢠Ronald Lee Bell Jr., 30, 823 Second Ave. S.W., was charged March 29 with simple assault.
⢠Destini Shauntrauia Posey, 18, 2517 Seventh St. S.E. Apt. B, was charged March 29 with criminal trespass.
⢠Jose Rodriguez-Acoste, 24, 306 Mattews Road, Norman Park, is on hold for Jonesboro as of March 28.
⢠Kendrick Jamal Daniels, 29, 1020 Fifth Ave. S.W., was charged March 29 with seatbelt violation and possession of drug related object.
Colquitt County Sheriffâs Office
Arrests
⢠Gisell Trespalacious, 37, 310 Tallokas Road, was charged March 30 with giving false information, tail lights violation, driving with license withdrawn and obstruction of an officer.
⢠Austin Ryan Mcmurphy, 27, 108 Jonathan Road, was charged March 30 with fleeing or attempting to elude and possession of meth.
Chance to explore Te Araroa trail
The Auckland Te Araroa Trust will host a First Steps Te Araroa walk through Rodney on Sunday, April 11.
Trust chairman Clayton Wakefield says a lot of people don’t know that the 3000km walking trail from Cape Reinga to Bluff passes through Rodney.
“This is an amazing chance to experience walking a section of the trail, meet fellow walkers and learn about our special part of Te Araroa,” he says.
“People of all ages and abilities can enjoy a morning walk – ticking off their first segment of one of the best trails in the world.”
Lake Twp. Court date set for zoning dispute Published by news@presspubli. on Fri, 03/12/2021 - 4:00pm
By:
Larry Limpf
A mediation hearing date in the legal dispute between the owner of Woodville Road Nursery and Lake Township has been set for April 14 and Wood County Common Pleas Court Judge Matthew Reger has scheduled a trial for May 27. The dispute centers on two parcels purchased in 2017 by James Mlynek, the nursery owner, and the township’s zoning resolution. Mlynek purchased the parcels along Woodville Road to temporarily store leaves before composting them at his nursery business. The parties are at odds over required buffer yards and mounds, the use of the parcels as a transfer station, and whether the township has applied its zoning resolution equitably.