Towns County Herald

1 Towns County Herald Legal Organ of Towns County Your Hometown Newspaper Since 1928 50 Cents Publication Number 635540 Volume 89 Number 47 Wednesday, September 26, 2018. Angler of the Year Championship' brings thousands to the mountains By Jarrett Whitener the entire tournament series. just to watch the nale of the about Chatuge is that there are Towns County Herald I was worried at rst, nine-event tournament. a variety of different sh in the Staff Writer said Lucas. After the rst day, Fans had the opportunity lake, which means that there With the 2018 Toyota though, I felt better about the to visit different tents to meet are many different ways to win Bassmaster Angler of the Year tournament and the security of their favorite anglers and get this competition. This does put Championship closing out last my placement. autographs while they talked a little pressure on us, because weekend, a field of 50 bass After the rst two days to professionals. we need to think about what we anglers battling all year for the of shing, the anglers took a Guests also had the want to catch here and how we top spot had only one lake left break and hosted an outdoor opportunity to attend seminars can make the catch possible.

2 To sh Lake Chatuge. expo at the Georgia Mountain where anglers told stories and On top of that, this lake The nationally televised Fairgrounds for people to ask gave advice on the best way to is a little smaller, so the sh are event with total prizes worth questions as they browsed a sh the lake. aware of all us shing in it, and $1 million took place in Towns variety of vendors offering I had never fished that makes it hard to get some County from Thursday, Sept. many fishing products, Lake Chatuge, said pro bites. Overall, though, I really 20, through Sunday, Sept. 23. including items such as boats, angler Adrian Avena. It was enjoyed this lake.. Pro competitors of the reels, poles, line, bait, and interesting to try out the lake After the anglers told tournament brought their many other shing tools. and see these spots that local their stories of the week, A-game as they tried to nalize Thousands of fans fishermen have worked on enthusiasts and fans asked them their placements, though angler gathered to enjoy the expo, constructing to make the lake questions to learn more about Pro angler Brandon Palaniuk holding up some beauties caught Justin Lucas held the lead from and many of those fans came better for sh.

3 The sport and the speci c tools right out of Lake Chatuge during the 2018 Toyota Bassmaster Day One and ended up winning from as far away as New York What I enjoy most See Bassmaster, Page 6A Angler of the Year Championship. Photo by Lowell Nicholson Taylor presents Tales of Old Young Harris City Council Young Harris' to Historical Society begins 2019 budget discussions By Mark Smith Towns County Herald Staff Writer Towns County Historian Jerry Taylor was the featured guest of the Sept. 10 meeting of the Towns County Historical Society, and he enthralled the gallery with some heretofore unknown anecdotes about Young Harris, with the history of Brasstown Valley as a backdrop. If anyone has ever wondered how the name Brasstown Valley came about, Taylor answered their query. As it turns out, the name is a mistranslation of a Cherokee word, itse'yi, meaning Place of Fresh Green. A similar Towns County Historian Jerry Taylor Of cials with the City of Young Harris holding a public budget hearing on Tuesday, Sept.

4 18, sounding Cherokee word, the discovery of gold led to the 1850s. at city hall. Photo by Jarrett Whitener untsaiyi, means Brass. annexation of the area north The history of how By Jarrett Whitener year. align with the calendar year to Instead of Green or and west of the Chattahoochee Young Harris College came Towns County Herald The scal year for Young keep it simpler, said Mayor Greentown Valley, which is River and the nal expulsion of into existence was told superbly Staff Writer Harris falls during the same Gibby. We start this meeting in September so everybody can what the name could have the Cherokee Indians from the by Taylor. With the end of 2018 timeframe as the calendar year, talk about it like we need to.. been, the mistranslated name Brasstown Valley in 1838. Reverend Artemus on the horizon, Young Harris meaning that all city nances The rst budget hearing Brasstown Valley stuck. And Taylor identi ed several Lester, pastor of the Methodist Mayor Andrea Gibby and the for next year must be budgeted of the year, on Tuesday, Sept.

5 18, it's way too late to change it of the original white settlers of circuit, had a dream for better City Council gathered last week and accounted for by the end of had the purpose of bringing the now. Brasstown Valley who came educational opportunities for to start their annual budget December. Taylor explained how here between the 1830s and See Taylor, Page 6A discussions for the upcoming We made the budget See Budget, Page 6A. Commissioner talks County New twin-engine medical helicopter nances, AOY shing tournament based at Union General Hospital By Shawn Jarrard He also worked for Towns County Herald Towns County prior to me Editor becoming commissioner Towns County Sole many years ago for our Road Commissioner Cliff Bradshaw Department, and he did a very opened up his Sept. 18 regular good job, said Bradshaw. He monthly meeting with kind will be missed as well. words for Marsha Elliott, a I don't ever want to Young Harris woman and active leave anybody out, but those member of the community who are two people that were close passed away on Sept.

6 7. to me who served in the County , We have a lot of great so I wanted to mention that.. Towns County citizens that On the financial we lose from time to time and side, Bradshaw said in his don't make mention of it as Commissioner's Report that we should, said Bradshaw. everything was going well for Marsha Elliott passed away, the County . and I can't help but mention The financials are To w n s C o u n t y S o l e good, the reserves in place, that. Commissioner Cliff Bradshaw She was a dear friend of everything's like it should be, Meet Air Life 14, the new twin-engine Eurocopter EC-135 based at Union General Hospital in in his Sept. 18 regular County said Bradshaw. Year to date, Blairsville. Photo by Mark Smith mine and a very hard worker for meeting. our County . She was involved at we're up about $30,000 on our emergency dispatch 24 hours a residents of Union and Towns Photo by Shawn Jarrard sales tax collections, which that By Mark Smith the Hamilton Gardens and just North Georgia News day, seven days a week.

7 Counties. worked tirelessly, and same with means the economy's doing The chopper, a The EC-135 air spoke brie y about his friend good. Staff Writer our Firewise Communities, she and uncle, Jack Bradshaw, Eurocopter EC-135, is operated ambulance compartment is worked very, very hard on that, Bradshaw also said that BLAIRSVILLE Air by AirMethods Inc. and based at larger and more ef cient than who passed away earlier that the 2017 County Audit was and she did many other things day. Jack drove a school bus Life 14 is operating a new twin- Union General Hospital, which that of the previous aircraft, she will be missed. ready for viewing in his of ce engine medical helicopter out of is huge for the north Georgia and now that the base has for Towns County Schools for The commissioner also 42 years. See Finances, Page 6A Blairsville, and it's available for area and a major bene t to the See Helicopter, Page 6A. Georgia political historian Carter may be in Athens Bob Short visits Movers and Shakers area,' according to authorities By Mark Smith By Shawn Jarrard has been asked to call 911, North Georgia News Towns County Herald and people are being advised Staff Writer Editor not to approach Carter, as The search for Crystal she is considered armed and The Mountain Movers L e A n n e C a r t e r, 3 7 , o f dangerous, according to the and Shakers hosted Bob Short Hiawassee, is now in its third Sheriff's Of ce.

8 At the Sundance Grill on Friday, week, and authorities were still The search for Carter Sept. 21. tracking leads concerning her stems from an incident alleged Short has a lifetime of whereabouts as of press time to have occurred the evening of experience in Georgia politics Monday. Saturday, Sept. 8, according to to share, having been associated Authorities have received the Sheriff's Of ce. with a number of famous information that Carter may be Deputies responded to Georgia politicians, including in the Athens area, but the Chatuge Regional Hospital former President Jimmy Carter search continues. in reference to a male subject and Young Harris native Zell As previously reported, who was brought to the hospital Miller. investigators with the Georgia with a bullet wound to the Cathy Cox, the former Bureau of Investigation have chest, according to the Sheriff's president of Young Harris joined the Towns County Of ce. College, described Short as Sheriff's Of ce in the hunt for Crystal LeAnne Carter The subject was the most effective politician Bob Short spoke with the Mountain Movers and Shakers in identified as William Craig Hiawassee on Friday, Sept.

9 21. Photo by Mark Smith Carter, who is currently wanted ties in Union County and Clay I've ever known who was never by authorities for attempted Henderson of Young Harris, County , North Carolina, and elected to of ce, according to the college in the mid-20th years, Short has conducted murder and aggravated assault, and he was airlifted to another her Facebook page lists her as century, and he graduated Class a class in political history at according to the Sheriff 's medical facility with a trauma a graduate of Union County Short was a basketball of 1951. Young Harris College, which Of ce. center, according to the High School. star when he was a student at For about the last 10 See Short, Page 8A She is known to have See Carter, Page 8A. Anyone with information Inside 2 Sections 16 Pages Ninth District UGA. Arrests Church 2A. 4B Opportunity Scarecrow Lake Levels Classi eds 6B FOOTBALL. Invasion on Master Blue Ridge Chatuge 1, 1, Opinion 4A Fri. Sept 28 @ Riverside Home Heating Nottely 1, Legals 7B Help Gardeners Obits 5B.

10 7:30 PM. Available the Square Sports 2B. SOFTBALL. TBA See page 7A See page 2A. Class See page 3B.