Fairmount pair facing trafficking charges
DBell@CalhounTimes.com
A pair of people from Fairmount were arrested by the Gordon County Sheriff’s office on a long list of charges late Thursday night related to drug trafficking following a brief chase with deputies.
Sheriff Mitch Ralston reported on his website Friday that deputies spotted a Ford Mustang that was believed to have fled from deputies earlier in the week and driven by a known drug trafficker with outstanding warrants.
Joshua Ray Hall, 37, and Madison Montana Young, 20, both of 1110 Old Boone Ford Road, Fairmount, were arrested after deputies used “stop sticks” to flatten the tires of the Mustang, which had recently been spray painted black.
Hall was charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of methamphetamine, trafficking in methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession
lunch was delivered to each cart individually to avoid pulling large numbers of people into one space.
“The result of us doing that extra work is that we had 16 teams this year,” Peterson said. “We had 18 last year, so that’s great. That’s what we were hoping for.”
First place in the tournament went to Thomas Lomax, Ken Thomas, Jacob Lee and David Noll, who played under the team name Carpets of Dalton Fire Protection. Second place was awarded to the Evans Team (Ryan Evans, Marty Bright, Seth Ronk and Will Rawlings). Third place went to Ty Rutledge, Adam Rutledge, Roland Cantrell and Colby Hipp, RUTCO Recycling.
Mohawk was the Platinum Sponsor for the Love the Earth tournament for the second time this year, donating $5,000 to the cause. This extra effort won the company KC-GB’s first-ever Collaborator Award. KCGB
Vice President Jordan Stone presented the award on Monday.
“Mohawk supported us through a hard time and for you to give us this sponsorship right now, it really means a lot to us and tells us that you guys are supportive of this community,” Stone said. “This would not have been possible without you.”
Peterson, who has long praised Mohawk for “walking the talk” of sustainability, said she is particularly impressed by the manufacturer’s efforts to recycle and “up-cycle” in partnership with the recycling center.
“They take tires that are thrown out or donated, and they turn them into mats,” she said. “That’s incredible, and it’s really just one of the ways they’re taking steps to be green.”
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