Newspaper Page Text
Rotary Day draws
hundreds for sunny fun
LOCAL, 2A
Summer sports camp
offers kids variety
SPORTS, 1B
WEDNESDAY I June 6,2018 Dawson News ► com dawsonville, GEORGIA $1.00
- • TMr 1 v -
. ■ yr*. i
Hi
■■ * IK
Mr.
' * '-
Photos by Jessica Brown Dawson County News
Carol Tyger and Sheriff Jeff Johnson talk with two hungry customers at the 10th annual Celebrity
Waiter Breakfast June 1.
Big plates and bigger grins
Diners really happy at 10th annual celebrity breakfast
Each celebrity waiter worked hard to fill up their
tip jars, with the proceeds going to Dawson
County Family Connection to help support their
work in preventing child abuse in the county.
By Jessica Brown
jbrown@dawsonnews.com
There wasn’t an empty
spot in the Longhorn
Steakhouse parking lot
Friday morning when
hungry patrons flocked to
the restaurant to be
served breakfast by their
favorite local celebrities.
The 10th annual
Celebrity Waiter
Breakfast fundraiser for
Dawson County Family
Connection saw hundreds
of customers lined up for
delicious food and great
service provided by
familiar faces in the com
munity.
“Everyone just seems
to be really happy,” said
Family Connection
Coordinator Nancy Stites
as she surveyed the res
taurant. “People are
enjoying themselves. We
want Dawson to enjoy
being around neighbors.
It’s a great way to start
the weekend off right.”
Customers were treated
to a variety of breakfast
favorites, from scrambled
eggs, fresh fruit and hash
browns to French toast,
sausage, bacon, biscuits
and muffins. There was
something for everyone
to enjoy at the June 1
breakfast.
Dr. Larry Anderson has
been a celebrity waiter
since the fundraiser’s
beginning, but this year
he didn’t don the apron.
Instead he came as a cus
tomer for the first time,
still showing his support
for a great cause.
“It’s nice to be a cus
tomer,” Anderson said.
“Everybody focuses on
being a service leader
here in Dawson County
and that’s what I love
about Dawson.”
Courtney Harris, owner
of Popcorn Penguin’s
Balloons, floated around
the room, making color
ful balloon animals for
eager children who
couldn’t wait to play with
the balloon poodles, mon
keys and dinosaurs.
Harris said she donated
her time and all the tips
she raised were donated
to Dawson County
Family Connection.
See Happy|5A
City awards
Main Street
park contract
TW Phillips to perform $1.4M
in grading, road installation
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
City residents will at last see dirt moving behind
the Dawsonville Municipal Complex as the city
council on Monday voted to award a $1,454,169.54
contract to TW Phillips Grading for phase one con
struction of Main Street Park.
TW Phillips Grading was one of two bids received
and was the low bid by about $6,000.
The council voted 3-0 to approve the bid, with
council member Caleb Phillips abstaining from any
discussion or vote as he is related to the proprietor
of the company that will be performing the work.
The funds for phase one of the project will come
from SPLOST VI and the construction timeline is
120 days. This phase will consist of installing a road
that runs through the park as well as grading and
grassing the land.
See Park 16A
New chief tax
appraiser hired
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
A new chief tax appraiser was hired on Monday, the
same day that 2018 tax assessment notices were mailed
out to residents of Dawson County.
Elaine Garrett was hired to fill the
position after a vote by the board of
assessors June 4.
Garrett has over 24 years of experi
ence in local county government and
was most recently employed as
Appeal Coordinator and Appraiser III
in the tax assessor’s office, a job she
had held since 2013.
According to her resume, Garrett has been employed
at the county since 1994 when she was hired as Deputy
Clerk of Courts at the Dawson County Clerk of Courts
See Tax14A
Garrett
Comcast offers gigabit services to some Dawson customers
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
According to an announce
ment made Tuesday, Comcast
has completed a 12-mile fiber
network designed to deliver
gigabit speeds to residents and
businesses in close proximity
to the North Georgia Premium
Outlets.
So far, Comcast has com
pleted a fiber backbone in the
Ga. 400 area that will provide
10-gigabit internet service to
the area’s businesses, as well
as 1-gigabit speeds to single
family homes at Black Mill
Preserve on Red Rider Road
and the apartments that are
under construction behind the
Publix shopping center.
Alex Horwitz, vice president
of public relations for
Comcast, said that the 1-gig
provided in residential service
delivers incredibly fast down
load speeds.
“When we announced the
service in Atlanta a couple of
years ago, we had a demo, an
open house where people
could come and see the ser
vice,” Horwitz said. “Using the
1 -gig service we downloaded a
movie like if you were going
on a trip and you wanted to
watch it on your iPad.
Normally something that
would have taken a long time
to download; it downloaded in
five or six seconds.
“So for all the families who
have, let’s say four people in a
household, the kids are on the
XBOX Live and the parents
are on their laptops or iPads,
there is a constant crunch of
bandwidth. When you bring
gigabit technology into the
equation, that goes away.”
The telecommunications
company is encouraging
potential customers to contact
them and ask for service at
their home or business.
Expansion outside of the 400
corridor will be based on
opportunity, according to
Shawn Geagan, vice president
of business development with
Comcast. Geagan is in charge
of identifying areas where the
company can build out and
deliver gigabit speeds to grow
ing areas like Dawson County.
An email address was
included in the news release,
See Comcast 16A
0
9 0 9 9
Inside
Volume 3, Number 36
© 2018, Dawson County News
Dawsonville, Georgia
Church Events
3B
Classifieds
6B
Dear Abby
8A
Deaths
2A
Legals
7B
Opinion
7A
Sports
1B
3A Humane
Society
celebrates
10-year
milestone
4A Citizens
complete law
enforcement
academy
Taking on cancer requires an elite clinical team. That's why Northside
Hospital Cancer Institute has the most board-certified medical
oncologists in Georgia. We diagnose and treat more new cancer cases
than any other hospital in the state—providing care at 48 cancer
centers. Backed by expertise and experience, we're built to beat cancer.
Learn more at builttobeatcancer.com
m
NORTHSIDE
HOSPITAL
‘■BUILT
to BEAT
CANCER
CANCER INSTITUTE
