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8A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com Wednesday, May 2,2018 Photos by Jessica Brown Dawson County News Left, family and friends of Susan Williams joined together as Team Susan during the team lap at Relay for Life. Williams, a longtime Dawson County resident, lost her battle to cancer in January, but thanks to the love of her family, her message of turning "a mess into a message" will always be heard. Above, purple ribbons decora tions were on display, reminding everyone at Relay for Life that the night was about hope for a cure. FROM 1A Relay Public officials includ ing Sheriff Jeff Johnson, Dawsonville City Councilman Jason Power, Clerk of Courts Justin Power, BOE mem bers Roger Slaton and Karen Armstrong, Tax Commissioner Nicole Stewart and Representative Kevin Tanner lined up, prepared for pies to be flung at their faces. Before the “Pie in the Face” began, Armstrong was excited to volunteer her face as a target for the pies. And after the pies stopped flying, Armstrong was all smiles. “It was a lot of fun,” she said with a grin. Rep. Kevin Tanner wiped whipped cream from his eyes and described it as a “very creamy experience.” Young children, encouraged by their par ents, lined up in droves and were eager for the chance to pie public offi cials. Tiny tot Alena Sewell, 2, stole the show when the “Pie in the Face” fun draiser began as she made her way to all the public officials and gin gerly placed her plate of whipped cream on their faces. The smiling tod dler couldn’t contain her happiness and came run ning back with more and more pies, causing the gathered crowd and the officials covered in whipped topping to erupt in laughter. Sewell also grabbed a towel and helped to wipe off Justin Power’s face after she pied him. Six-year breast cancer survivor Janice Blalock couldn’t hold back her laughter as she pied every official in the line up. “It was a lot of fun and it goes to a good cause,” said Blalock. It was Blalock’s fifth year at Dawson County Relay for Fife. She said she was lucky to have caught her cancer early through her yearly mam mogram, and stressed the importance for all women to get their yearly mammogram as it can save their life. Northside Hospital was the presenting level spon sor for this year’s Relay for Fife, and Dr. Farry Anderson of Anderson Family Medicine took the stage to address the crowd with an important message to survivors. “I applaud the courage that it took for you to recognize you know that something was wrong and to go through the therapy and get it treat ed,” said Anderson. He added that the “See something say some thing” message he saw at the Atlanta airport also applies to early signs of cancer. “You’d be surprised at how many cancers you can see just by looking at somebody. You can look at granddad and say ‘That flaky thing on your ear, you need to get it looked at,’” said Anderson. “We’re very fortunate to live in a county that has a great deal of physicians that are able to do early diag nosis and initiate treat ment. We have great imaging centers for MRIs, CTs, ultrasounds and mammograms so take advantage of those.” FROM 1A Cyber An update from the county manager mid-week stated that no critical or essential services such as E911 or emergency response were impacted by the attack. “County offices have remained open as normal and, under the circumstances, are functioning well and continue to serve the citizenry,” County Manager David Headley said. “At this time, no personnel data or banking information is believed compromised. Employees will continue to be paid as normal, and our teams continue to work to fully restore computer systems.” The point of entry for the attack has not been deter mined. The county does have a cyber insurance policy in place through the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, but prior to Monday it did not have an emergency management plan in place for a ransomware attack. Shattuck also said that the attack is similar to one the city of Atlanta experienced in March, which brought city ser vices to a halt. The city has spent millions of dollars in the aftermath of the attack. According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, there were more than 4,000 ransomware attacks on average that occurred daily since Jan. 1, 2016. “This is a 300 percent increase over the approximate ly 1,000 attacks per day seen in 2015,” the department said in a memo. 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