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4B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, May 9,2018
Miss Dawson County
pageant set for May 17-18
Dawson Schools named
a Common Sense District
From staff reports
Over the span of two
days, beauty queens
from 3 years old to high
school seniors will earn
their crowns at the 2018
Miss Dawson County
pageant scheduled for
May 17-18.
The Tiny Miss pageant
for girls ranging from 3
years to pre-K will be
held at 6 p.m. May 17.
The Wee Miss pageant
for girls in kindergarten
to second grade will fol
low at 7 p.m.
Finishing out the night
will be the Little Miss
pageant for girls in
grades three through five
at 8 p.m.
On Friday May 18, the
Junior Miss pageant for
sixth- to eighth-grade
girls will begin at 6 p.m.
The Mr. Dawson pag
eant for boys in grades
nine through 12 will fol
low at 7 p.m.
The Miss Dawson
pageant for girls in
grades nine through 12
will begin at 8 p.m.
The Miss Sparkle
Special Needs Pageant
will be held during the
intermission of Miss
Dawson.
The pageants are open
to all Dawson County
residents in public, pri
vate and home schools.
Miss Dawson County
is a fundraising event by
the Dawson County
Band Boosters to raise
money for the band pro
gram.
Admission is $5 per
person and People’s
Choice votes are $1
each. Proceeds from the
event go towards the
band program at
Dawson County High
School.
The pageants will be
held in the auditorium of
Dawson County Junior
High School located at
109 Allen St.
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From staff reports
Common Sense, the national nonprofit
organization dedicated to helping kids
and families thrive in a world of digital
media and technology, has recognized
Dawson County Schools as a Common
Sense District.
According to a release from Dawson
County Schools, the recognition
acknowledges the district’s commitment
creating a culture of digital learning and
citizenship.
Dawson County Schools was recog
nized for its commitment to taking a
whole-community approach to preparing
its students to use the immense power of
digital media to explore, create, connect
and learn, while limiting the perils that
exist in the online realm, such as plagia
rism, loss of privacy and cyber bullying.
“We applaud the faculty and staff of
Dawson County Schools for embracing
digital citizenship as an important part of
their students’ education,” said Liz
Kline, vice president of education pro
grams for Common Sense Education.
“Dawson County deserves high praise
for giving its students the foundational
skills they need to compete and succeed
in the 21st-century workplace and partic
ipate ethically in society at large.”
Dawson County Schools has been
using Common Sense Education’s inno
vative and research-based digital citizen
ship resources, which were created in
collaboration with Dr. Howard Gardner
of the GoodPlay Project at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education.
The resources teach students, educa
tors and parents tangible skills related to
Internet safety, protecting online reputa
tions and personal privacy, managing
online relationships and respecting cre
ative copyright. The free resources are
currently used in more than 90,000
classrooms nationwide.
“We’re honored to be recognized as a
Common Sense District” said
Superintendent Dr. Damon Gibbs. “By
preparing our students to use technology
safely and responsibly, we are providing
them unlimited opportunities to maxi
mize and personalize their learning.”
For more information about Dawson
County Schools, go to www.dawson-
countyschools.org.
To learn more about the criteria
Dawson County met to become recog
nized as a Common Sense District, visit
https://www.commonsense.org/educa-
tion/recognition-districts.
Dawson Events
Listings in Dawson Events are free and available to nonprofit organizations
sponsoring free or low-cost events for the public. Groups may submit notices
by fax at (706) 265-3276 or via email at editor@dawsonnews.com.
COMMUNITY
Keep Dawson County
Beautiful is hosting a
tire recycling day
Saturday, May 12 begin
ning at 8 a.m. Bring your
tires to the Dawson
CountyTransfer Station,
located at 946 Burt Creek
Road in Dawsonville.
The Bowen Center for
the Arts is hosting an
evening concert May 11,
featuring glass harpist
Brien Engel.The concert
will be held at 7 p.m.,
and tickets for the perfor
mance are $10.The
Bowen is also hosting a
month-long exhibit fea
turing glass art work
from over 20 instructors
and students from
Dunwoody's Spruill
Center for the Arts.The
exhibit is open through
May 25. All Bowen exhib
its are free and open to
the public.The Bowen
Center for the Arts is
located at 334 Flwy. 9
North in Dawsonville,
just north the historic
square next to Lanier
Tech. Visit www.
BowenArts.org or call
(706) 216-ARTS(2787) for
more information and
hours of operation.
The Georgia Racing
Hall of Fame invites the
public to the 9th annual
Memorial Day Car Show
and Heritage Festival
from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday, May 26
(rain date May 27 or May
28). Registration for vehi
cles begins at 8 a.m. The
fee is $20, and there are
23 trophies to be award
ed. Set-up for Heritage
Day Vendors begins at
7:30 a.m. with a fee of
$20 (food vendors call for
pricing). Anyone with
Heritage Items to demon
strate or show will not
be charged a fee. For car
show information, call
Benny at (706) 864-4026
or Linda at (770) 560-
3167; for Heritage Day
Information, call Sandra
at (706) 864-4026 or Faye
at (770) 893-8230.
Contact the museum at
(706)216-7223.
The Bowen Center for
the Arts will host a
Critters Juried Art Show,
exhibiting from June 1
through June 29. An
opening awards recep
tion will be held from 5
p.m. to 7 p.m. June 1. A
Critters Festival will be
held from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. June 2 at the
Bowen, featuring the
Dawson County Humane
Society with animal
adoptions on site, as well
as boutique pet supplies,
handmade arts and
crafts, food and fun and
more. Vendors are wel
come — apply by May
19. For juried art show
and vendor entries con
tact director® bowenarts.
org.The Bowen is located
at 334 Hwy. 9 North in
Dawsonville.
The Bowen Center for
the Arts is taking reser
vations for their annual
Artful Cork wine tasting,
set for Saturday, June 9.
The event will be held
from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. at the Chestatee
Golf Club, located at 777
Dogwood Way in
Dawsonville.Tickets are
$45 per person and
wines will be provided by
Talk of theTable.There
will also be heavy hors
d'oeurves and a silent
auction. RSVP by May 26.
Reserve online at www.
bowenarts.org or call
(706) 216-ARTS (2787).
The Bowen is located at
334 Hwy. 9 North in
Dawsonville.
The Dawson County
Library will host Snakes
Alive from 11 a.m. to 12
p.m. June 13. Smithgall
Woods Interpritive
Specialist will bring lots
of slithering friends.The
event is free. The library
is located at 342 Allen St.
in Dawsonville.
The Amicalola
Regional Farmers
Market is open from
3:30 to 7 p.m. each Friday
at Veterans Memorial
Park, 186 Recreational
Road in Dawsonville. If
you are interested in
becoming a vendor email
Clark MacAllister, county
extension agent, at clark-
mac@uga.edu.
MEETINGS/SUPPORT
GROUPS
Dawson County
Friends of Recovery
(DFOR) meets monthly at
2 p.m. on the third
Tuesday at the Dawson
County Library.The
group strives to increase
public awareness of the
programs and benefits of
Drug Court, DUI Court,
HELP Court and Family
Treatment Court.To get
more information, con
tact CarlaTurner at (931)
273-9323.
AARP meets at 3 p.m.
the firstTuesday of every
month, except July and
August, at the Senior
Center.
AL-ANON, a support
group for families and
friends of alcoholics, has
changed locations.
Meetings are every
Thursday from 6:30 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. at the Church
of the Apostles located
on 32 Grant Road W. in
Dawsonville. For more
information, call (855)
254-3414.
A support group for
kinship families, grand
parents and other rela
tives caring for children
meets from 5:30 p.m. to 7
p.m. on the third
Wednesday of each
month at Saint Elizabeth's
Episcopal Church, 1188
Hamp Mill Road,
Dahlonega. Children are
welcome. For more infor
mation, call Jocelyn (706)
864-2768.
Alzheimer's
Association Caregiver
Support Group for
Dawson and Pickens
counties meets at 1 p.m.
the second Monday of
each month atTrinity
Evangelical Church, 2685
Steve Tate Highway,
Marble Hill.The meeting
is held in a downstairs
gathering room at the
rear of the building. Call
facilitator Ada Holley at
(404)625-3694 or email
alcholley@gmail.com for
more information.
Dawson County
Democratic Party
meets at 6 p.m. the sec-
ondThursday of each
month at the Dawson
County Library.
Committee meetings are
every other month.
Anyone interested is
invited to attend.
Dawson Against
Substance Abuse
meets at 3 p.m. the
fourth Thursday of each
month at Etowah Water
and Sewer Authority's
conference room.The
public is invited. For
more information, call
(706) 265-1981.
Dawson County
Historical and
Genealogical Society
meets at 5:30 p.m. the
fourthTuesday of each
month, except for
December, at the Dawson
County Library. Dawson
County Heritage and
Pictorial books, as well as
cemetery books, are
available through the
society.
Narcotics Anonymous
meets at 8 p.m. every
Saturday night at Bethel
United Methodist Church,
100 Lumpkin
Campground Road.
Meetings are also held at
noon each Thursday, at 7
p.m. each Friday and at 5
p.m. each Saturday.
Women's group meets at
7:30 p.m. each Thursday
and at 7 p.m. each
Sunday at Dawson
County Counseling, 30
Industrial Park Road,
Suite 200. For more infor
mation, call (800) 837-
4239.
No One Alone (NOA),
the domestic violence
shelter serving Lumpkin
and Dawson counties,
conducts weekly support
groups from noon to 1
p.m. everyTuesday for
women and children to
give victims the opportu
nity to process current
abuse and the emotions
accompanying domestic
violence situations.
Childcare is provided. For
more information, call
(706) 864-1986.NOA is
also collecting old cellu
lar phones.To donate an
old phone to help a vic
tim of domestic violence,
call (706) 864-1306.
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