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4B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, August 22,2018
ChurchEvents, cont
J.C. Riders Motorcycle
Ministry and God's
House of Prayer wel
comes everyone to
Biker's Day on the last
Sunday of every month at
God's House of Prayer at
4625 Canton Hwy.,
Building A, in Cumming.
Sunday school is at 10
a.m. and worship services
are at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
A ride will follow the 11
a.m. service. Services are
also held at 7:30 p.m. on
Wednesday. A love offer
ing will be received to
support the homeless,
families in need, battered
women and children and
a drug and alcohol center
program.You do not have
to ride a motorcycle to be
a part of the ministry,
everyone is welcome. Call
the Rev. G. Allen Boyd at
(770) 893-4613 or Arch
Campbell at (404) 427-
7677 for more informa
tion.
Mothers Against
Methamphetamine
meets the second
Thursday of each month
at 7 p.m. at New Hope
United Methodist Church
in Cumming. MAM is a
support group for those
whose loved ones have
fallen victim to this highly
addictive drug. In addition
to providing Christian
support, they provide
resources for education.
All are invited to come
and educate themselves
for the sake of their
friends and family.
Contact Claire McDonald
at (404) 502-0797 or cmc-
donald@newhopeumc.
org.
Etowah River Church
of Christ invites you to
Sunday Bible Study at
9:30 a.m. Worship is at
10:30 a.m. Sunday and 7
p.m. Wednesday. For
more information, call
(706) 265-8834 or visit
www.etowahriver-
churchofchrist.org.
If you have relatives bur
ied in the Shiloh United
Methodist Church
Cemetery in Cherokee
County offYellow Creek
Road near the old
Stancil's store, please call
(706) 525-9716 or (770)
490-0810 or write to the
Shiloh United Methodist
Church Cemetery
Association of Ball
Ground, Ga. INC at 253
Shiloh Church Road,
Dawsonville, Ga. 30534.
Grace-ln-A-Box offers
free take-home meals
everyThursday afternoon
from 3 to 6 p.m. Food is
offered at the Good
Shepherd Clinic at 45
Medical Center Dr.,
Dawsonville, behind
Burger King.
Abba House is a
Christian church with a
ministry for women with
addiction or mental
health problems. After an
orientation period,
women who receive min
istry can bring their
young children to live and
heal with them. AH is one
of the few programs
where children can join
mothers as they are
receiving ministry for
addiction. On the border
of Dawson and Forsyth
counties, AH is the safe
home many women have
never had. Local churches
and companies that part
ner with AH will have col
lection days where indi
viduals can bring food,
clothing, baby items and
furniture to help support
the ministries. Local
churches will provide
vouchers that can be
redeemed at Abba's
Treasures, a store Abba
House has opened at
6800 Dahlonega Highway
in Silver City. Needed
items are food, clothing,
baby clothing, baby beds,
strollers, most other baby
items, sofas, dressers,
chairs, tables and other
furniture. All donations
are approved by the IRS
as tax deductible. For
information, call (678)
208-2000.
The Christ Fellowship
Church Food Center is
open. Hours of operation
will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
onThursdays. Residents
of Dawson and surround
ing counties are welcome.
The church is at 139
Hightower Pkwy., just off
of Hwy. 53 East, one half
mile from Hwy. 400. For
more information, contact
info@cfchurch.tv.
The Unshakable Word
Church will be holding a
cruise in and swap meet
from noon until 6 p.m.
every fourth Saturday.The
church is at 775 Hwy. 9 N
in Dawsonville, next to
RIC-Rack. For more infor
mation, call Radford
Brownlee at (770) 633-
3905.
DawsonEvents
Listings in Dawson Events are free and available to nonprofit organizations
sponsoring free or low-cost events for the public. Groups may submit notic
es by fax at (706) 265-3276 or via eail at editor@dawsonnews.com.
COMMUNITY
Avita Community
Partners will hold the
monthly meeting of the
board of directors at 7:30
p.m. Aug. 23 at the Avita
Community Partners'
administrative office,
located at 4331 Thurmon
Tanner Parkway in
Flowery Branch.The pub
lic is invited to attend.
For more information or
directions call Regina
Grisham at (678) 513-
5748 or 1(800) 525-8751
or email regina.grish-
am@avitapartners.org.
Get some exercise
while supporting
Kiwanis Club of
Dawson County's mis
sion of strengthening the
community and serving
children with the
Revenuers' 5k and 1-mile
Fun Run, scheduled for
Saturday, Aug. 25 at Rock
Creek Park.The run starts
at 8 a.m. Register online
at active.com.
On Saturday, Aug. 25,
Save Georgia's
Hemlocks will offer a
training class on how to
save endangered
Hemlock trees, a beauti
ful and important feature
in our north Georgia
communities. The event
will be held from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at the BentTree
Fireside Lounge, 40 Little
Pine Mountain Road in
Jasper.
Registration is required.
We hope you'll plan to
come learn how to save
these valuable trees in
your own community.
Please contact Kim Wood
at kimberlyraewood@
gmail.com or (706) 455-
2313 to sign up.
The Dawson
Community Chorale is
looking for singers in all
voice parts for its fall
concert, Mendelssohn's
Elijah with piano accom
paniment. Rehearsals are
on Monday nights at First
Baptist Church of
Dawsonville, located at
900 Hwy. 9 N in
Dawsonville. Rehearsals
will be from 7 to 9 p.m.
beginning Aug. 20, and
the concert is on Nov. 16.
Please call (706) 216-6261
for more information.
Marathon Bridge
Group is looking for
players monthly on the
second Monday of each
month beginning
September 10 at the food
court at the outlet mall.
Contact Linda at (404)
408-8188. Signups
accepted through Aug.
31.
The Rotary Island
Splash Pad at Rock
Creek Park and the
pool at Veterans
Memorial Park will be
open for public day use
through Monday, Sept. 3.
After Sept. 3, both facili
ties will close for the
2018 season and reopen
in May 2019. Rotary
Island is open 10 a.m. to
8 p.m. daily and admis
sion is free.The pool is
open 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
weekends only with $3
daily admission. Please
call (706) 344-3646 for
more information.
A mental health advo
cacy group will offer
free educational classes
for family and friends of
individuals living with a
mental illness. The local
affiliate of the National
Alliance on Mental
Illness, or NAMI, will
offer the family-to-family
program at 6:30 p.m.
Mondays beginning
Sept. 10 in Cumming.
The 11-week program
will continue at the same
time and location on
Monday nights through
Nov. 19. Anyone inter
ested in attending needs
to pre-register by email
ing namifdlga@gmail.
com, visiting www.
namifdl.org or call Linda
Fitzwater at (678) 947-
6156 for more informa
tion.
Ninth District
Opportunity will soon
begin the annual Energy
Assistance Program
(LIHEAP), where citizens
can apply for assistance
with home heating bills.
Appointments can be
scheduled beginning
Nov. 1 and is open only
to seniors 65 and older
and shut-ins of any age.
All those who do not
meet the above criteria
will be able to call on
Dec. 1 to schedule their
appointments. The
Georgia Department of
Human Services will help
pay the heating costs for
gas or electric for eligible
applicants.
The next Pups in the
Park Dog Show and
Festival, hosted by the
Dawson County Humane
Society, is scheduled for
April 13, 2019.The event
will be held from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at Rock Creek
Park.The society is look
ing for vendors for the
event and is accepting
open market merchan
dise such as homemade
jelly, bakery products,
fresh produce, arts and
crafts and more. If you
are interested in having
a booth or for more info
contact the humane soci
ety at (706) 265-9160.
The Dawson County
Library is hosting Adult
Craft Night on the last
Tuesday of each month.
Registration is required;
call the library at (706)
344-3690 to sign up.The
library is located at 342
Allen Street 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.
Free BINGO for seniors
will be held beginning at
9:30 a.m. every
Wednesday at Ingles in
Dawsonville.
GeorgiaCares at
Legacy Link is offering
services to help screen
and enroll for Medicare.
For more information,
call (770) 538-2650.
The National Alliance
on Mental Illness
Forsyth Dawson
Lumpkin Chapter
(NAMI FDL) holds sepa
rate support group meet
ings for family members
and another for adults
with mental illness from
6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
each second and fourth
Thursday of the month
at the Forsyth County
Senior Center.
EDUCATION
Parents of preschool
children who suspect
developmental delays
may have their children
screened by the Dawson
County School System.
The screening covers
five areas of develop
mental growth including
motor skills, adaptive
behavior, social/emotion
al skills, speech/language
and cognitive skills.
Parents must be resi
dents of Dawson County
to be eligible. For more
information or to initiate
the screening process,
contact Early Childhood
Coordinator Shari
Chastain at (706) 216-
5812, ext. 1961.
School system to host inaugural learning academy
By Jessica Brown
jbrown@dawsonnews.com
If there is anything you
ever wanted to know
about the Dawson
County school system,
your chance to have all
those burning questions
answered is coming up.
The Dawson County
School System will be
hosting its inaugural
IDawson Learning
Academy next month for
parents and community
members to learn more
about each and every
department of the school
system.
After introductions
from Superintendent
Damon Gibbs, each
department head will
have an opportunity to
present in front of the
audience. Questions will
be taken after all of the
presentations.
“The Learning
Academy will provide
our community with an
opportunity to learn
more about each of the
operational areas of the
school system,” Gibbs
said. “We are excited to
kick off this new learning
opportunity for the resi-
dents of Dawson
County.”
The learning academy
will take place over two
Tuesdays, from 4 p.m. to
6 p.m. Sept. 11 and Sept.
18 at the Professional
Development Center at
30 Main Street.
Those interested in
attending are asked to
come to both days,
though it is not required.
On Sept. 11, partici
pants will hear from the
finance, human resourc
es, facilities, transporta
tion, operations and safe
ty and nutrition depart
ments.
On Sept. 18, the tech
nology, teaching and
learning, testing and
SI&A, student services
and exceptional children
departments will be pre
senting information
about their programs.
Space for the event is
limited and those inter
ested are asked to RSVP
online or by calling (706)
265-3246.
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work
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Chow down
7 Easter flower
37
Film
19
Parched
8 Baby's ailment
38
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"Acid"
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weapon
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Botanist
11 Moon mission
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for whom a
name
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Unbroken
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hip-hop par
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lance
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entry
diner
agents
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Pussy foot?
20 For fear that
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Carrier
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28
Grind the teeth
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tures
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need
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Make merry
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deposit
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Barber's con
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impact
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candy
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