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Wednesday, August 22,2018
dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 3A
Food Truck Night continues to grow
By Jessica Brown
jbrown@dawsonnews.com
The threat of rain early
in the afternoon Friday
didn’t deter enthusiastic
residents from partaking in
the third food truck night
hosted by the city of
Dawsonville.
By the time the food
trucks were ready to hand
out delicious meals, the sun
shone brightly and hun
dreds of people stopped by
to sample the local fares of
the Amicalola Regional
Farmers Market vendors,
grab a bite of various cui
sines and desserts, play
corn hole and enjoy the
small town atmosphere.
“With the prediction of
rain we were concerned...
but it’s beautiful now,” said
Mayor Mike Eason.
“We’ve got a great crowd.
Vendors seem to be happy.
They’re selling food and
got lines.”
Eason predicted that 400
to 500 people would stop
by the food truck night
based on the two previous
turnouts.
“I couldn’t be happier
with the turnout,” said
councilmember Stephen
Tolson, who attended the
festivities with his wife and
kids.
The trucks are set up on
Bill Elliott Street and
Tucker Avenue, two side
streets behind the Purple
Com Boutique and next to
the Dawson County News
building.
The central location is
easy for Dawsonville resi
dents to access either by
parking across the street at
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Left, the Jay's
Mexican Grill
food truck stayed
busy during
Dawsonville's
third food truck
night Aug. 17.
Below, inflatable
slides were pro
vided by the city
of Dawsonville
for kids to enjoy
at food truck
night on Friday.
the courthouse and by the
sheriff’s office or by walk
ing from their homes in
nearby subdivisions.
“The concept was to cre
ate something that people
could walk to and part of
downtown development is
creating a walkable envi
ronment,” Tolson said.
The city provided boun
cy houses and inflatable
slides for kids to enjoy at
no cost and expanded the
festivities to include local
merchants and vendors
from the Amicalola
Regional Farmers Market
(which usually sets up shop
at Veterans Memorial Park)
ensuring that there was
plenty to do during the
Aug. 17 event.
“We’re just trying to get
it so it’s a great community
event,” Eason said.
Food Truck Friday began
three months ago when the
city hosted its first event on
May 4. With the popularity
of the event continuously
growing in the community,
the city has planned a Food
Truck Friday once a month
until the end of the year.
The next food truck
night is scheduled for 5
p.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 14.
Photos by Jessica Brown Dawson County News
Milestones results show tremendous improvement
By Jessica Brown
jbrown@dawsonnews.com
In the fourth year of the
Georgia Milestones assess
ment, Dawson County stu
dents have shown improve
ment above state averages
for the 2018 school year.
At the Aug. 13 board of
education meeting, Nicole
FeCave, director of teach
ing and learning, presented
the district’s rankings in the
assessments and showed
how the district has
improved its rankings in
most content areas over the
last school year.
The Georgia Milestones
Assessment Systems, or
GMAS, results for spring
2018 were released by the
Georgia Department of
Education July 27.
During the Georgia
Milestones Assessment
System exams, students in
grades three through eight
are tested using an end of
grade test, while high
school students are admin
istered end of course tests
at the end of the winter and
spring semesters.
Students are graded in
four levels, from the low
est, which is beginning
learner, to developing
learner, proficient learner
and distinguished learner.
Students who are rated a
developing learner or above
are considered to have a
passing grade.
Dawson County belongs
to the Pioneer RESA, one
of the most competitive
RESA, or Regional
Educational Service
Agency, regions in the
state. The district saw
improvements in all but
three rankings for FY18.
LeCave said that the
number of students in
grades three through eight
reading above grade level
was a higher percentage
than the state and Pioneer
RESA averages.
The district’s GMAS
averages for students scor
ing developing, proficient
and distinguished in grades
three through fifth were
higher than the state in
eight out of eight content
areas while students in
grades six through eight
scored higher than the state
in seven out of eight con
tent areas, she said. The
exception was a slightly
below state average in
eighth grade science.
The end of course assess
ments completed by ninth
through 12th graders as
well as eighth grade stu
dents taking ninth grade
level courses showed that
the district’s GMAS aver
ages for students scoring
developing or higher were
higher than the state in
eight out of eight content
areas and above Pioneer
RESA in five out of eight
areas.
Results from the Biology
EOC in Dawson County
show a 12 percentage point
Dumphy memorial golf
tournament to be Sept. 8
From staff reports
On June 27, 2015, Joe Dumphy, a ris
ing sophomore at North Forsyth High
School, was injured in a tragic car acci
dent outside Chestatee Golf Club on Ga.
400. After a month of
trying to recover, the
15-year-old and promis
ing golf standout died
on July 26, 2015, donat
ing five vital organs so
others could live.
Dumphy’s parents,
Dumphy Charley and Deb
Dumphy, along with his
sister Olivia, started the
Joe Dumphy Memorial Golf
Scholarship (JDMGS), a 501(c)(3) char
ity that recognizes local college-bound
high school seniors who emulate
Dumphy’s character, citizenship, faith-
based attitude and sense of giving.
In the three years of its existence, the
foundation has awarded more than
$32,000 in scholarships. JDMGS is
able to provide the scholarships due to
the generosity of the community, fund
raising efforts, family donations and the
success of the memorial golf tourna
ment held at Chestatee Golf Club in
Dawsonville each year.
Year after year, the golf tournament
has grown from an original field of
approximately 60 golfers to almost 80
the second year to over 90 last year.
Organizers are hoping for a full field of
144 players this year, making this one of
the major charitable tournaments in the
area.
The scramble-format tournament will
be held at Chestatee Golf Club on
Saturday, Sept. 8. The $125 tournament
fee includes greens and cart fees, break
fast, lunch and frozen custard dessert
bar provided by Freddy’s Frozen
Custard and Steak Burgers.
Beyond that, players receive raffle
tickets for dozens of outstanding prizes
donated by local merchants as well as
the chance at the grand prize of a Big
Green Egg.
A separate 50/50 raffle will also be
conducted at the end of the luncheon.
On the golf course, players will com
pete for Closest to the Pin prizes on all
five par 3 holes, longest drive for men
and women and this year, for the first
time, a hole-in-one on #17 (where
Dumphy had a hole-in-one) will win the
player a 2-year lease on a Cadillac from
Atlanta Classic Cadillac/Subaru.
Anyone interested in playing in this
charity event can call Chestatee Golf
Club at (706) 216-7336 to register as a
single or foursome.
lead above the state average
and 10 percentage points
above Pioneer RESA,
LeCave said. Physical
Science showed similar
results, with 13 percentage
points above the state and
12 percentage points above
Pioneer RESA.
In the state, eighth grade
Social Studies ranked 10th,
American Literature and
Reading Above Grade
Level ranked 16th and
American Literature ranked
20th.
The end of course results
for American Literature
and Physical Science saw
the most drastic changes in
students scoring developing
or higher with a five per
cent and four percent
increase respectively.
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