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Wednesday, October 3,2018 dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 5B 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 The city of Dawsonville will host FoodTruck Fridays from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 5 and Nov. 2.The food trucks will be located downtown on Bill Elliott Street andTucker Avenue, next to the Purple Corn Boutique and Dawson County News. Food truck vendors, inflata- bles, face painting, balloon animals and corn hole will be among the festivities. The event will be held weather permitting. Parking is limited so city residents are encouraged to walk to the event. American Sign Language North Georgia is hosting its first Dawson County meeting at Panera Bread from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Oct. 6.The group is a way for everyone to prac tice ASL and connect with others in the north Georgia area. All ages and ASL abil ities are welcome.The group plans to meet once per month. Join the Facebook group ASL North Georgia to learn more. The Dawsonville chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace is currently looking for volunteers to round out their core team who will be trained in the process of building beds and leading one-time volunteers at build events. Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a non profit organization that builds beds for children in the community who do not have beds of their own. Volunteers will learn howto build bunk beds and assist with delivery and assembly to children in need. For more informa tion on Sleep in Heavenly Peace or to become a vol unteer, contact chapter president Skip Sevier at skip.sevier@shpbeds.org. 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'sujiu S3 :0LU|j uo;in|OS sjdMsuy Phil Hudgins, author of Travels with Foxfire, will be the guest speaker for the Lumpkin County Historical Society (LCHS) meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 in the Lumpkin County Parks and Rec building at 365 Riley Road, in Dahlonega. Books will be available for sale and for signing after the meeting. LCHS invites everyone to attend and light refresh ments will be served. Travels with Foxfire was released in August and has several Lumpkin County connections including a chapter on former sole commissioner J.B. Jones, Monday night music gath erings in the Auraria Community and quotes from several Lumpkin County residents. The Dawson County Library is hosting two free pumpkin decorating ses sions on Oct. 13.The first session will be from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and the second will be from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Space is limited. Sign up to decorate a pumpkin with paint, stick ers and a variety of craft supplies. Pumpkins and supplies will be provided. Bring a box to carry your pumpkin home. Sign-ups begin Oct. 1. Call (706) 864- 3668 or stop by the front desk to register. Available for ages 3-17.The library is located at 342 Allen Street in Dawsonville. The Goodwill Career Center will hold a multi employer job fair from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18.This is a great chance to meet with hiring managers of over 20 local businesses including Big Canoe, Gymboree, Etcon Employment Solutions, Len Foote Hike Inn, Chick-fil-A, BTD Manufacturing and many more who will conduct interviews on site.There is no cost to participate.The center is inside the Goodwill store at 66 S. 400 Center Lane in Dawsonville.The WorkSource Georgia Mountains mobile training unit will also be onsite to offer resume assistance and skills assessments. All job fair participants will receive a coupon for 25 percent off at the Dawsonville Goodwill Store, valid Oct. 18, 2018 only. Dawson County will be hosting a Community Connections Workshop from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Margie Weaver Senior Center. The agenda will include a focus on transportation with overviews from County Manager David Headley and Dawsonville Mayor Mike Eason.There will also be an open question and discussion forum.The pub lic is invited to attend. For more information, contact Kristen Cloud at kcloud@ dawsoncounty.org or (706) 344-3501.The senior center is located at 201 Recreation Road in Dawsonville. Come watch seasonal favorite movie "Hocus Pocus" (rated PG) at the Dawson County Library from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 23. The event is free and pop corn and beverages will be provided.The library is located at 342 Allen Street in Dawsonville. Nearly 100 quilts are on display at the Bowen Center for the Arts' annual quilt show.The exhibit fea tures work by the Heart in Hand Quilt Guild and will be on display through Oct. 26.Tickets for the 2018 raf fle quilt. Goodnight, Irene, are also being sold at the Bowen for $1 each or $5 for six.The quilt was pre pared by over 42 quilters and will be raffled off Dec. 12.The Guild meets at 6:30 p.m. every secondTuesday at the Bowen. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Tuesday through Friday and 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free.The Bowen is located at 334 Hwy. 9 S in Dawsonville. Call the Bowen at (706) 216-2787 for more infor mation or visit www. bowenarts.org. The Crochet Club hosted at the Dawson County Library has donated a handmade afghan to raffle. The members of the club each contributed a granny square or two to the blan ket and are raffling the blanket off as a thank you to the library for providing meeting space.Tickets will be sold throughout October with the drawing to be held Nov. 1.Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. All proceeds will go toward library programs. Contact the library at (706) 344-3690 for more infor mation. 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 looking for vendors for the event and is accepting open market merchandise such as homemade jelly, bakery products, fresh produce, arts and crafts and more. If you are interested in hav ing a booth or for more info contact the humane society 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 exten sion agent, at clarkmac@ uga.edu. Free BINGO for seniors will be held beginning at 9:30 a.m. everyWednesday at Ingles in Dawsonville. GeorgiaCares at Legacy Link is offering services to help screen and enroll for Medicare. For more infor mation, call (770) 538-2650. The National Alliance on Mental Illness Forsyth Dawson Lumpkin Chapter (NAMI FDL) holds separate sup port group meetings for family members and another for adults with mental illness from 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. each sec ond and fourthThursday of the month at the Forsyth County Senior Center. High-speed satellite Internet is available in your neighborhood! HughesNet® Gen5 is here! 0 Faster Speeds All plans come with the same fast speeds - 25 Mbps* 0 More Data A range of service plans with data from 10 GB to 50 GB per month 0 Built-in Wi-Fi Lets you connect your devices at home FREE Standard Installation** 1 Limited-time Offer! 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