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Wednesday, October 3,2018
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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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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.
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