Wednesday, November 7,2018
dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 3A
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Veterans
This year marks the
100th anniversary of the
end of World War I, and
to celebrate that this
year’s parade will honor
WWI veterans with a sol
dier in a 100-year-old
WWI uniform.
Leading the parade will
be Grand Marshal A1
Wilson, a WWII veteran.
The parade will also fea
ture the Dawson County
High School band, vin
tage military vehicles,
Junior ROTC cadets,
floats from local organi
zations and a number of
show vehicles.
“We invite all veterans
to join us for lunch, and
all Dawson County resi
dents to join us for the
program and parade and
help us honor our veter
ans and the memory of
those who served in the
‘Great War,’ World War
I,” said Don Brown, past
president of veterans
affairs.
Other Veterans Day
events will start this
weekend.
The American Legion
Post 247 will be holding a
flag retirement ceremony
at 10 a.m. Nov. 10 at
Veterans Memorial Park
in Dawsonville. Boy
Scout Troop 422 will also
assist in the program.
They invite anyone
with any old, unusable
flags to be disposed of, to
bring them for a dignified
disposal. It is also recom
mended that attendees
bring a chair.
In Dahlonega, the
United States Army
Rangers are sponsoring
the second annual
Veterans Appreciation
Weekend Celebration
Nov. 10-12.
Events include a 5/10K
charity run (Run for
Rangers) at 8 a.m. Nov.
10 followed by the annual
Veterans Day Parade at
10 a.m. A music festival
at Hancock Park will fol
low from 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. Food, beverages
and merchandise will be
available in the park.
Admission for all veter
ans is free.
From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
on Nov. 11 there will be
a 64 mile metric/32 mile
half metric/20 mile
charity fundraising
cycling ride beginning
at Hancock Park, and
scheduled for 9 a.m. to
6 p.m. Nov. 12 is the
first annual Team
Ranger Golf
Tournament at Achasta
Golf Course in
Dahlonega. Proceeds
will be used for veter
ans’ aid and support
programs.
Visit www.veter-
ansappreciationday.org
to register for events or
make a donation.
Also this weekend,
No One Alone is hosting
their annual Chili Cook-
Off from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. Nov. 10 at St.
Fuke’s Catholic Church
in Dahlonega.
Everyone is invited to
the all-you-can-eat chili
lunch that includes chili
and all the fixings plus
corn bread, a drink and
banana pudding.
Admission is $10 for
adults and $5 for kids
12 and under. Kids five
and under eat free and
families pay a maximum
of $25. Veterans eat half
price.
Proceeds benefit No
One Alone and help vic
tims of domestic abuse.
On Nov. 27, the
Dawson County
Chamber of Commerce
will be hosting a
Business After Hours
honoring veterans.
The Business After
Hours will be held from
5 to 7 p.m. at the
Georgia Racing Hall of
Fame and the speaker
will be Colonel Billy
Wells.
The event will be
catered by Tam’s
Backstage. RSVP at
www.dawson.org or call
(706) 265-6278.
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Medical
beautiful facility would
end up being a place of
healing and a place of
hope and I think you’ll
all agree we have
achieved that.”
State Representative
Kevin Tanner, who has
lived in Dawson County
all his life, said that one
of the things the county
lacked when he was
growing up was an
urgent care facility, and
that he and his family
members would have to
travel elsewhere for
medical care after
hours.
“One of the things we
talk about a lot in the
general assembly, as we
travel around the state,
is healthcare and the
fact that so many of our
communities in rural
Georgia are losing
healthcare facilities.
I’m thankful that we
don’t have that issue in
our community,” Tanner
said.
Tanner said that since
the facility opened five
years ago, nearly
70,000 patients have
visited the Urgent Care
Center, almost 35,000
have visited the
Imaging Center and
thousands more have
visited the physician
offices and Health Link
Lab.
“There is no question
of whether or not this is
needed in our commu
nity, those are stagger
ing numbers,” Tanner
said.
Tad Gomez, vice
president of
Professional and
Support Services for
NGHS, said that when
Medical Plaza 400 was
first opened, Northeast
Georgia Physicians
Group offered services
that included family
medicine, neurology,
general surgery con
sults, urology and
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The Heart Center of
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Medical Center also has
an office at the plaza and
Imaging Services has
added new technologies
such as 3D mammogra
phy, which was added in
June of this year.
Patients visiting
Medical Plaza 400 have
access to the 3D
Automated Breast
Ultrasounds, called
ABUS, which provide a
more detailed view as a
supplement to traditional
2D mammography.
Julie Pardue Presley,
MD, of Gainesville
Radiology Group and
medical director of
Women’s Imaging at
NGMC, told the
Gainesville Times in July
that traditional mammo
grams give radiologists a
flat, two-dimensional
representation of the
breast.
“The new technology
creates a 3D image using
many layers of the
breast, so fine details are
more visible and no lon
ger hidden by the tissue
above or below,” she
said. “The technology
means radiologists have
to do fewer callbacks for
repeat exams because
what appeared to be
questionable in a tradi
tional image may be very
clear in a 3D image.”
The technology reduc
es the chance of being
called back for a follow
up mammogram by 40
percent. The ABUS is
not any more invasive
than a traditional mam
mogram and is covered
by most insurance pro
viders.
Gomez said that
NGHS also recently
launched a new electron
ic medical records sys
tem called Epic, which is
available to all providers
at all locations within the
system so that doctors
and nurses can easily
access a patient’s entire
chart with medications,
test results and medical
history. In addition
patients can access their
information through an
app called MyChart.
Gomez also addressed
the medical system’s
plans for Fumpkin
County. NGHS pur
chased the Chestatee
Regional Hospital prop
erty in Fumpkin in July.
“We then sold the
property to the University
System of Georgia’s
Board of Regents, and we
are now leasing that
property back,” Gomez
said. “We know that
many people are anxious
to know what health care
in Fumpkin County will
look like moving for
ward, and I can assure
you that we are well in
the middle of planning
for exactly what that’s
going to mean.”
Gomez said that within
the past month they had
hosted 20 focus groups
and interviews with com
munity leaders and
healthcare providers to
gather their input on what
services could be suc
cessful and sustainable in
Fumpkin County.
He said that they have
launched an online sur
vey and encouraged
everyone to provide their
thoughts on the future of
NGHS at nghs.com/
Fumpkin.
“We would like as
much community input
on this group of decisions
as possible,” Gomez said.
“We hope to finalize our
plans by the end of this
year.”
Mr. Jimmy Lee Florence, age 46 of Dalton, GA passed away on Tuesday
morning, October 23rd, 2018 at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, TN.
Mr. Florence was born on March 21st, 1972 in Douglasville, GA to his late
parents, Jerry David Florence, Sr. and Hazel Lee Florence. Jimmy was of
the Baptist faith and was employed at Imagine That Playhouse and More
as a carpenter.
He is survived by his wife of 15 years, Sherry Nichols Florence of the
home in Dalton, GA; daughters and son-in-law, Jennifer and Scott
Roberts of Dalton, GA, Ann Marie Breor of Monroe, Ga, Jesse Hampton
of Jasper, GA, Danielle Reed of Dalton, GA; sons and daughter-in-law,
Andrew and Lindsay Her of Okatie, SC, Corey Dakota of Ellijay, GA;
grandchildren, Lynessa Marie Brewer, Avery and Malory Her, Ella and
Emma Hampton, Lucas Reed, Kinnidy and Noah Breor; sisters and
brother-in-law, Sandra and Will Foster of Douglasville, GA, Jan Florence
of Douglasville, GA; brothers, Jerry Florence of Blairsville, GA, Herbert
Alan Florence of Dalton, GA also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm on Tuesday, October 30th, 2018
from the Logan Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Bradley and Bro.
Joshua Bartlett officiating. Interment will follow in the
Ellijay City Cemetery.
Online condolences may be made to the family at
www.loganfuneralhome.com
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