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Historic football
season comes
to an end
SPORTS, IB
Dawson native talks
working on Kemp
campaign
LOCAL, 3A
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Riverview's Mashburn honored
Elementary school principal recognized in Washington D.C. as National Distinguished Principal
By Jessica Taylor
jtaylor@dawsonnews.com
Riverview Elementary
School Principal Julia
Mashburn was formally recog
nized as the 2018 Georgia
Nationally Distinguished
Principal at the Nov. 13 board
of education meeting in cele
bration of her recent trip to the
national awards conference in
Washington D.C. last month.
Mashburn, who has served as
the principal of Riverview since
its inception, was one of three
elementary school principals in
the state to be recognized with
the national title this year. She
is one of only 82 principals in
Georgia to have received the
award since the National
Association of Elementary
School Principals (NAESP)
began in 1984.
“Talk about a Cinderella
story. I mean if you feel like
you could just be that person
that goes from a pumpkin to a
coach, Dawson County is a
place where it can happen,”
Mashburn said. “I’m so proud
to represent Dawson County,
and especially Riverview
Elementary, as Georgia’s 2018
Nationally Distinguished
Principal.”
At last week’s meeting,
Mashburn shared excerpts from
the speech she delivered at the
2018 National Distinguished
Principal event held in
Washington D.C. in October.
“As a child I always dreamed
of being a teacher,” Mashburn
said. “I grew up in metro
Atlanta. I played school all the
time and I remember begging
my mom for cheap textbooks at
the local discount store so I
could really be the teacher.”
Because of influential educa
tors in her life who helped her
excel in her studies, Mashburn
was able to pursue a degree at a
community college.
“My parents, they loved me
with all their heart and with all
See Principal 16A
‘Everybody’s a family’
Photos by Jessica Taylor Dawson County News
The Rotary Thanksgiving dinner Monday night brought out hundreds of community members for the free
holiday fixings provided Nov. 19 by Rotarians as a way to give back to Dawson County.
Dawson Rotary Club serves Thanksgiving dinner to community
By Jessica Taylor
jtaylor@dawsonnews.com
There wasn’t a single stranger at
the gymnasium at Veterans
Memorial Park Monday night.
Hundreds of community members
came out for a free Thanksgiving
meal prepared and served by mem
bers of the Rotary Club of Dawson
County as its way of serving the
community.
“Our Rotary Club of Dawson
County, we’re very proud to be part
of this community and do as much as
we can to help our residents,” said
Rotarian Randy Wells, as he sur
veyed the growing crowd.
Wells, along with Tax
Commissioner Nicole Stewart and
Chamber of Commerce President
Christie Moore co-chaired the
See Rotary 18A
Rotarian and Dawson County Coroner Ted Bearden serves up a
holiday dish with a smile Nov. 19.
Black Friday
deals coming
late Thursday
Big retailers aren’t waiting
for Friday for holiday sales
By Jessica Taylor
jtaylor@dawsonnews.com
The 2018 holiday season kicks off this week
as family and friends gather together to cele
brate Thanksgiving with holiday traditions
including mapping out Black Friday shopping
strategies in order to catch some of the best
deals.
For those planning to finish up their turkey
day meals then camp out for early Friday morn
ing deals, bundle up. The current forecast is
calling for a chilly Friday with a high of 46
degrees and rain moving in during the evening.
For those getting a jump on Black Friday and
hitting the stores Thursday night, there isn’t
expected to be any rain in your way.
See Friday 16A
Chicken plant
spill makes
‘Dirty Dozen’
annual list
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
A chemical spill at a Dawsonville chicken
processing plant that killed more than 8,000
fish in March of this year has been named one
of the 12 worst offenses to Georgia’s waters by
the Georgia Water Coalition.
A 29-page report released by the coalition on
Nov. 13 classifies the incident one of a “Dirty
Dozen” areas in Georgia where the health of
Georgia’s water is threatened either through
policies or incidents.
On March 20, a forklift operator at Gold
Creek Foods in Dawsonville accidentally
See Dirty 16A
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Volume 4, Number 9
© 2018, Dawson County News
Dawsonville, Georgia
Church Events
3B
Classifieds
7B
Dear Abby
6B
Deaths
2A
Legals
7B
Opinion
9A
Sports
1B
2A Commissioners
office to remain
open late for last
minute property
tax payments
4A Why you
should shop
local for all
your holiday
needs
We're all
grown up.
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