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4A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, November 28,2018
FROM 1A
Christmas
Among the things available for
purchase will be Santa photo pack
ages, wreaths, live Christmas trees
from Bradley’s Farm, horse-drawn
carriage rides and breakfast provid
ed by Chick-fil-A.
Organizers ask for cash only.
Proceeds from Breakfast with
Santa benefit K.A.R.E. for Kids, a
local nonprofit organization that
provides Christmas to underprivi
leged children in the community as
well as provides other assistance
throughout the year.
Admission to Breakfast with
Santa is free.
Rock Creek Park is at 445 Martin
Road in Dawsonville.
Later in the afternoon, festivities
in downtown Dawsonville will be
kicking off with the annual parade,
Jingle Market and tree lighting.
The Jingle Market at city hall will
open at 3 p.m. Dec. 1.
Vendors at the market will be
inside and outside the Georgia
Racing Hall of Fame until 8 p.m.
Home decor, arts, crafts and gifts at
the Jingle Market will help visitors
get a head start on their holiday
shopping.
The sixth annual Dawsonville’s
Christmas Parade will start at 5
p.m. with colorful and festive floats
created by local organizations,
churches and businesses.
The parade will run through
downtown Dawsonville, starting at
Academy Avenue, turning onto
Hwy. 53 and ending at Dawsonville
Municipal Complex.
The city of Dawsonville will also
be hosting the last food truck night
Photos by Jessica Taylor Dawson County News
Footprints Dance Allegiance showed off one of their dance routines
while walking through the parade 2017 Dawsonville Christmas
parade.
of 2018 Saturday night from 5 to
8:30 p.m.
Food truck vendors, inflatables,
face painting, balloon animals and
corn hole will be among the festivi
ties.
After watching the parade, scor
ing some delicious food from food
truck vendors and shopping for hol
iday gifts, be sure not to miss the
tree lighting at 6:30 p.m.
Immediately following the
parade, spectators will gather
around the Christmas tree in front
of city hall to give out the parade
awards in various categories from
best float to biggest group.
Once the sun is down and every
one is gathered around, the count
down for the annual tree lighting
will begin and officially ring in the
Christmas season.
Charlie Speaks, 4, and Olivia
Speaks, 8, were all smiles when
meeting Santa Claus at the 2017
Breakfast with Santa event at
Rock Creek Park.
Nominations
open Saturday
for Best of
Dawson contest
From staff reports
It’s that time of year again, when the
Dawson County News asks the community to
select the best of the best in our annual read
ers’ choice awards contest.
Nominations for the 2019 Best of Dawson
awards open at 12:01 a.m. Dec. 1 and will
remain open through Dec. 31.
We want to hear from you: nominate your
favorite business, organization, workplace,
restaurant or person in each of our over 200
categories, including best school, family res
taurant and civic organization.
Readers can nominate a person or business
at www.bestofdawson.com. Nominations are
moderated to ensure a business is in the cor
rect category and that it is located in Dawson
County.
Any businesses not nominated by 11:59
p.m. Dec. 31 will not be eligible for the vot
ing period, which will begin Jan. 7 and run
through Feb. 3.
Winners will be announced in a special
publication magazine that will insert into the
Dawson County News on March 27.
This year, winners will be invited to an
inaugural special event in their honor where
they will be the first to receive the annual
Best of Dawson magazine. Details on the
event to come.
For information on marketing opportunities
in this year’s contest, contact Brenda Bohn,
general manager, at (706) 265-3384 or
bbohn@dawsonnews.com.
FROM 1A
Friday
Minimal incidents for local law
enforcement
Although it was a busy holiday weekend,
Dawson County Sheriff's Office reports that it
was a relatively safe one, with minimal inci
dents with holiday shoppers.
Similar to previous years, some shopping
centers in the county hired off-duty deputies
as extra security that helped to reduce crimi
nal activity.
Officers including Georgia State Patrol
responded to 29 traffic accidents in the coun
ty as the heavy crowds brought more vehi
cles on the road during late night and early
morning hours.
Over the weekend, there were 19 incidents
reported to the DCSO involving suspicious
people or vehicles.
"As ironic as it may sound, these reports are
encouraging," said Sheriff Jeff Johnson. "It
indicates to us that our community is being
observant, being aware of their surroundings
and reporting.This is exactly the partnership
that we desire to have with our community."
By 7:30 a.m. Friday
morning, the number of
shoppers diminished as
the late night shoppers
made their way back
home to rest or went out
to grab breakfast before
hitting the stores with
their second wind.
Jackson said the mall
expected to see an
upturn in Black Friday
shopping in the after
noon, and indeed anoth
er rush of shoppers hit
the outlet mall and other
retail areas along Ga.
400 after lunch Nov. 23,
making the search for a
parking space difficult.
But for strategist
shoppers, coming into
the outlet mall as the
first swell of crowds
ebbed worked in their
favor.
“I got here about 3:30
a.m. and it was nice and
calm and everybody was
leaving,” said Chas
Martin the morning of
Nov. 23.
Martin, who lives in
Cumming, came to
Dawsonville to shop for
her family of seven.
“It was actually pleas
ant,” she said.
Other shoppers arrived
bright and early at 6
a.m. Nov. 23 and took
advantage of the short
lines at the stores.
“This is my first time
(Black Friday shop
ping),” said Nick
Forrester, from
Gainesville. “There’s
not as many people as I
thought just because a
lot more people got here
last night.”
Natalie Forrester, who
started the tradition of
Black Friday shopping a
few years ago, taught
Nick the ropes of navi
gating Black Friday
deals. Their strategy for
next year is to come
early Friday morning to
miss the large midnight
crowds.
And some shoppers
like Roxanna Pacheco
and Rodrigo Herrera
from Gwinnett County
didn’t have a strategy.
They just got up early
and came to
Dawsonville to see what
they could find.
“We really just walked
into all the stores,” said
Herrera.
With the popularity of
online shopping,
Jackson said consumer
reports still show brick
and mortar stores like
the outlets having a
strong holiday shopping
presence.
“People still like to
touch and feel things.
We always talk about the
fact that just because
you see a shirt fitted on
a model doesn’t mean it
will fit you the same
way so people like to
come out,” Jackson said.
“People like to shop.
People like the, espe
cially this time of year
like Black Friday, being
out with family and
friends and the environ
ment and the ambiance
you can’t get online.”
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