Lady Tigers fall
behind early in
back-to-back losses
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Sheriff’s Office
remembers K9
officer, Hector
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Elliott named Most Popular Driver 2018
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
Chase Elliott topped off his third
year in the NASCAR Monster
Energy Cup Series by winning the
Most Popular Driver award on
Nov. 29 in Las Vegas, Nev.
The award is presented by
the national Motorsports Press
Association. This is the first
time that Elliott has won the
award in NAS CAR’s premiere
series after having won the
award back to back in 2014 and
2015 when he drove in the
Xfinity Series.
The award was presented by
Dale Earnhardt Jr .who, before
retiring from active racing at
the end of the 2017 season, had
won the award 15 years in a
row. Prior to Earnhardt Jr.,
Elliott’s father, Bill Elliott held
the award for a record-setting
16 years.
Winning the award comes on
the back of a break-out season
for 23-year-old Elliott as he
recorded the first win of his
career at Watkin’s Glen Aug. 5
and raced his way into the
Chase for the Cup playoffs
round of 8, picking up two
more wins along the way at
Dover International Speedway
on Oct. 9 and Kansas
Speedway on Oct. 21 to finish
the season sixth overall.
Elliott drives the No. 9 car
for Hendricks Motorsports and
was the only member of the
team to post a victory in the
2018 campaign.
Elliott joined the Sprint Car
Series full time in 2016 when
Hendricks Motorsports
announced that he would drive
the No. 24 car previously driv
en by Jeff Gordon.
In his debut at the Daytona
500, Elliott became the young
est driver in Daytona to capture
the pole with a qualifying
speed of 196.341 mph.
Although he did not post a win
in the 2016 season, Elliott
amassed 10 top-five finishes
(including two second place
runs) and won the 2016 Rookie
of the Year Award.
2017 opened with Elliott
once more at the pole of the
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Big smiles at Breakfast with Santa
Photos by Jessica Taylor Dawson County News
Members of Boy Scout Troop 422 pose for a photo before serving up breakfast provided by Chick-fil-A
during Breakfast with Santa at Rock Creek Park Dec. 1.
Community comes together for Christmas fun, charity
By Jessica Taylor
jtaylor@dawsonnews.com
The rain on Saturday might have
canceled the Dawsonville Christmas
parade, but it wasn’t enough to stop
hundreds of families from coming
to Rock Creek Park to eat breakfast
and meet the one and only Santa
Claus.
Dawson County Parks and
Recreation hosted the annual
Breakfast with Santa event Dec. 1,
with proceeds from the event going
to K.A.R.E. for Kids to make
Christmas magic happen for under
privileged children in Dawson
County.
“This event would not be possible
without the efforts from the local
businesses and organizations that
took time out of their Saturday to
fight the nasty weather and give
back to our community,” said Buffie
Hamil, programs and facilities coor
dinator at the county parks and rec
reation department.
Local businesses and vendors
came together to provide activities
Colt Sipsy, eight months old, and his mother Megan pose for a photo
in an elf cutout Dec. 1.
and goodies for children such as
coloring pages provided by Creative
Movement and Dance, who host
dances classes at the park, sugar
cookie decorating at the Dawson
Eye Group table, newspaper orna
ment decorating provided by
Dawson County News and free tat
toos and presents provided by
Dawson County Family Connection.
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Dawson County
detention officer
arrested for
domestic violence
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
A Dawson County detention officer has been
placed on administrative leave after he was arrest
ed for allegedly assaulting his wife over the week
end.
Richard Anthony, 45, of
Woodstock was arrested Dec. 2 in
Cherokee County on a battery
charge after a family member
called to report a domestic dispute
between Anthony and his wife the
night before, according to an inci
dent report from the Cherokee
County Sheriff’s Office.
According to the report, the
family member stated over the phone that
Anthony assaulted his wife the night of Dec. 1,
leaving visible injuries and marks. A CCSO
See Domestic 12A
Anthony
Council approves
subdivision at
Perimeter Road,
Allen Street
County commission must
withdraw objection to proceed
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
The city council on Dec. 3 again heard an
annexation and rezoning request for a residential
development at the corner of Allen Street and
Perimeter Road next to the Stonewall subdivision,
which has been proposed with a density the
Dawson County Board of Commissioners has
objected to.
Applicants Michael Turner and Myles
Montgomery have petitioned to annex into the
city limits 11.407 acres and rezone to R-3, or sin
gle family residential with a density of three units
See Subdivision 16A
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Church Events
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Classifieds
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Dear Abby
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Opinion
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Sports
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3A Christmas
for Critters
fundraising
for homeless
animals
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Carol’
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