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Wednesday, December 5,2018
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Christmas for Critters fundraising for homeless pets
By Jessica Taylor
jtaylor@dawsonnews.com
Last Sunday, Christmas for
Critters officially began fundraising
to provide for animals awaiting their
forever homes at the Dawson
County Humane Society.
The local nonprofit organization
was started six years ago by
11-year-old Shannon Porter, who
wanted to help the animals at the
humane society by collecting mone
tary donations and items the shelter
needs throughout the year.
Now, the Dawson County High
School senior hopes this year will
be even more fruitful than the last.
Porter has placed drop boxes to
collect donations at locations around
Dawson County including Kroger,
AML Computer Services,
Dawsonville Vet, 1440 Fitness, All
Animals Vet, City Liquor, Ingles,
Drop-box needs
Covered litter boxes
Dawn dishwashing liquid (blue)
Mr. Clean
Kitten milk (canned, dry to be
mixed)
Purina kitten chow
Cat food
Cat litter
Paper towels
Wash cloths
Leashes
Flea treatment
Dog and cat shampoo
Puppy food
Dog food
Dog beds
Latex medical gloves (small
and medium)
Scrubber sponges
Construction garbage bags
Powdered laundry detergent
Dryer sheets
Bleach
Small, medium and large cat
beds
Used towels
Large/small collars
Dog and cat toys
Annis Chiropractic, 400 Chevron,
Kinetix Gym, Bank of Ozarks and
Premium Package Outlet.
Collections will continue through
out December. Items collected will
be donated to Dawson County
Humane Society in January.
Christmas for Critters encourages
more people who want to sponsor,
donate or host a drop box to contact
them through their website at www.
christmasforcritters .org.
For the Dawson County News
Shannon Porter, 17, poses next to one of her
Christmas for Critters drop boxes. Donations to
the local nonprofit will be collected through
December and be given to the Dawson County
Humane Society in early January 2019.
Oakwood Lanier Tech moving to new campus, UNG stepping in
DCN Regional Staff
Lanier Technical College begins to move robotics
and welding equipment to its new North Hall
campus on Nov. 29.
By Joshua Silavent
DCN Regional Staff
It’s been one big step
after another over the last
three-plus years as work to
develop a new Lanier
Technical College campus
in North Hall has pro
gressed.
First, there was the
acquiring of state funding
for the $131 million cam
pus and securing 95 acres
off Howard Road at Ga.
365. Then came construc
tion of six buildings with a
combined 335,000 square
feet, compared to the
180,000 square feet on 43
acres at the old campus.
There were additional pri
vate fundraising cam
paigns, ribbon-cutting cer
emonies and visits from
government and education
al leaders.
But now comes the chal
lenge of actually moving
stuff.
The physical relocation
of classroom materials,
school maintenance sup
plies and heavy equipment,
a process Lanier Tech offi
cials described as moving
swiftly since beginning on
Nov. 26, should be com
plete soon.
“We’ve been working
for the past year to prepare
for this move,"’ said Dr.
Ray Perren, Lanier Tech
president.
That planning has
included what resources to
cull after 54 years on the
Oakwood campus.
Perren said Lanier Tech
has also been working
closely with the University
of North Georgia, which
plans to utilize some of the
building space being vacat
ed, to determine “what is
useful to them.”
UNG has already bud
geted $3 million for the
initial planning and design
phase to convert this space
for disciplines such as geo
spatial sciences, film and
digital media, nursing,
visual arts and the office of
information technology.
UNG officials have said
they hope to have the
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Lanier Tech space occu
pied by August 2019, and
the acquisition also pro
vides an additional 600
parking spaces.
At Lanier Tech, some of
the lighter stuff, which
could be packed in boxes,
for instance, was moved
early in the week.
On Thursday, Nov. 29,
however, heavy rigs were
brought in to load and
move robotics and welding
equipment.
Perren said Lanier Tech
has worked with the state
to contract moving some
of the heavy materials,
building machines and spe
cialized equipment.
Moving the last heavy-
duty items was delayed
until after students finished
final exams on Wednesday.
“We didn’t want to do
anything to impact our stu
dents,” Perren said.
The new campus
became the official home
of administrators and busi
ness offices on Dec. 3,
Perren said, while the col
lege will be operating in
full by Jan. 9.
Lanier Tech will host
2,700-plus students when it
opens for classes on Jan.
22.
The college will include
a wide variety of programs,
including allied health,
continuing education,
ammonia refrigeration,
general education, busi
ness, computer science,
adult education, early
childhood education,
motorsports, welding, die
sel technology and fire sci
ence.
Among the new build
ings is a 40,000-square-
foot conference center with
a 20,000-square-foot ball
room that can comfortably
house 750 people.
“The big (challenge)
now,” Perren said, “is it’s
one thing to physically
move, but another getting
organized, putting every
thing in place.”
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