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Firefighter deal rewrite ongoing
Dawson, Pickens drafting new agreement after Station 8 volunteers resign
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
Officials in both Dawson and
Pickens counties are working
on a rewrite of an intergovern
mental agreement that was rati
fied in 2008 and outlined the
construction, operation and
management of Fire Station
No. 8, which is off Monument
Road in Dawson County.
The intergovernmental agree
ment, or IGA, was disrupted
earlier this month when 12 vol
unteer support staff assigned to
the station resigned after refus
ing to attend a Dawson County
training session.
The IGA established, among
other stipulations, that Pickens
County would build the station
to service the Wildcat
Community while Dawson
County would provide equip
ment and assume operation of
the station, including training
of the volunteers. Dawson offi
cials took the volunteers’ refus
al to attend the Dec. 4 training,
as well as their insistence that
they would attend a Pickens
County training instead, as a
violation of the IGA.
With the fate of the station
hanging in the balance, Dawson
County Commission Chairman
Billy Thurmond and Pickens
County Commission Chairman
Rob Jones met on Dec. 12 to
discuss the discrepancies with
the IGA and the operation of
Station 8.
According to a release from
Pickens County Public
Information Officer Tucker
Green, the chairmen both
agreed that the most crucial
aspect is providing adequate
fire protection for citizens in
both counties.
The release, dated Dec. 12,
states that the two spoke on
behalf of their respective
boards and “tentatively agreed
See Firefighter 110A
Making sweet memories
Photos by Jessica Taylor Dawson County News
Drew Hamilton, 4, admires his handiwork on his gingerbread house, complete with pretzel windows and a
marshmallow balcony, at the Dawson County Library this past weekend.
Dawson County Library hosts gingerbread house building fun
With gallons and gallons of frosting, graham crackers Francesca Rogers, 11, carefully assembles the roof of
and candies, kids had everything they needed to ere- her gingerbread house with gumdrops at the Dawson
ate unique gingerbread creations Dec. 15. County Library Dec. 15.
Free, warm
meals will be
available on
Christmas
Feed the Hungry
seeks volunteers
By Jessica Taylor
jtaylor@dawsonnews.com
If you’re in need of a warm meal on
Christmas Day, the Dawson communi
ty has you covered.
Dawson Feed the Hungry 2018 will
be giving out free homemade meals
from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Christmas
Day inside the Gordon Pirkle Banquet
Room at the Georgia Racing Hall of
Fame as well as delivering meals to
assisted living communities, home-
bound families and emergency and law
personnel on duty.
“This is something that’s just near
and dear to me. This is my favorite
holiday of the year. Christmas is very
special to me,” said Scotty Seay,
founder of Dawson Feed the Hungry.
“We didn’t have a lot growing up but
we had the blessings of plenty that we
See Christmas 110A
Officers chided
after overnight
badminton game
at local school
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
Five Dawson County Sheriff’s
Office patrol officers were reprimand
ed last week after video surveillance
from the local middle school showed
all of the officers engaged in a late
night game of badminton in the school
gym, leaving no officers on the streets.
The game occupied two of the offi
cers for a little over an hour as the
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Dawsonville, Georgia
Church Events
3B
Classifieds
9B
Dear Abby
8B
Deaths
2A
Legals
9B
Opinion
11A
Sports
1B
1R Tigers boys
basketball
team rallies
late, win over
North Hall
4A Dawson school
board approves
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