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4B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com Wednesday, February 13,2019 DawsonEvents Listings in Dawson Events are free and available to nonprofit organizations sponsoring free or low-cost events for the public. Groups may submit notic es by fax at (706) 265-3276 or via email at editor@dawsonnews.com. The ladies of Alpha Gamma Delta at the University of Georgia are hosting their second annual "SayYes to the Re-Dress" event.The event will be from 5-8 p.m. Feb. 22 on the UNG Dahlonega Campus in the Floag ABC room, which is on the second floor.This event gives ladies the chance to sell their prom, formal or homecoming dresses while allowing other girls to shop for a dress for an upcoming event. Admission is free, and everyone is welcome to come enjoy the music, refreshments and to par ticipate in raffles.The ladies of Alpha Gamma Delta are just asking for a small entry fee of $10 on each dress to sell at the price you choose. All dresses that do not sell may be picked up or they will be donated to Becca's Closet, a nonprofit that gives dresses to under privileged girls. Individuals may drop off dresses between 4 and 5 p.m. and dresses will be picked up between 9 and 10 p.m. if they did not sell. All proceeds will be donat ed to the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation, which partners with Meals on Wheels and Feeding America in efforts to fight hunger. For more informa tion, contact Bailee Parker at vpp.thetadelta@gmail. com. The Dawsonville Goodwill Career Center will host a multi-employer job fair from 4-6:30 p.m. Feb. 21. The fair will be a chance to meet with hiring managers of over 20 local businesses including, Aramark/ University of North Georgia, Big Canoe POA, the Georgia Department of Transportation, Plomelnstead Senior Car, Len Foote FHike Inn, BTD Manufacturing, Lingo Staffing, Georgia Flighlands Medical and many more who will conduct inter views on-site.There is no cost.The center is inside the Goodwill store at 66 S. 400 Center Lane in Dawsonville.The WorkSource Georgia Mountains mobile training unit will also be onsite to offer resume assistance and skills assessments until 6 p.m. Job fair participants will receive a coupon for 25 percent off at the Dawsonville Goodwill Store valid Feb. 21,2019, only. Dawson County Wee Books is looking for spon sors for the annual Leap for Literacy at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 23 at War Flill Park on Lake Lanier. Individual or team sponsors are need ed. Celebrity judges will choose winners based on costumes and perfor mance. Wee Books pro vides Dawson County chil dren a free age appropriate book every month from birth until they attend Kindergarten. Last year, 9,941 books were sent to Dawson County children enrolled in the program. Call (706) 216-4763 or email info@dawsonwee- books.org for more infor mation on sponsorship levels and to pre-register a team. The Etowah Masonic Lodge No. 222 is hosting an annual spaghetti din ner from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 23.The lodge is south of the Pool Room at 79 Bill Elliott St. Plates are $7, dine in or carry out. The Dahlonega Science Festival will be March 1-3 in Dahlonega. Activities include speakers, panels, planetarium shows, hands-on activities, a Discovery center, foren sics lab, makers fair and more. All events are free and open to the public. Guest speakers include Trina Ray from NASA JPL and Marshall Shepherd from the University of Georgia. More informa tion can be found at www. dahlonegascience.org. The Dawson County Senior Center is hosting a spring bazaar and rum mage sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 12 and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 13.The sale will be in the Veterans Memorial Park gym on Plwy. 9 N in Dawsonville. For booth information call (706) 344- 3700.Tables are $10 each and all proceeds will go toward the purchase of a new piano for the center. Photos by Bob Christian Dawson County News Dawson County senior SeVaughn Clark commits to the University of Georgia as a preferred walk- on running back on National Signing Day, Feb. 6, as his parents look on. Senior Logan Barnes sits with his family after signing his National Letter of Intent with Wofford College on Feb. 6. Tigers defensive lineman Zac Baloga smiles with excitement as he prepares to go to the University of Virginia's College at Wise for the next phase of his football career after signing an NLI on Feb. 6. Plead Coach Sid Maxwell poses with senior Ryan Glass and his parents as the Dawson County wide receiver accepts a scholarship to play football at Berry College on Feb. 6. FROM 1B Signing Performing Arts Center to celebrate their achieve ments. Each young man signed papers sending him to the next level, with Baloga committing to play at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, Barnes finalizing his decision to play at Wofford College, Clark accepting a pre ferred walk-on spot in the University of Georgia’s running back program and Glass taking his skill- set to Berry College. In his opening remarks, Head Coach Sid Maxwell talked about the impact that the group had on the football program as he recounted a brief history of each players’ career. All had served as team captains all four years with the team. “I could talk all day about what they’ve done for the program, and they’ve done a lot,” Maxwell said. “10-2 last season and 35-13 over the last four years and they were a big part of that. I’m blessed to have known them. I’m blessed to have coached them, and I’m excited for what they have ahead of them.” The star quarterback last season, Clark started the day by accepting a preferred walk-on slot with the UGA Bulldogs as a running back. Clark turned down offers from multiple schools to have the opportunity to battle for a roster spot with one of the best running back programs in the nation under Dell McGee. “It’s something I have got to work for, but it will be well worth it,” Clark said. “I’m just ready to be a Dawg.” Clark is the son of Mark and Kimberly, who commemorated the event by passing out a dog tag embossed with their son’s name and the date on one side and the UGA ‘G’ logo on the reverse. Barnes took the floor next, flanked by his par ents Greg and Kim, and formally signed his papers to play in the defensive backfield of the Wofford Terriers. Barnes led the Tigers from his strong safety position with 115 tackles during his final season and was drafted as a mid dle linebacker due to his demonstrated run-stop ping ability. “Wofford just kind of checked all the boxes, a top-tier education along with a good football pro gram,” Barnes said. “They changed me to middle linebacker, so I just have to get bigger. Just going to come in everyday and work.” In an emotional moment for the family, defensive lineman Zac Baloga signed his letter of intent to play with the UVA-Wise Cavaliers. Baloga lost his mother at the beginning of his high school career at the age of 14, and as he signed the papers sending him to next level flanked by his brothers and his father, Tigers Defensive Line Coach Gregory Baloga, the group shared a private moment. Gregory Baloga then said how special this moment was to both him and his son. “He lost his mom when he was 14,” Baloga said. “To do what he has been able to do is tremendous. A 3.3 GPA and now a scholarship to college. I’m just very proud of him.” Signing his papers last, wide receiver Glass accept ed a scholarship with Berry College out of Mount Berry, having followed the advice of his father, Alex Glass, who told him that he needed to find a school that presented him with aca demic opportunities in addition to football. “I told him that he needed to go somewhere that gave him the chance at playing time,” Alex Glass said. “But valued academics more.” Ryan Glass stood with his mother, Lori Woodward, and expressed most of his excitement over the business and political science programs available at Berry that would allow him to pursue his goal of attending law school upon graduation. As he talked about his future, Glass paused a moment to look around the room at his friends and teammates, and the finality of the day seemed to catch up with him for a second as he realized that his time a Dawson County Tiger was offi cially at its end. “I was one of the first kids in the program when Coach Maxwell got here, and there are only, like, 10 of the 30 of us left,” Glass said. “I feel like we really helped build a win ning future for the pro gram.” King Crossword ACROSS 41 Handy 19 Petrol 1 Departed 45 Rivers or 21 Raw rock 5 Id counterpart Collins 23 Poisonous 8 Unclear view 47 Make a choice 24 Midday 12 Hebrew month 49 Oxen's onus 25 Small wagon 13 High-arc shot 50 Doing 26 Line of fash 14 Leak slowly 51 Pi follower ion? 15 Wrinkly fruit 52 English river 27 Volcanic out 16 Biden, Cheney, 53 Antelope's flow etc. playmate 28 Emulate 17 Earth 54 " — the season Johnny Weir 18 Flood n 32 Logan or LV\X 20 Diner employ 55 Equal 33 Fizzy drink ee 35 Teensy 22 Brains of the DOWN 36 Doubtfire" operation 1 Praise highly 38 Barbershop 26 Missteps 2 Lip quartet mem 29 Individual 3 Autumn ber 30 Neither mate 4 Win 39 Cars 31 Apiece 5 Pole staff? 42 Sad 32 Tin Man's prop 6 Republicans 43 Misplace 33 Old portico 7 X-rated 44 Basin acces 34 Rd. 8 — buddy sory 35 Nintendo con (close pal) 45 "Oklahoma!" sole 9 Investigate baddie 36 Lost in reverie 10 Submachine 46 Unclose, in 37 Visa rival gun verse 40 Retain 11 Kin (Abbr.) 48 — Beta Kappa 1 2 3 4 1 6 6 7 1 21 8 9 10 11 12 ,3 14 15 ■ 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ■ 41 42 43 44 45 46 1 47 48 1 49 50 61 52 53 54 55 © 2019 King Features Sync!., Inc. a 3 3 d S 1 -L a 3 3 a 3 S n O O H a o 1 d n AA 0 i a 1 d o N V 0 r 3 1 a V s n ■ d 3 3 >1 a a V O a 3 1 s V IAI A N 0 0 IAI 1 i 3 A V V O i s 3 X V H 9 V 3 a O N \3 N 0 S d 1 1 S a N 1 l/M a 3 1 s V IAI y 0 0 o ■ a 9 n 1 3 a i 1 O S S d A i 1 9 n 3 Z O O a o a a V a V a n 1 a o 9 a i d 3 i 'sujui sz :3Wji uo;in|os sjdMSuy
