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Dawsonville mayor talks airport plans
Forsyth County Commissioners approve resolution supporting executive facility
By Kelly Whitmire
DCN Regional Staff
In February, Forsyth County
Commissioners approved a new
resolution in support of a plan
for an executive airport in
Dawson County. This week,
they got some extra informa
tion on the plan.
At a Tuesday work session,
commissioners heard from
Dawsonville Mayor Mike Eason
about plans for the city to pur
chase and operate Elliott Field, a
private airfield owned by
NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill
Elliott, as a non-commercial air
port. No action was taken by
commissioners at the meeting.
“There are 104 public airports
in Georgia,” Eason said. “Elliott
Field in Dawson County, Eason said there is no
which is in the city of interest in making the
Dawsonville, is not a pub- B fl facility a commercial
lie airport ... At the cur- w airport, meaning the
rent time, if you took the N B public would be able to
number of aircraft that are Bf ^B purchase tickets and fly
based there, which is ML.'"—out of it, and would
about 17, we would rank ^instead be a place where
No. 57 of those 104 Eason those who own planes
around the state. It’s a pretty sig- can keep them and fly in and
nificant operation up there.” out on their own schedule.
“We want to try to make it a
place where people lease the
ground, build a hangar and put
their jets there,” Eason said.
“We’re not looking at a lot of
aircraft traffic in our area.
Corporate jets don’t fly three or
four times a day, they fly twice
a month or three times a month
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Girl Scout donates medicines
to Good Shepherd Clinic
By Jessica Taylor
jtaylor@dawsonnews.com
For an entire month,
9-year-old Landyn Bryant
saved up money she
would normally spend on
ice cream at school.
She hoarded the change
and, at the end of the
month, decided to use it to
give back to those in need.
Shopping at Dollar
General stores had given
Bryant an idea. During their
one-penny sale, Bryant
spent the savings on one-
cent, over-the-counter med
ications, vitamins and sup
plements.
And with a wagon full of
medicines, Bryant opened
the door of the Good
Shepherd Clinic, bearing
gifts that surprised the staff
on March 14.
“We just couldn’t believe
it, how wonderful it was
because that’s not some
thing we pay for so it was
just really thrilling that
somebody else, especially a
little girl, was thinking
about other people who
have challenges,” said Kay
Parrish, the clinic manager.
Bryant, a Girl Scout of
Troop No. 106240 of
Dawsonville, spent her $4
and donated hundreds of
items including Tylenol,
Advil, Alka-Seltzer gum-
mies, Melatonin, fish oil
supplements, cold and flu
medicine and any other
medicine she thought could
help others. She also
bought a number of pocket
calendars to give to patients
to help them remember
their appointments.
Parrish said the gesture is
a testament to Bryant’s
“sharing, giving, caring
heart.”
“She’s an awesome little
girl,” Parrish said.
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Girl Scout Landyn Bryant brought a wagon filled with over-the-counter medications
to Good Shepherd Clinic March 14. Bryant had saved her ice cream money and pur
chased the medicine from Dollar General stores when the stores were having a pro
motion, with each medicine costing one penny. Pictured from left are Landyn, clinic
manager Kay Parrish and Landyn's mother Julie.
Roundabout
construction
to close part
of Hwy. 9
Closure expected to
last about 2 months
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
Dawson County residents last week were
invited to an open house to view plans for
two roundabouts that will replace the inter
sections of Hwy. 9 and Dawson Forest
Road, with construction to include a
15-mile detour scheduled for next summer.
According to Georgia Department of
Transportation District One Communications
Officer Katie Strickland, construction will be
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Georgia Department of Transportation
project managers explain the proposed
Hwy. 9 detour to a resident at an open
house March 12.
12-year-old charged
with terroristic threats
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
Dawson County Schools reported that a
12-year-old student was removed from
class last week after attempting to send an
email that "was perceived to be a potential
threat to the school or students."
According to a press release from
Superintendent Damon Gibbs, at 8:54 a.m.
March 15, the school system received infor
mation from Gaggle that the sixth-grade
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