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6A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, April 3,2019
Bank makes $5K donation to Good Shepherd Clinic
From staff reports
Foothills Community Bank recently
donated $5,000 to Good Shepherd Clinic.
The clinic provides free medical, dental,
vision, hearing and wellness services and
prescription medications to county resi
dents who have no insurance or the finan
cial means to pay for healthcare.
The donation was given Feb. 22 on
behalf of CSB’s Community Foundation, a
charitable organization established to pro
vide much needed funds for important
community causes.
“We considered many worthwhile organiza
tions in the community and selected the Good
Shepherd Clinic,” Adam Smith, Senior Vice
President of Foothills Community Bank, said.
“Their selection was based, in large part, on
the important and life-changing services the
clinic provides to our community.”
The donation represents one of the most
significant donations by a Dawson County
business since the clinic opened in 2009.
“The donation will help the clinic assist
a growing number of patients in the
future,” board chair Jane Stuckey said.
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Foothills
Community
Bank presented
a $5,000 dona
tion to the Good
Shepherd Clinic
Feb. 22. Pictured
are Dr. Paul
Behrmann,
Dawson Market
President of
Foothills
Community
Bank Adam
Smith, Good
Shepherd
Clinic's Margie
O'Bryne, CEO of
CoastalStates
Bank Steve
Stone and FCB
Branch Manager
Chyrl Waldrip.
Photo for the
Dawson County News
Get that spring garden ready
at the Master Gardener expo
Scott Rogers DCN Regional Staff
Nilda Winiarski stops to look at azaleas Friday, April
6, 2018, at the Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center
during their opening day of the annual Hall County
Master Gardeners Spring Garden Expo.
Layne Saliba
DCN Regional Staff
The Hall County Master
Gardeners Spring Garden
Expo is back again and will
fill the Chicopee Woods
Agricultural Center with
plants of almost every kind.
Guests interested in pur
chasing plants for their
yards and gardens this
spring can check out the
40-plus vendors at the agri
cultural center 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. April 5 and 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m. April 6 for $2.
“It’s exciting and it’s
fun,” said Irene Michaud,
co-organizer of the event.
“You work with great peo
ple and get to meet a lot of
the customers that come in
and it’s like you’re kind of
giving back to the commu
nity.”
The Hall County Master
Gardeners Spring Garden
Expo is back and will soon
fill the Chicopee Woods
Agricultural Center with
plants of almost every kind.
Guests interested in pur
chasing plants for their
yards and gardens this
spring can check out the
40-plus vendors at the agri
cultural center 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. April 5 and 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m. April 6 for just $2.
“It’s exciting and it’s
fun,” said Irene Michaud,
co-organizer of the event.
“You work with great peo
ple and get to meet a lot of
the customers that come in
and it’s like you’re kind of
giving back to the commu
nity.”
Back for another year,
the expo hopes to answer
all the questions local gar
deners — young and old —
may have. After being a
part of the Master
Gardeners for 10 years and
seeing her fair share of gar
den expos, that’s still
Michaud’s favorite part.
“If they have a question
about something in their
yard, a plant or anything,
we have an ‘Ask a Master
Gardener’ booth,” Michaud
said. “So they can go ask
them and get some really
good feedback.”
This year the expo will
feature four speakers on dif
ferent aspects of caring for
plants in North Georgia.
At 11 a.m. Friday, one of
the expo’s vendors will
teach a session called
“Enjoying Ferns: Indoors
and Out.” Later, at 1 p.m.,
Ron Brechter, a Hall
Hall County
Master
Gardeners
Spring Garden
Expo
When: 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. April 5 and
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
April 6
Where: Chicopee
Woods Agricultural
Center, 1855
Calvary Church
Road, Gainesville
How much: $2 for
adults, children are
free
More info: Online
County Master Gardener
will talk share “Everything
You Need to Know About
Tomatoes.”
At 11 a.m. Saturday,
Master Gardener program
coordinator Karin Hicks
will give a talk about
“Attracting Beneficial
Insects for Organic
Gardening,” and at 1 p.m.,
Carin Booth with the
University of Georgia
Extension Office in Hall
County will tell visitors
about “Planning for and
Maximizing the Bounty of
Your Garden.”
“The fact that you can
learn about horticulture by
going to the speakers and
getting questions answered,
there is a lot of good infor
mation that can be commu
nicated to our customers,”
Michaud said.
On top of the scheduled
speakers, each vendor will
be free to answer questions
and recommend different
things for gardens and
yards.
“Our vendors bring in all
kinds of interesting plants
and they have good prices,”
Michaud said.
There will be perennials,
annuals, daylilies, ferns,
azaleas, all types of trees,
native plants and shrubs
available for purchase.
Michaud said there will
also be vegetables and
herbs at the expo.
Apart from plants, there
will be different tools, gar
den and yard art, decorative
pots and even local honey.
“Truly, the atmosphere is
so joyous and pleasant that
I think people really do
enjoy coming every year,”
Michaud said. “As long as
you love gardening, you’ll
enjoy coming.”
PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING
Etowah Water & Sewer Authority
Russell Creek Reservoir
Thursday, April 11th
at 6pm
at Etowah Water & Sewer Authority
1162 Hwy 53 East
Etowah Water & Sewer Authority invites you to come out
and learn more about this important project.
Contact: Brooke Anderson 706-216-8474
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Expo
Chamber of Commerce President
Christie Moore said. “If you haven’t
looked at a USDA loan you are miss
ing out because there are so many phe
nomenal programs and I think that is a
big part of this today.”
Tolson agreed and said while serving
on the board for Family Connection,
the board wanted to address the need
for affordable elderly housing and dis
covered that USDA has a program that
can help, something he didn’t expect.
“When you look at the citizens and
what’s there to help them, the people
that maybe need roofing or heating and
air that couldn’t necessarily afford
that, you know, USDA is there for
them to help them with all of those
things,” City of Dawsonville HR
Manager Donna Blanton said.
Representatives from USDA were
on site to assist with questions on farm
loans, home and home repair loans and
public bodies and nonprofit assistance
as well as opportunities for business
startups, expansions, business plans
and financial projections.
“So many people don’t know what
these organizations. I didn’t know what
they do, so it’s important that we all learn
what we do so we can partner together
and work together to better different areas
whether it be housing or environmental or
water and waste, or trying to help some
body with a business plan,” USDA State
Director Joyce White said.
According to White, USDA Rural
Development is the sixth largest bank
in the nation, and that this year the cur
rent administration has allotted $215
million to spend in Georgia which will
mostly be used for low interest loans.
“We want to see that Georgia gets its
fair share and get it out in the rural
areas and bring some jobs to the rural
areas,” White said.
Based on the success of the first
expo, Moore and Blanton said they
hope to grow the event next year by
possibly tying it in with the food truck
nights and farmers market.
Though the next expo won’t be for
some time, Blanton said she hopes the
citizens know that they can always
reach out to the city or the Chamber of
Commerce where they will be put in
touch with the right person for their
business and home needs.
“What I would like for the citizens
to know is that there are people here
for them whatever their needs are and
even if it’s not the day of the event
they know that they can still call one
of us and we know who to put them
with,” Blanton said.
Anderson
Family Medicine
Dr. Larry Anderson is proud to serve the Dawsonville
community as your neighborhood doctor. Our friendly,
experienced staff provides excellent care in a friendly, caring
and professional environment, and serves each patient with
the time and attention they need.
We accept most insurance plans, including:
• Aetna
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cigna
• Coventry
• Humana
• Medicare
Call (706) 265-1335 to schedule an appointment today.
81 Northside Dawson Drive, Suite 205
Dawsonville, GA 30534
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