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Wednesday, April 24,2019 dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 3A State of the State breakfast set next Wednesday From staff reports The Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce is hosting its State of the State Legislative Breakfast to assist local businesses and citizens in communicating their concerns and discussing issues from the legislative delegation. The breakfast, formerly known as the Eggs & Issues Breakfast, will be from 7 to 9 a.m. May 1 at the University of North Georgia Dining Hall Banquet Room. The State of the State Legislative Breakfast will fea ture Senator Steve Gooch and Representative Kevin Tanner, R-Dawsonville. Senator Gooch serves as Majority Whip of the Senate Majority Caucus and represents the 51st Senate District which includes Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union and White counties and portions of Forsyth and Pickens counties. Representative Tanner covers District 9, which includes Lumpkin County and parts of Dawson and Forsyth counties. The breakfast allows local legislators to hear what citizens in the community think about issues as well as provides attendees with a better under standing of their legislators’ positions on important issues. The 2019 State of the State Legislative Breakfast is pre sented by Northeast Georgia Health System and sponsored by SunTrust and the University of North Georgia. The event is open to the pub lic and is $20 for members of the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce and $25 for nonmembers. Tickets include a full buffet breakfast. Registration is required (online only) and seating is limited. Attendees may register by at http://bit.ly/2019StateOfTheState. For more information, con tact Robb Nichols at (706) 867- 3766, orrobb@dahlonega.org. Relay for Life scheduled Friday at Veterans Memorial Park Photos by Jessica Taylor Dawson County News Cancer survivors, fighters and caretakers walk in the Survivors Lap on April 27, 2018 during Relay for Life at Veterans Memorial Park. By Jessica Taylor jtaylor@dawsonnews.com The annual Relay for Life is back at Veterans Memorial Park this Friday to celebrate cancer survivors and raise money for a cure. The event raises money and awareness for the American Cancer Society. In the past, Relay for Life festivities gathered around the football field in the back of the park, but for 2019, organizers decided to move the event to Field 1, the field clos est to the new pool house that opened last summer. Lead volunteer Kris Rowan said the move to Field 1 was so participants have access to the indoor restrooms and concessions area as well as parking closer to the activities. Rowan said activities this year include a dunk tank, face painting, live music from local musi cians and choirs, a bounce house and contests for best food, costume, camp site and activity. There will be an assort ment of tasty treats to choose from, with pizza, hot dogs, deli sandwiches, snow cones, Kani House, home made sweet and homemade chili and combread. This year’s theme is “Superheroes.” As of April 22, Rowan said the Dawson County Relay for Life schedule 6 p.m. Relay for Life begins 7 p.m. Survivor/ Caregiver Walk 7:10 p.m. Team Walk 9 p.m. Luminaria Ceremony 9:30 p.m. Closing ceremonies 10 p.m. Relay for Life concludes Relay for Life is about $9,000 short of its $67,000 yearly fundraising goal, but feels confident that they will surpass their goal. “Every penny raised is a win,” Rowan said. “Every penny saves a life.” Relay for Life is all about honoring cancer survivors and those you’ve lost in the past, according to Rowan. The Survivor/Caregiver Walk around the field will begin at 7 p.m. A lumi naria ceremony honoring those who died from can cer will begin at 9 p.m. Rowan said she hopes that people who come out to Relay for Life get a chance to meet local survi vors and walk with them. “Let them know how special they are and that there are people there sup porting them,” she said. Service dogs are the only animals allowed at the event. Relay for Life begins at 6 p.m. at the park, 186 Recreation Road in Dawsonville. 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