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Wednesday, April 24,2019
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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.
Local cancer survivors walk around the football
field on April 27, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Park
for the Survivors and Caregiver Walk.
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Contact:
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tdavis@dawson.kl2.ga.us
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