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4B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com Wednesday, June 5,2019 Teachers tour Dawson businesses Staff reports A select group of Dawson County teachers participated in the inau gural Dawson Discovery Tour last Wednesday. Dawson Discovery Tour, an initiative of the Dawson County Chamber’s busi ness and workforce devel opment committee, was created to bring local industry leaders together with academic teachers to better understand the skills, needs and opportunities of the ever-changing local economy. The selected Dawson County School System teachers and staff toured local industry including Medical Plaza 400, Fort Dearborn, and BTD Manufacturing. The tours were designed to expose teachers to on the job appli cations of their academic subjects and to inspire the integration of those applica tions into their curriculum. Additionally, the experience was planned to expose teachers to the ample local opportunities that exist for future employment of their students. “Many of our industrial facilities are not open to the public and if educators don’t have a personal expe rience with what goes on inside, they aren’t able to share those potential career paths with their students,” said Betsy McGriff, Chamber Economic Development Director, “Our goal for Dawson Discovery Day was to show our educators what an important role they play in economic development — a well-trained work force is critical to the com munity’s ability to compete for new business and industry locations.” The 26 teachers and staff that participated in Dawson Discovery Day were select ed from Dawson County High School and Junior High and cover a wide range of academic subjects. At the conclusion of the tours, participants gathered for lunch at the Goodwill Career Center to better understand the services they offer and to brainstorm ways to apply what they discovered throughout the day into their classroom work. “There is a common misconception that retail jobs are the only employ ment opportunities in our community,” said Christie Moore, Dawson County Chamber President, “While our retail sector plays a very important role in our local economy, this day shed light on the growing employment needs and opportunities in medical services, robotics, manufacturing, human resources, IT, welding, and other fields right here in Dawson County.” The Dawson Discovery Day is just one example of the many partnerships between local businesses, the Chamber, and the School System. “We are excited to partner with the Chamber of Commerce for the Dawson Discovery Tour,” said Dr. Damon Gibbs, Dawson County School Superintendent, “It provides our teachers and team members with an opportunity to learn about local businesses and work force resources that are available to students in our community.” The tour was made pos sible with support from Northeast Georgia Health System and Associated Credit Union. Northeast Georgia Health System Director of IMC Operations, Michelle Eckenroth gives a tour of the imaging center at Medical Plaza 400. Photo courtesy of Leslie Shirley Stetson Shirley of the Dawson County GreyTigers proudly displays the 2019 Park and Recreation 8U Spring ChampionshiopTrophy on May 23. FROM 1B Spring the tournament as the league champions and No. 1 seed with a regular season record of 8-1. The team cemented their recent dominance over the league with their third straight title under Head Coach Logan Tice. “These boys played their hearts out every sin gle game and continued to improve weekly between games,” team mom Leslie Shirley said. “We (The Shirley family) want to praise (Tice) and his family for his excellent coaching, friendship, and love for the kids.” FROM 1B Elliott but a late race pit decision cost him the lead and he finished the race in 26th place overall. Elliott fell prey to a similar decision when he managed to work his way into the lead with only a handful of laps remaining in stage two of the race. Knowing that his team had already secured a position in the post-season, crew chief Alan Gustafson called his driver off the track for an early pit-stop. The decision most likely cost Elliott ten points for a stage victory, but with only 55 laps remaining in the race, allowed him to remain on the lead lap as the race entered its final rounds and secure the fourth-place finish. NASCARs’ season continues on Saturday, June 9 when the teams head to the Michigan International Raceway for the Firekeeper’s Casino 400. General Manager Bill Stewart explains the skills required to run big presses at Fort Dearborn to Dawson Discovery Tour partici pants. 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