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4B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com Wednesday, July 3,2019 DawsonEvents Listings in Dawson Events are free and available to nonprofit organizations sponsoring free or low-cost events for the public. Groups may submit notic es by fax at (706) 265-3276 or via email at editor@dawsonnews.com. TheAmicalola Regional Fanners Market is open every Friday throughout the summer from 3:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.This year, ven dors will set up at Dawsonville City Hall (415 Highway 53 East). The mar ket will temporarily take place in the city hall parking lot but will move to its per manent location of the Farmers Market Pavilion (also on City Hall property and facing Allen Street) upon its completion expected later this year. Vendor spaces are still available. For an applica tion to participate, contact MacAllister at clarkmac@ uga.edu or call 706-265- 2442. For more informa tion about the market and upcoming special events, visit http://fb.me/amicalola- farmersmarket or call the Chamber at 706-265-6278 for more information. No One Alone (NOA) will be conducting auditions for the 3rd annual North Georgia's GotTalent com petition every Monday night from 8 to 10 p.m. at Shenanigans during Open Mic withTommy Pirone. Additional auditions are scheduled at United Community Bank on Morrison Moore Parkway in Dahlonega on July 14, and at Rocco's in Jasper on July 6.There will be a $40 entrance fee — all proceeds go to help vic tims of domestic violence and abuse. If contestants have not been pre-regis- tered, there is no guaran tee of a time slot at the announced auditions, but walk-ins are welcome. Please bring backup music, if needed, on a travel drive. More audition venues and dates will be announced in the next few weeks. Video auditions will be accepted after the registration form is com pleted at www.noone- alone.org. Any questions can be directed to Jean Baker at 706-372-4260 or jbaker@noonealone.org. Hall House Gallery, Bleu Gallery and Naturally Georgia WineTasting in Dahlonega will be hosting a Christmas in July from noon to 7 p.m. July 27. Come and get your Christmas shopping done at Hall House gallery, Bleu Gallery and Naturally Georgia WineTasting. There are 25 unique local artisans including jewelry, pottery, painting, wood working and wine. You can sip 100 percent Georgia wines while you check everyone off your Christmas list with gor geous one of a kind gifts. Come and meet the artists and watch them work. Light snacks will be pro vided and Santa will be there spreading cheer. Hall House Gallery/Bleu Gallery/Naturally Georgia WineTasting Room are at 90-94 Public Square in Dahlonega, on the down town Dahlonega square. Lumpkin-Dawson County Special Olympics is look ing for athletes, partners, volunteers and coaches to join the growing orga nization. Athletes current ly compete in winter bowling, masters bowling and fall games Bocce. For more information please email lumpkindawsonso- ga@gmail.com. The North Georgia Crappie Anglers (NGCA) is hosting its second annual Fishin'With Military Heroes fall fishing tourna ment Sept. 28 at Lake Lanier. This event honors all of our military veteran men and women who have experienced physical or emotional trauma and is free of charge to all vet eran participants.The event is limited to 100 vet erans. Lines will be in the water at daylight and weigh-in and lunch is at 1 p.m. at Bolding Mill Park. Prizes will be awards for the largest crappies and seven largest crappies. Crappies size limit is 10 inches or larger at weigh- in. Veterans will not need a license, tackle or bait. No prior fishing experience is required. NGCA members will be on hand to teach or help veterans to have a great fishing experience. For more information call JoshThornton at (770) 530-6493. The Padgett Family History, "Our Journey to Edmond of England," a book by Padgett descen dants, is now available at the Dawson County Library.The history begins with the north Georgia families and traces the lines to Edmond in Virginia and on to Edmond born 1638 in England.The library is at 342 Allen St. in Dawsonville. The Dawson County Library is hosting Adult Craft Night on the last Tuesday of each month. Registration is required; call the library at (706) 344-3690 to sign up.The library is at 342 Allen St. in Dawsonville. Free BINGO for seniors will be held beginning at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Ingles in Dawsonville. GeorgiaCares at Legacy Link is offering services to help screen and enroll for Medicare. For more information, call (770) 538-2650. The National Alliance on Mental Illness Forsyth Dawson Lumpkin Chapter (NAMI FDL) hosts separate support group meetings for fami ly members and another for adults with mental ill ness from 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. each second and fourthThursday of the month at the Forsyth County Senior Center. CLUBS The Dawson County Republican party meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of the month at Bowen Center for the Arts at 334 Hwy. 9 in Dawsonville. Light dinner precedes the meeting at 6:30 p.m.To get more information, contact Chairwoman Seanie Zappendorf at (678) 643- 9019. Dawson County Chapter No. 970 ofVietnam Veterans of America meets at 7 p.m. the sec ond Monday of each month at the Dawson County Board of Education Professional Development Center. Weekly gatherings also take place at Billie's Heavenly Biscuits, a.k.a. "The Bunker" on Hwy. 9 North each Friday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. For more information, call Chapter President Bill Martin at (706) 809-2573. Dawsonville Post 247 American Legion meets the secondTuesday of each month.The group also hosts bingo at 7 p.m. Monday and Friday on Lumpkin Campground Road, near the outlet mall. Look for the signs. All veterans are encour aged to join. Etowah Masonic Lodge No. 222 meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at East First Street in Dawsonville. For more information, call Raymond Duncan, W.M. at (706) 216-6450. The Georgia Mountain Chapter, Military Officers Association of America, serving Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Gilmer Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens, White and North Fulton counties meets at 11:30 a.m. the thirdThursday of each month at the Golden Corral in Cumming. All current, former and retired mili tary officers and spouses are invited. Call (687) 779-2584 for more infor mation. Civitan Club meets at noon the 2ndTuesday of each month and at 4 p.m. the 4thTuesday of each month at the Professional Development Building next to the Board of Education at 30 Main St. The club is a branch of Civitan International.The mission of the club is to build good citizenship by providing a volunteer organization of clubs dedi cated to serving individual and community needs, with an emphasis on help ing people with develop mental disabilities. Kiwanis Club meets at 11:30 a.m. every second and fourthTuesday at Ryan's in Dawsonville. Members expected. Visitors and prospective members welcome. For more infor mation, call Angelia Holloway or Regina Varnado at (706) 265-3232. The Dawsonville Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month at the DawsonvilleTavern. Prospective members are welcome. For more infor mation, call President Greg Hicks at (404) 405- 5315. Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp No. 2135, the Concord Rangers, meet at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month orTuesday following hol iday weekends at the Dawson County Senior Center at 201 Recreation Road. Fellowship begins at 6:30 p.m. All are invit ed. For more informa tion, call (706) 344-7392. Veterans Alliance Color Guard meets at 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at Ryan's Steakhouse, Dawsonville. For more information, call (678) 989-2153 or (770) 475-5175, or visit their website verteransal- liancecolorguard.com. DONATIONS Humane Society Resale Shop and Boutique takes items for donation, such as dishes, linens, furniture, jewelry, children and sea sonal items, etc.The store will be open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.The store is at 54 S. Lumpkin Campground Road.To volunteer or for more information, call (706) 525-5030. The Dawson Community Food Bank andThrift Store is seeking canned goods for their Dawson Community Food drive. The food bank is at 77 Hugh Stowers Road in Dawsonville and is open everyTuesday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more informa tion, call Linda Benson at (678) 410-4455 or Amy Cox at (678) 283-7341. KARE for Kids meets at 7 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month at Dawsonville City Hall. Need help? Don't know who to call or where to go? Family Connection can guide you to agencies and organizations that offer help to Dawson County residents. Ask for a resource book. For more information, call (706) 265- 1981.RIC Rack charity thrift store is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.The food pantry is open from noon to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Donations are accepted during normal business hours, until 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. LEISURE Heart-in-Hand Quilting Guild meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Bowen Arts Center. For more information, contact Jackie Somerville at jsomerville@ wind- stream. net. MEETINGS/SUPPORT GROUPS Dawson County Friends of Recovery (DFOR) meets monthly at 2 p.m. on the thirdTuesday at the Dawson County Library.The group strives to increase public aware ness of the programs and benefits of Drug Court, DUI Court, HELP Court and FamilyTreatment Court.To get more infor mation, contact Carla Turner at (931)273-9323. AARP meets at 3 p.m. the firstTuesday of every month, except July and August, at the Senior Center.AL-ANON, a support group for families and friends of alcoholics, has changed locations. Meetings are every Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Church of the Apostles on 32 Grant RoadW. in Dawsonville. For more information, call (855) 254-3414. Alcoholics Anonymous meets in Dawsonville at the following times and locations: Church of the Apostles on Grant Road at 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; Trinity Evangelical Church on Steve Tate Highway at 8 p.m. on Monday, 7 p.m. on Friday; Grace Presbyterian Church in downtown Dawsonville at 8 p.m. Tuesday,Thursday and Saturday. For information, call (706) 265-3514. A Support Group for kin ship families, grandpar ents and other relatives caring for children meets from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at Saint Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, 1188 Hamp Mill Road, Dahlonega. Children are welcome. For more information, call Jocelyn (706) 864-2768. Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Support Group for Dawson and Pickens counties meets at 1 p.m. the second Monday of each month atTrinity Evangelical Church, 2685 Steve Tate Highway, Marble Hill.The meeting take place in a down stairs gathering room at the rear of the building. Call facilitator Ada Holley at (404)625-3694 or email alcholley@gmail.com for more information. Dawson County Democratic Party meets at 6 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the Dawson County Library. Committee meet ings are every other month. Anyone interest ed is invited to attend. Dawson Against Substance Abuse meets at 3 p.m. the fourth Thursday of each month at Etowah Water and Sewer Authority's confer ence room.The public is invited. For more infor mation, call (706) 265- 1981.Dawson County Historical and Genealogical Society meets at 5:30 p.m. the fourthTuesday of each month, except for December, at the Dawson County Library. Dawson County Heritage and Pictorial books, as well as cemetery books, are available through the society. Narcotics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. every Saturday night at Bethel United Methodist Church, 100 Lumpkin Campground Road. Meetings are also held at noon each Thursday, at 7 p.m. each Friday and at 5 p.m. each Saturday. Women's group meets at 7:30 p.m. each Thursday and at 7 p.m. each Sunday at Dawson County Counseling, 30 Industrial Park Road, Suite 200. For more informa tion, call (800) 837-4239. 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