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4B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, July 24,2019
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.
The Dawson County
High School FFA has free
manure, shavings and hay
compost mix at the FFA
barn at the high school.
You must provide the
method of transporting.
Would prefer you leave a
trailer weekly for FFA to
load. If interested call FFA
advisor Keith Pankey at
(706) 273-8795.The FFA
barn is at 1665 Perimeter
Road in Dawsonville.
The Amicalola Regional
Farmers Market is open
every Friday throughout
the summer from 3:30
p.m. until 7 p.m.This year,
vendors will set up at
Dawsonville City Hall (415
Highway 53 East). The
market will temporarily be
in the city hall parking lot
but will move to its perma
nent location of the
Farmers Market Pavilion
upon its completion later
this year. Vendor spaces
are still available. For an
application to participate,
contact MacAllister at
clarkmac@uga.edu or call
706-265-2442. For more
information about the mar
ket and upcoming special
events, visit http://fb.me/
amicalolafarmersmarket
or call the Chamber at 706-
265-6278.
No One Alone (NOA) will
be hosting auditions for the
3rd annual North Georgia's
GotTalent competition
every Monday night from 8
to 10 p.m. at Shenanigans
during Open Micwith
Tommy Pirone.There will
be a $40 entrance fee. All
proceeds go to help victims
of domestic violence and
abuse. If contestants have
not been pre-registered,
there is no guarantee of a
time slot at the announced
auditions, but walk-ins are
welcome. Bring backup
music, if needed, on a trav
el drive. Audition venues
and dates will be
announced later. Video
auditions will be accepted
after the registration form is
completed at www.noone-
alone.org. 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 Georgia will be
hosting a Christmas in July
from noon to 7 p.m. July
27. 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, woodworking
and wine. You can sip 100
percent Georgia wines.
Come and meet the artists
and watch them work.
Light snacks will be provid
ed and Santa will be
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 looking for
athletes, partners, volun
teers and coaches to join
the growing organization.
Athletes 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
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 veteran
participants.The event is
limited to 100 veterans.
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 larg
est 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 fish
ing experience is required.
NGCA members will teach
or help veterans to have a
great fishing experience.
For more information call
JoshThornton at (770) 530-
6493.
'We should be good this year. I'm very
excited about being a leader on the
team. It will give me a chance to
mentor some of the younger girls.'
Kaitlynn Bennett
Dawson County High School senior
FROM 1B
Athletes
end of high school softball
season in late October or
early November. The team
will squeeze in at least
two tournaments before
December, and then break
for Christmas. Spring sea
son, consisting of well-
over two dozen games,
kicks off with the new
year and lasts until tourna
ment season, which usual
ly runs from April through
the middle of July.
The long schedule
means that Bennett is
involved with a softball
related activity almost
every day of the year
from the beginning of
January through the end
of November and, occa
sionally, there are con
flicts in her routine.
“It’s a big commitment,
you have to be there,”
Bennett said. “Sometimes I
will have a lot of school-
work and I will have to take
it on the road, or sometimes
my friends will want to do
something, and I will have
to get back to them. I
always do, and we have
fun, but I definitely have to
get back to them. It’s hard,
but to me it’s worth it.”
“I like being on the
field with my coaches
and friends, with girls
from all over,” Bennett
said. “That’s kind of the
unique thing about travel
ball is meeting so many
different people. It’s a
neat experience.”
When asked if she had
any regrets about dedicating
so much time to softball,
Kaitlynn was quick with
her one-word answer. “No.”
For parents Brannon
and Bethany Bennett, the
intense schedule created a
mixture of challenges and
blessings, with dad focus
ing on the athletic nature
of the program and mom
speaking about the educa
tional opportunities that
come along with the
Prime program.
Travel ball is more com
petitive. You have more
competition because you
are playing teams from dif
ferent areas. Not just in
your region. And with the
higher level of competition
it tends to make the player
a better player.” Brannon
said. “Also, teams are
smaller, 10-12 girls. So,
the player gets more play
ing time which makes
them better at their posi
tion as well as gives coach
more opportunities to teach
because there are less play
ers than on a school team.”
“It’s pretty much year-
round. It gives much more
exposure to colleges,”
Bethany said. “And, unless
they have an ace player,
not a lot of college scouts
are at the local high school
game. Her education is our
number one focus.”
Both parents were quick
to agree, that aside from
the occasional social con
flict, the biggest challenge
associated with a traveling
softball team was the cost.
In addition to an up-front
fee of 2000 dollars to
cover team dues, uni
forms, practice facilities
(indoor and outdoor) and
tournament fees, the fami
ly is responsible for all
costs associated with trav
el, which Bethany estimat
ed at roughly 1000 dollars.
“The team stays in north
Georgia as much as possi
ble,” Bethany said. “But if
Kaitlynn’s putting it first
then we are putting it first,
plus we are together as a
family. I enjoyed watching
her doing something she
enjoyed.”
Entering her final year
as a Lady Tiger, Kaitlynn
looked forward to what
the season would bring
and felt that her combina
tion of high school and
travel experience had pre
pared her for taking on a
leadership role with the
team in 2019.
“We should be good
this year,” Bennett said.
“I’m very excited about
being a leader on the
team. It will give me a
chance to mentor some of
the younger girls.”
The Lady Tigers open
the season with a home
game versus the Denmark
Danes on Aug. 3, at 1 p.m.
FROM 1B
Sapp
say the least. I am so
happy to have had such
an opportunity and even
better that it is continu
ous and ongoing. Now
that I’ve had this train
ing as a participant, it
has allowed me to tran
sition into a volunteer
and ultimately become
the president of Team
River Runner Atlanta.
This has allowed me to
assist other veterans
alike so that they can
enjoy the same experi
ences that I have had.”
“We have struggled at
times, but considering
everything we have gone
through, we are all doing
very well and have so
much to be thankful for,”
wrote Sapp. “I currently
still serve the role as a stay
at home dad, but I also
have inherited new
responsibilities as the pres
ident of Team River
Runner Atlanta. It is one
of my top priorities to con
tinue to be a soldier for life
and follow Team River
Runner’s motto, ’Helping
Our Wounded Veterans on
the River to Recovery.’”
Sapp was nominated as
an Atlanta Braves
Hometown Hero by fellow
veteran Gary McBride.
In his email to the
Braves organization,
McBride says “[wjhat
makes Lirst Sergeant Sapp
so very exceptional is that
in spite on his disabilities,
he continues to both lead
others and inspire every
one around him. Simply
put, he is the very best of
us and is known as a
’hero’s hero.’ He’s both
humble and compassion
ate and cares deeply about
the needs of others and
always puts the needs of
others above those of him
self.”
“When I was a kid, I
used to watch the Braves
with my grandparents,”
Sapp told Dawson County
News in a phone interview
on his way to the Braves
game. “To be able to have
them honor me is some
thing special to me, and I
hope my grandparents can
watch over me and see it,
because it would mean a
lot to them too.”
Sapp brought home a
victory, as the Braves ral
lied to defeat the Nationals
4-3.
FROM 1B
Harvick
there,” Hamlin said. “Down the
backstretch, I kind of let off, and I’m
like, all right, well, I’ll just pass him on
the outside and kind of do this thing the
right way, and once I had that big run,
he just turned right. But I would do the
same thing.”
With only six races remaining before
the postseason field of 16 drivers is
locked, the Loxwood Resort Casino 301
had big implications on the playoff pic
ture. Harvick secured his spot with the
win, while Kyle Busch extended his
projected points lead with a stage one
victory.
Lor Hendricks Motorsports driver
Jimmie Johnson, the day was almost
disastrous as complications in the water
pump and power steering dropped him
to thirtieth and left him on the playoff
bubble in seventeenth, 17 points out of
position.
“Well, it was certainly a letdown to
say the least. We had some issue with
the power steering and the water pump
pulleys. So, it’s just unlucky on that
front,” Johnson said. “Certainly, the
wrong time of the year to have some
bad luck. It looked like the guys I’m
worried about in the points didn’t have
the best day either, so maybe I got a
pass on this one.”
Hendricks Motorsports teammate
Chase Elliott had an eerily similar day
when water pump problems forced the
No. 9 Kelley Blue Book Chevy onto pit
row for repairs on lap 110. After replac
ing a missing belt, Elliott re-entered the
race on lap 124, 11 laps behind the lead
er, and went on to finish the race 29th.
The distant finish had no effect on
Elliott’s postseason as he is projected to
enter the playoffs as the eighth seed after
his win at Talladega earlier in the year.
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup
Series makes their second trip to the
“Tricky Triangle” July 27 for the
Gander RV 400 at Pennsylvania’s
Pocono Raceway.
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