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Dawson County Schools welcome students back to class LOCAL, 6A •t m «»rt Lady Tigers fall to Lady Danes 14-1 in 2019 softball opener SPORTS, 1B WEDNESDAY I AUGUST 7, 2019 DaWSOflNeWS ^com DAWSONVULE, GEORGIA $1.00 'We knew she was going to die' Close friends not surprised, offer details leading to death of Amy Alexandria Gibson By Joshua Demarest jdemarest@dawsonnews.com As the murder of Amy Alexandria Gibson continues to shock regional and national audiences, a close friend of Gibson is anything but sur prised. “We knew she was going to die,” said Kirsti Peterson, a friend of Gibson since middle school. “I literally said ‘if you don’t make it, I will spend the rest of my life making sure your truth is told.’” There was a history of police involvement and domestic vio lence between Gibson, who went by Alex, and her husband, Jeremy, who shot her multiple times on the evening of July 29. Just after midnight on May 29, Jeremy Gibson called the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office to report that he had just been the victim of domestic abuse. Alex was arrested by Sgt. Larry Busher and charged with family violence. On May 30, the day after the incident is alleged to have taken place, Alex went for an examination at Keating Family Medicine in Dawsonville. According to the resulting report, “Ms. Gibson presents to the clinic today for evaluation after recent spousal abuse inci dent. ... She is also requesting a drug screen as her husband has accused her of using drugs.” Alex tested negative for the full battery of drugs, including amphetamine, barbiturates, benzodiazepine, cocaine, mari juana, methadone, opiates, See Gibson|4A A little friendly competition — for charity SLEEP IN - ■IM * heavenly LJ PEACE 1 t i * ^ I ilV no: ,*j | | ! , ON ■ ^OR INO ■ TwN’ Y. Photos by Jessica Taylor Dawson County News The Dawsonville chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace hosts a Bed Build off between the Dawson County Sheriff's Office and Dawson County Emergency Services Aug. 3 at Atlanta Motorsports Park. Guns & Hoses battle leads to 70 beds for children in need By Jessica Taylor jtaylor@dawsonnews.com A little friendly competition between deputies and firefighters Saturday morning resulted in 70 beds being built for kids in need. Members of Dawson County Emergency Services and the Sheriff’s Office gathered together Aug. 3 at Atlanta Motorsports Park in Dawsonville for an epic “Guns N Hoses” bed building competition for Sleep in Heavenly Peace. Skip Sevier, president of the Dawsonville chapter of SHP, start ed the chapter last September to help the nonprofit fulfill its mission “no kid sleeps on the floor in our town” and has since hosted bed building competitions in Dawson, Forsyth and Lumpkin counties where volunteers build bunk bed components for local children who do not have beds of their own. Sevier reached out to Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson to see if the men and women in blue would be up for a friendly competi tion against their firefighting friends. “I appreciate Sheriff Johnson reaching out to us to be a part of this event. Skip and his team of volunteers, it’s just good to see everybody coming together for this event to really help out those that are in need of stuff,” Dawson County Emergency Services Director and Fire Chief Danny Thompson said. It’s not the first time the sheriff’s office has faced off against emer gency services at AMP. Last year, the two went head to head in a stiff go-kart race for Relay for Life in which Team Hoses came out on top. With their mission clear and little bit of friendly trash talk, the Team Guns and Team Hoses worked to build the most bed components as fast as they could to be declared victorious. “We’re out of pieces! Firefighters won 36 to 35! I can’t believe it,” Sevier exclaimed. Down to the wire, and nearly two See Beds 15A Members of Team Guns and Team Hoses go head to head on branding a headboard. Good Shepherd Clinic to host annual brunch to benefit free medical care By Jessica Taylor jtaylor@dawsonnews.com The Good Shepherd Clinic will once again host its annual brunch to help the nonprofit continue its efforts to offer free medical care in Dawson County. Volunteers with the free clinic will be at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 8 for the eighth annual Grits and Granola brunch, where Tames is catering a delicious meal. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at www.goodshepherddawsonco.org or by calling Elaine Laney at (706) 216-8914. All proceeds of the event will benefit the Good Shepherd Clinic, a non-for- profit 501 (c)3 clinic offering free non- emergent medical, dental, vision, hear ing, wellness services and prescription medications to eligible patients. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the clinic. To be eligible, patients must live, work or go to school in the county, not have any insurance and have an income of 200 percent or below the federal pov erty level. For a family of two, that’s an income of about $34,000 a year. For more information about the clinic visit www.goodshepherddawsonco.org or call (706) 429-9914. 0 9 0 9 9 Inside Volume 4, Number 46 © 2019, Dawson County News Dawsonville, Georgia Church Events 3B Classifieds 7B Dear Abby 6B Deaths 2A Legals 8B Opinion 9A Sports 1B 2A Horace Hamilton wins 1st place in art show 8A Dawson Highs Luke Wilkie named FFA Treasurer NOW CANCER CENTERS ACROSS GEORGIA By providing access to more cancer treatment centers, we're bringing expert care to more Georgians. That care is made possible by having the most board-certified medical oncologists of any community hospital network in the state—and it's helped establish us as top 2 in the nation among community cancer programs. Learn more at builttobeatcancer.com m NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL CANCER INSTITUTE
