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Group hopes to preserve bee population with census LOCAL, 7A Lady Tigers volleyball squad gettingstronger in 2019 SPORTS, IB DawsonCountyNews WEDNESDAY I AUGUST 21,2019 DaWSOflNeWS ^com DAWSONVULE, GEORGIA $1.00 Gibson murder trial progresses Suspect appears in Dawson County Magistrate Court preliminary trial, adoption case By Joshua Demarest jdemarest@dawsonnews.com Jeremy Gibson had his prelimi nary court hearing last Wednesday before Judge Lisa Poss-Thurmond of the Dawson County Magistrate Court. Judge Thurmond deter mined that there was probably cause that Gibson murdered his wife on July 29, and that the case would proceed to trial. Several facts from that night emerged during the hearing. “They had pulled off the Dawson Forest Road to release a turtle they found,” testified Dawson County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Jeff Moore. “That’s when Daddy pulled up and they got in an argument.” From there, Amy Gibson took off for Riverview Elementary School on Dawson Forest Road. According to testimony given at the hearing, Gibson initially told investigators that he pulled into the school’s parking lot to stake it out ahead of an upcom ing parent’s night and witnessed Amy performing a sexual act on her five-year-old son before looking at him and smiling. See Gibson|4A New Dawson County firetruck christened in historic ceremony station? ffisgfmSaS Photos by Jessica Taylor Dawson County News Fire Station 3's new firetruck sits outside its apparatus bay before the ceremony begins. ‘Wet Down and Push In’ ceremony dates back to 1800s By Jessica Taylor jtaylor@dawsonnews.com Dawson County Fire Station 3 christened its new Engine 3 and retired the old firetruck in a ceremony dating back to the early days of fire service in the United States. The old Engine 3, a firetruck built in 1998, retired its duties after firefight ers at the station used its hose to wet down the new Pierce Saber firetruck Aug. 19 during a ceremonial Wet Down and Push In tradition. “These rituals go back to the 1800s when we had horse drawn pumpers and were used throughout the fire ser vice,” said Fire Chief Danny Thompson. “The process behind the wet down was once they returned from a call with the horses, they used the water to wet the horses down to cool them down.” See Firetruck 18A Dawsonville mayor plans to seek 2nd term in office By Joshua Demarest jdemarest@dawsonnews.com Dawsonville Mayor Mike Eason quali fied Monday morning to run for a second term in office. The announcement comes after some initial questions about whether or not Eason wanted to run again. “A number of people have talked to me about staying on to try to continue some of the projects that are ongoing in the city,” said Eason about why he decided to seek reelection. “Not to say that a new mayor wouldn’t do the same that I’ve been doing, but we’ve got some momentum going on a lot of different things that are happening here — the park, the farmer’s market, the dog park, downtown parking — just a lot of projects that are very positive for our community, not just the city, but the county citizens as well.” “We want to try to continue to be a place where people can gather and enjoy life and have a good experience,” he added. One of the major tasks that Mayor Eason undertook was revamping the ordinances in the city, some of which hadn’t been touched in twenty or thirty years. “We tried to look at everything we are doing as a city and trying to become more current with the times — not necessarily progressive, but more defined rules and regulations.” But Eason was clear that his job’s not See Mayor 13A Boys & Girls Club eyes new facility in Dawson County By Joshua Demarest jdemarest@dawsonnews.com The Boys & Girls Club of North Georgia is looking to expand into Dawson County. The club, which is chartered to cover Pickens, Gilmer, Fannin and Dawson coun ties, has already begun service in the other three counties in its area and is starting the process to come to Dawson. Boys & Girls Club of North Georgia See Clubs 12A 0 9 0 9 9 Inside Volume 4, Number 48 © 2019, Dawson County News Dawsonville, Georgia Church Events 3B Classifieds 7B Dear Abby 6B Deaths 2A Legals 8B Opinion 9A Sports 1B 4A No One Alone receives Food Lion grant 6A Pet owners L warned of toxic algae in Lake Lanier At Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, we've treated more prostate cancer cases than any other community hospital in Georgia. Our experience and expertise equips us to provide elite cancer care at 50 cancer centers across the state. Backed by board-certified medical oncologists and leading treatment options, we're built to beat prostate cancer. Learn more at builttobeatcancer.com m NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL CANCER INSTITUTE
