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Wednesday, September 11,2019
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es by fax at (706) 265-3276 or via email at editor@dawsonnews.com.
Community
The Dawson County
Retired Educator
Association will host
a reception for recent
retired educators and
friends at its regular
monthly meeting at
11:30 a.m. Sept. 17 in
the Dawson County
Board of Education
Professional Devel
opment Center. All
current and former
D.C.R.E.A. members
please come and help
us welcome these
recent retirees as we
share in friendship,
fellowship, support
and service. All are
invited to attend. For
more information call
(678) 776-1485.
The Goodwill Career
Center will hold its
multi-employer job
fair from 10 a.m. to
noon Sept. 17. This is
a great chance to meet
with hiring manag
ers of over 17 local
businesses 8c resource
reps, (including Ba
nana Republic Factory
Store, Big Canoe POA,
BTD Manufacturing,
DeVry University,
Gold Creek Foods,
Hilton Head Hospital
ity, Koch Foods, Len
Foote Hike Inn, Ninth
District Opportu
nity, Old Navy, Panera
Bread, Pilgrims Pride,
Premier Surplus,
Tyson Foods, Inc.,
Waffle House, Wahoo
Docks and more) who
will conduct inter
views on site. There is
no cost to participate.
The center is inside
the Goodwill store at
66 S. 400 Center Lane
in Dawsonville. The
WorkSource Georgia
Mountains mobile
training unit will
also be onsite to offer
resume assistance and
skills assessments. All
job fair participants
will receive a coupon
for 25% off at the
Dawsonville Goodwill
Store (Valid 9/17/19
only).
Former Georgia
governor candidate
Stacey Abrams will
be coming to north
Georgia to meet with
9th District Demo
cratic Party County
Chairs and those who
have decided to run
for office in 2019 and
2020 on Sep. 17. She
will be giving a speech
with the Fair Fight
Action Team at the
Habersham Recre
ation Center, located
at 120 Paul Franklin
Road in Clarkesville.
The event is co-hosted
by the Dawson Coun
ty Democratic Party
and the Habersham
County Democratic
Party. The Abrams
Fair Fight Action
Team will make a
presentation at 5:30
p.m. while Abrams
meets with 9th Dis
trict candidates. She
will make a speech at
6 p.m. and be available
for photos afterwards.
Doors open at 5 p.m.
Organizers ask that at
tendees arrive early as
there is limited seat
ing and request that
attendees provide a
donation to cover the
cost of the two rooms,
security, advertising,
refreshments and
other items.
BRAVE Beyond the
Call, a nonprofit
dedicated to honor
ing local veterans, is
hosting the first an
nual 22 Strike Out at
Stars and Strikes from
9 a.m. to noon Sept.
21. The fundraiser is
planned to educate
and raise awareness in
the community that
22 veterans die each
year from suicide.
Each team will have a
local veteran as their
team captain. The cost
to bowl in $30 per
person which includes
two hours of bowl
ing, shoe rental and
pizza and drinks after
the competition. Stars
and Strikes is located
at 133 Merchants
Square in Cumming.
For more information
or to purchase tick
ets visit https://www.
bravebeyondthecall.
org/22-strike-out, or
call (770) 503-6116.
The Georgia Moun
tain Food Bank
is hosting its 11th
annual Empty Bowl
luncheon from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Sept. 24 at
the Ramsey Confer
ence Center in the
new Lanier Techni
cal College facility in
Gainesville. Soups,
salads and desserts
will be provided by
Performance Food
Service. A live auction
and volunteer appre
ciation program will
begin at 11:45 a.m.
Individual tickets are
$30 and include lunch
as well as a hand-
painted bowl as a sou
venir and a reminder
of GMFB s mission to
eliminate empty bowls
and empty stomachs
in the community. For
more information or
to purchase tickets,
call (770) 534-4111 or
visit www.gamoun-
tainfoo db ank. org /
emptybowl.
A Kinship Care Meet
ing for grandparents
or relatives raising a
child will be held at
the Dawson County
High School library
from 5:30-7 p.m.
Sept. 26. Come and
learn resources that
may be available for
you and the children.
Childcare and din
ner will be provided.
For information,
call Dawson County
Family Connection at
(706) 265-1981.
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 mili
tary veteran men and
women who have ex
perienced 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 largest crap-
pies 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 Josh
Thornton at (770)
530-6493.
The Dawson County
FFA Alumni and
Dawson County
Farm Bureau is host
ing a Tractor Show
and AG Day from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov.
23 at Tractor Sup
ply in Dawsonville.
Trophies will be award
for best in show and
FFA favorite. Conces
sions will be offered
for donations. All
money does to the
Dawson County High
School FFA Chapter.
All tractors and all
vendor booths will
need to be in place by
9 a.m. the day of the
event. Please contact
Tammy Wood at the
Dawson County Farm
Bureau for Tractor
Reservations at (706)
265-3350 or tewood@
gfb.org. Drive ups
welcome, but prefer
calling ahead. Please
contact Kim Glaze to
reserve vendor booths
for the event at kim.
glaze@newname.cc
or Keith Pankey at
kpankey@dawson.
kl2.ga.us or (706)
265-6555.
Lumpkin-Dawson
County Special
Olympics is looking
for athletes, partners,
volunteers and coach
es to join the growing
organization. Athletes
currently compete
in winter bowling,
masters bowling and
fall games Bocce. For
more information
please email lump-
kindawsonsoga@
gmail.com.
The Padgett Family
History, “Our Jour
ney to Edmond of
England,” a book by
Padgett descendants,
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 located
at 342 Allen Street in
Dawsonville.
The Dawson County
Library is hosting
Adult Craft Night on
the last Tuesday of
each month. Registra
tion is required; call
the library at (706)
344-3690 to sign up.
The library is located
at 342 Allen Street 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 offer
ing 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) holds
separate support group
meetings for family
members and another
for adults with mental
illness from 6:45 p.m.
to 8:15 p.m. each sec
ond and fourth Thurs
day 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 Cen
ter 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 of
Vietnam Veterans of
America meets at 7
p.m. the second Mon
day of each month at
the Dawson County
Board of Education
Professional Develop
ment Center. Weekly
gatherings also take
place at Billies Heav
enly 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 Le
gion meets the sec
ond Tuesday of each
month. The group also
holds bingo at 7 p.m.
Monday and Friday
on Lumpkin Camp
ground Road, near the
outlet mall. Look for
the signs. All veterans
are encouraged 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 Ray
mond Duncan, W.M.
at(706) 216-6450.
The Georgia Moun
tain 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 third
Thursday of each
month at the Golden
Corral in Cumming.
All current, former
and retired military
officers and spouses
are invited. Call (687)
779-2584 for more
information.
Kiwanis Club meets
at 11:30 a.m. every
second and fourth
Tuesday at Ryan’s in
Dawsonville. Members
expected. Visitors and
prospective members
welcome. For more in
formation, call Angelia
Holloway or Regina
Varnado at (706) 265-
3232.
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