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2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com Wednesday, February 19,2020 DawsonEvents Listings in Dawson Events are free and available to nonprofit organizations sponsoring free or low-cost events for the public. Groups may submit notices by fax at (706) 265-3276 or via email at editor@dawsonnews.com. Arrest Reports The annual spaghetti dinner of Etowah Masonic Lodge No. 222 will be held on Saturday, Feb. 29, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lodge located on Bill Elliott Street in Dawsonville. Tickets are available for $7 per plate. Meals will be available for dine-in or take-out. For tickets or more information contact William Sexton at (706) 216-5438. ConnectAbility's Night of Stars Talent Show is Saturday, Feb. 29 at the Dawson County Performing Arts Center from 6-9 p.m. Special guest per former, Rion Paige, will be singing with our Live Band as well as our very own ConnectAbility Stars. Complimentary refreshments will be served at intermis sion. Please register at: https://connect- ability.churchcenter.com/registrations/ events/355368 to reserve your tickets. The event is free and all are invited to attend. An AARP Safe Driving Class will be held on Wednesday, March 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Dawsonville Library in the Side Meeting Room.The library is at 342 Allen Street in Dawsonville.The class is $20 for non- AARP Members and $15 for AARP members. Cash or checks are accepted. Bring a sweater. Reservations are required. Call or text Arthur Sheehan at (678) 227-2689. The Goodwill Career Center will hold our Multi-Employer Job Fair from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Monday, March 2.This is a great chance to meet with hiring managers of over 15 local busi nesses including Alliance Property Services, BB&T (Trust), Chick-Fil-A, DeVry University, KIK Custom Products, Len Foote Hike Inn, U.S. Census Bureau, Waffle House, Wahoo Docks and morewho will conduct interviews 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. Forsyth County Master Gardener Plant Sale & Expo will be held on Friday, April 10, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, April 11, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. More than 40 vendors will offer a wide range of plants and other garden products suited for this climate, such as hard to find native plants, annuals, shrubs, veggies & herbs, soil amend ments, birdhouses, hand crafted artisan wares, gourmet food items, fountains and pottery, garden decor, and more. Master Gardener Extension Volunteers will be on hand to assist you with the plant selection and provide gardening advice and clinics.The Barn at Cumming Fairgrounds is located at 235 Castleberry Road in Cumming. Call (770) 887-2418 or visit us at http:// UGAmg.org for more information. The Dawsonville Lions Club meets every first and third Monday at 7 PM at Papa's Place, 3651 Dawson Forest Rd., The following are food service businesses that were inspected by the Dawson County Environmental Health Department from Feb. 10 to 13, 2020. A score of 69 or less is fail ing. Feb. 10 WNB FACTORY 6625 Hwy. 53 STE 180, Dawsonville, Ga. 30534 Score: 86, Grade: B Notes: Trash can blocking hand sink from easy access in cook area of kitchen. Hand sink must be accessi ble for use at all times so, nothing should be stored in front of the hand sink. Dining tables being cleaned and sanitized using one cloth stored in bucket of sanitizer between uses. Per regulations, if using bucket of sani tizer with cloth, must have two buck ets with cloths where the first bucket of sanitizer with cloth would be used to remove soil from the tables and the second bucket of sanitizer with cloth would be used to rinse the table or a spray bottle of sanitizer with a paper towel may be used in place of the two buckets. Hood and vents with build up of grease that is flowing down into the drip trough. Vents/hood need to be cleaned frequently enough to pre vent accumulation of grease that can drip back onto food/food contact sur faces. Shelf under prep table, shelf under flat top grill with accumulation of food debris/grease/spilled rice and Dawsonville GA 30534. Please contact Jim Buckley at (404) 771-4785 with any questions. Georgia Racing Hall of Fame, a non profit organization is operated solely by volunteers. We are open seven days a week. Volunteers are needed for morn ings 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. and after noons from 1:30-5 p.m. Hours at your convenience. Volunteers are also needed for our special events. Please consider being a part of our team to help pre serve the history of Dawson County and Georgia. For more information, please call (770) 893-8230 or (706) 216-7223. The Dawson County Woman's Club, a non-profit service organization, meets at 6 p.m. on the first Monday of January to June and September to November at the Community Room at Fire Station No. 2 next toTractor Supply. DCWC is a member of the Federation ofWomen's Clubs and has many areas of interest in volunteering in our community. For more informa tion, visit www.dawsoncountywoman- sclub.org or call (404) 245-7273. Lumpkin-Dawson County Special Olympics is looking for athletes, part ners, volunteers and coaches to join the growing organization. Athletes current ly compete in winter bowling, masters bowling and fall games Bocce. For more information please email lump- kindawsonsoga@gmail.com. The Dawson County Library is hosting Adult Craft Night on the lastTuesday of each month. Registration is required; call the library at (706) 344-3690 to sign up.The library is located at 342 Allen Street in Dawsonville. 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 second and fourthThursday of the month at the Forsyth County Senior Center. 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 infor mation, contact Chairwoman Seanie Zappendorf at (678) 643-9019. Dawsonville Post 247 American Legion meets the secondTuesday of each month.The group also holds bingo at 7 p.m. Monday and Friday on Lumpkin Campground Road, near the outlet mall. Look for the signs. All veter ans are encouraged to join. Etowah Masonic Lodge No. 222 meets the first and thirdTuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at East First Street in Dawsonville. For more infor mation, call Raymond Duncan, W.M. at (706) 216-6450. doors of coolers with sticky food debris build-up - clean more fre quently to prevent build-up that can be attraction for insects/rodents. Accumulation of food/grease/trash under and behind cook line, sandwich unit, lowboy freezer, upright freezers and around water heater by back door. Good deep cleaning needed and a more frequent cleaning schedule needs to be adopted to prevent build up that can be attraction for insects/ rodents. Feb.11 FIVE GUYS BURGERS & FRIES 143 Power Center Dr. STE 150, Dawsonville, Ga. 30534 Score: 97, Grade: A Feb. 12 FRIENDS DAWSON GRILL 837 Hwy. 400 S STE 175, Dawsonville, Ga. 30534 Score: 100, Grade: A Feb. 13 GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES/ MARBLE SLAB CREAMERY 145 Forest Blvd. STE 400, Dawsonville, Ga. 30534 Score: 99, Grade: A BURGER KING #9957 21 Medical Center Dr., Dawsonville, Ga. 30534 Score: 100, Grade: A Feb. 10 Jessica Nicole Kohler, 37, Dawsonville: Possession of mari juana less than one ounce, posses sion of a controlled substance, drug related objects, false state ment and writings/concealment of fact, false name/date of birth, theft by shoplifting. Timothy Wayne Kohler, 47, Dawsonville: Possession of mari juana less than one ounce, posses sion of a controlled substance, drug related objects. Danielle Jessica Ray, 29: Probation violation/felony. Shae Alexander Wadford, 25, Dawsonville: Probation violation/ misdemeanor. Patra Kala Winston, 22, Gainesville: Failure to comply/ Help Court. Feb. 11 Michael Casey Cagle, 32, Dawsonville: Driving while license suspended/revoked, DUI/ alcohol. Pedro Luis Francisco-Pascual, 22, Ellijay: Battery, theft by tak ing. Lorene Feuerbach Schaffer, 56, Gainesville: Open container viola tion, improper stopping on road way, DUI/alcohol. Shamika Lashaun Stem, 25, Nashville, Tenn.: Probation viola tion/felony. Anthony Cody Wiginton, 24, Dahlonega: Driving while license suspended/revoked. Feb. 12 Cody Davis Arrington, 31, Dawsonville: Battery/family vio lence. Chelsea Jean Jansen, 26, Cleveland: Driving while license suspended/revoked, possession of a controlled substance, DUI/alcohol. Nicolas Martinez Vazquez, 37, Dawsonville: Driving without license, defective or no taillights. Johnny Alfred Pritchard IV, 45, Dawsonville: Probation violation/ felony. Tonya Zahra Shirvani, 44, Gainesville: DUI/drugs less safe, failure to maintain lane. Abraham Vazquez Salgado, 34, Acworth: Driving without license, following too closely. Feb. 13 Colton Fields Castles, 22, Cleveland: Possession of marijuana less than one ounce, two counts possession of controlled substance, no driver’s license on person, DUI/ drugs. John Lason Moore, 49, Gainesville: Obstruction of officer, possession of a controlled sub stance, distribution of a controlled substance, drug related objects, use of communication facility in com mitting or fac, transaction in con OBITUARY Homer Jackson Day Homer Jackson Day, 81, of Cumming, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. He was a loving and hardwork ing husband, father and grandfather who supported his family. Survivors include his wife, Mildred Day of Cumming; children, Lisa and Marcus Almond of Cumming, Jackie DeHart of Cumming, Darryl and Mandy Day of Cleveland, Rhea and Allen Poole of Cumming; sister, Broncille Croy of Dahlonega; brothers, Herbert Day of Gainesville, Cecil Day of Dahlonega; 10 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews; various other rel- DEATH NOTICES George M. "Jim" Bennett George M. “Jim” Bennett, 92, of Cumming, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Bearden Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News February 19, 2020 trolled substance or marijuana within 1,000 feet of a park. Feb. 14 Devin Todd Campbell, 23, Cleveland: Three counts posses sion of a controlled substance, failure to maintain lane, defective or no taillights. Christopher Austen Jackson, 20, Dawsonville: Here for court. Joseph Michael King, 36, Dawsonville: Probation violation/ misdemeanor. Jason Christopher Norrell, 48, Dahlonega: Probation violation/ felony. Bradford Wayne Nuss, 41, Gainesville: Theft by shoplifting. Christopher Scott Smith, 40, Dawsonville: Here for court. Feb. 15 Phillip Antonio Esposito, 46, Dawsonville: Possession of a con trolled substance, no driver’s license on person, DUI/alcohol. Sergio Roblero Gonzalez, 37, Dalton: Driving without license, speeding. Troy Lawrence Griffith, 49, Cumming: DUI/alcohol. Richard Hadju, 21, Dawsonville: No driver’s license on person, DUI/ alcohol. Owen Ogbenede Oviawe, 28, Alpharetta: Speeding, driving while license suspended/revoked. Christopher John Stankiewicz, 30, Snellville: Driving while license suspended/revoked, failure to wear seatbelt. Dusty Montgomery Tallant, 21, Dawsonville: No driver’s license on person, DUI/drugs less safe. Feb. 16 Tony Ray Chastain, 29, Dahlonega: Speeding, DUI/alco hol, failure to maintain lane. Sonya Lloyd Jackson, 52, Dawsonville: Battery/family vio lence. Dallas Junior Painter, 40, Dawsonville: Simple assault, sim ple battery. Ryan Bruce Richardson, 46, Alpharetta: Possession of a con trolled substance, drug related objects. Feb. 17 Victor Albert Bute, 39, Suwanee: Two counts battery/family vio lence, two counts criminal tres pass/family violence, theft by tak ing. Sabrina Bejin Hoose, 41, Alto: Second degree cruelty to children, two counts third degree cruelty to children, battery, two counts bat tery/family violence. Feb. 18 Andrew Earl Norton, 33, Dawsonville: Parole violation. atives also survive. Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 17, 1 p.m. at the Ingram Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ruel Martin and Rev. Sam Rickett officiating. Interment followed at Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Gainesville. The family received friends at the funeral home Sunday from 3 to 9 p.m. and Monday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory of Cumming was in charge of arrange ments. Dawson County News February 19, 2020 Windell Edwin Parker Windell Edwin Parker, 83, of Dawsonville, died on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Bearden Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News February 19, 2020 Restaurant Scores ^ Daws o n C o u nty N e ws A Metro Market Media Publication Established in 2015 by the merger of Dawson Community News and Dawson News and Advertiser 30 Shoal Creek Road i PUBLISHER | Stephanie Woody Dawsonville, GA 30534 PHONE (706) 265-3384 EDITOR | Alexander Popp FAX (706) 265-3276 usps 018-876 | Updates online at DawsonNews rii Display advertising For Wednesday: Retail and Classified deadlines are 3 p.m. Friday Classified liners (help wanted, for sale, etc.) For Wednesday: Deadline is noon Monday Advertising rates available upon request. 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