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Chase Elliott to face off with father in SRX series finale. SPORTS, IB Dawsonville veteran presented with ‘Quilt of Valor.’ INSIDE, 8A DawsonCountyNews WEDNESDAY I july 14,2021 Dawson News ► com dawsonville, GEORGIA $1.00 Man arrested for possession of narcotics Methamphetamine, Cocaine included in substances allegedly seized during late-night traffic stop By Alexander Popp apopp@dawsonnews.com Methamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA, Oxycodone and Hashish were allegedly seized dur ing a recent traffic stop in Dawson County, authori ties say. According to Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson, Jonathan Walter Putnam, 42, of Atlanta, was arrested on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, after a traffic stop on Ga. 400 and Dawson Forest Road led deputies to discover multi ple illegal narcotics and drug parapher nalia in Putnam’s vehicle. An incident report associated Putnam with Putnam’s arrest states that he was stopped at 2:15 a.m. on June 29 for allegedly failing to maintain lane. Upon investiga tion of Putnam’s vehicle, deputies located 3.4 grams of methamphet amine, 5 MDMA pills, 6.19 grams of cocaine, 1.31 grams of crushed Oxycodone, 4.4 grams of hashish and 3 grams of THC wax, Johnson said. Putnam has been charged with six counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, one count for possession of drug-related objects and failure to main tain lane. He is being held in the Dawson County Detention Center under no bond. Seized nar cotics included metham phetamine, cocaine, MDMA, hashish and THC. Photo courtesy Dawson County Sheriffs Office Shreddin’ it up Erica Schmidt Dawson County News A skate park is coming soon to Dawsonville's Main Street Park. So far, the city has only installed the future skate park's concrete pad, but officials say that equipment will soon be installed. Skate park coming soon to Dawsonville’s Main Street Park By Erica Schmidt eschmidt@dawsonnews.com The City of Dawsonville will soon have its very own skate park, which city officials hope to open during the first weekend in September as part of Main Street Park’s next phase of devel opment. According to Dawsonville Finance Administrator Robin Gazaway, the city has already poured a concrete pad where the skate park will be installed at Main Street Park, once the park’s equipment is delivered. “We’ve already got everything on order and they’re hoping to deliver it by the end of this month,” Gazaway said. “So this is one of our next addi tions — we keep trying to change it up and add little things here and there to just kind of improve everything in the downtown area.” The skate park, which was designed by an American company specializing in skate park and bike park design, will include several different ramps and seating for riders and spectators. “There’s gonna be various ramps above ground on top of the concrete pad,” Gazaway said. “And we’re still kind of in the development phase about how we wanna position every thing, but we’d like to have some kind of seating there for them so they can change shoes or change the wheels or whatever, or if somebody wants to watch there’s some seating there for people to sit and relax.” Gazaway said that she and other city officials are excited to bring the skate park to the community as part of ongo ing efforts to improve the city’s park. One of the biggest reasons they’re excited, she said, is because the new park will provide a fun hangout spot for the county’s teenagers. “I think this is gonna be awesome for everybody to use, and we’re hop ing to keep the teenagers a little bit busy,” Gazaway said. “Especially when school’s in there’s a lot of teenagers that skateboard from the school, so they’ll be able to come use it.” But the city officials aren’t the only ones looking forward to open ing the park, she said. The city has reportedly talked to young local skateboarders, and Gazaway reported that they are just as excited about the park’s installation. “We have talked to some of the teenagers around and they seem to be excited about it,” she said. “They actually are already using the con crete pad without the ramps or any thing — they’re just skating on the concrete pad.” The new skate park will be located on the end of Main Street Park clos est to the Dawson County Professional Development Center, 28 Main Street, Dawsonville. Gazaway said that, if all goes as planned, they hope to install the skate park equipment at the end of July, with an official grand opening tentatively scheduled in conjunction with the city’s Sept. 3, 2021, Food Truck Friday event. Food Truck Friday event draws crowd despite rain By Erica Schmidt eschmidt@dawsonnews.com Despite rainy weather, dozens of com munity members gathered at the Dawsonville Farmer’s Market Pavilion and Main Street Park on Friday, July 9, to take part in the city’s Food Truck Friday and an outdoor movie night event. Several local food trucks drew crowds to the farmer’s market pavilion, offering a range of foods from barbecue to ice cream and chocolate dipped bananas. See Food 14A Sheriff: Suspect arrested after manhunt in Lumpkin Co. By Alexander Popp apopp@dawsonnews.com A manhunt in Lumpkin County ended on Monday afternoon when authorities located and arrested Gerardo Jonathan Flowers, a man accused of firing a gun at sheriff’s office deputies during a chase on Sunday. In a statement posted on Facebook Monday, Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard announced that Llowers, 29, had been apprehended at about noon after hours of searching throughout the night. Llowers is accused of firing a gun at officers during a car chase in the area of See Manhunt 14A 0 9 0 9 9 Inside Volume 7, Number 26 © 2019, Dawson County News Dawsonville, Georgia Church Events 3B Classifieds 7B Dear Abby 6B Deaths 2A Legals 8B Opinion 7A Sports 1B 5A Blacks Mill Elementary School gets book vending machine 8A Sawnee EMC L to celebrate 83 years in business this week >EXCELLENCE AT HEART IS BACK IN GAINESVILLE After over a year, a team of Georgia's top cardiologists are returning to care for you—right here in your neighborhood. Trust your heart to the experts of the Northside System. Visit us at northsidecvi.com/gainesville or call 404.962.6000 to schedule an appointment today. > EXCELLENCE KH hospital Pradyumna Tummala MD, FSCAI, FACC Interventional Cardiology 1240 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Bldg. 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