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Kemp holds ‘Business Leader Roundtable’
Governor discusses pandemic, economy, unemployment with Dawson County business owners
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Thursday, Sept. 2,
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp,
along with First Lady Marty
Kemp, visited Dawson County
to discuss the pandemic, unem
ployment, the economy and
other important topics with
local leaders. Here are the most
important takeaways from
Kemp’s visit.
Pandemic update
Kemp updated local leaders
on the state of the COVID-19
pandemic and vaccinations in
the state of Georgia, stressing
that he strongly encourages cit
izens to get the vaccine, but at
this point, is not planning on
making the vaccine or masks
mandatory in the state.
“Fve been resistant to doing
any mandates, masks, vaccines,
and other things, and trying to
allow people to be Americans
and have individual liberty and
freedoms, and I think that’s the
way it should be,” Kemp said.
“These are all difficult deci
sions and choices and I’m just
encouraging people to get edu
cated about the life-saving vac
cine cause it is in my opinion a
medical miracle.”
Kemp said while there are
still hot spots of covid and the
delta variant in west and north
Georgia, hospitals have seen a
trend of cases going down from
earlier months.
“We’re seeing some bright
spots and we’re cautiously opti
mistic; our hospital cases in the
southern part of the state have
started dropping and they’ve
seen about a 20 percent drop in
hospitalizations in the
Piedmont System,” Kemp said.
“We feel like the trend is mov
ing in the right direction.”
According to Kemp, hospi
tals that are experiencing short
ages of beds for those in need
of them aren’t fully due to an
influx of covid cases, but rather
to a shortage of staff in the hos
pitals.
“We have beds available, the
problem is there’s not enough
staff out there to manage the
beds,” Kemp said. “The folks
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Time to Shred!
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Following the ribbon cutting for the new skate park, professional skateboarder Jud Heald joined local
boarders to skate with them and to teach them some of his tips and tricks.
City of Dawsonville officially cuts ribbon on new skate park
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
During the city’s Food Truck
Fridays event on Sept. 3, the City of
Dawsonville cut the ribbon and offi
cially opened its new skate park at
Main Street Park.
In a short ribbon-cutting ceremony,
City Council Member John Walden
addressed the local children, teens
and parents who had gathered at the
skate park with boards in hand.
Walden expressed his excitement in
officially opening the next project to
improve the city’s park.
“I’m about as excited as most of
y’all for this grand opening of the
skate park here in the City of
Dawsonville,” Walden said. “This is
just another step of things coming
ahead for the City of Dawsonville,
and I’m excited to see these young _ ^
people out here with skateboards and ° n Frida V Sept. 3 officials from the City of DawsonviMe and the
Dawson County Chamber of Commerce joined local skateboarders to
officially cut the ribbon on the city's new skate park at Main Street
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stand in fatal
July fight case
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
In a preliminary hearing on Sept. 1, court
officials upheld all previous charges against
Daniel Lee Roberts, the 20-year-old Dawson
County man accused of fatally injuring 19-year-
old Kaleb Duckworth during a fight at the
Dawson County Applebee’s restaurant in July.
According to an open records request
obtained by the DCN, Roberts is currently
being held on two counts of murder, one count
of aggravated assault and one of aggravated
battery.
Amanda Duckworth, mother of Kaleb
Duckworth, was present during the prelimi
nary hearing. She said that, while sitting
through the hearing was difficult, she and her
family are relieved that the charges have been
upheld.
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Locals remember
their personal
experiences on
Sept. 11,2001
Jacob Smith
jsmith@dawsonnews.com
Anybody born before 1995 probably
remembers where they were and what they
were doing the moment they learned the Twin
Towers in New York City had collapsed due to
a terrorist attack.
Sept. 11, 2001 will always be remembered
as a day that our first responders emerged as
heroes, similar to the beginning of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Almost 3,000 people died as a result of the
attacks, whether the day of or because of
health complications afterwards. 9/11 is still
known as the most deadly terrorist act in
world history.
Though Dawsonville is 849 miles away
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Volume 7, Number 32
© 2021, Dawson County News
Dawsonville, Georgia
Church Events
2A
Classifieds
6B
Dear Abby
5B
Deaths
2A
Legals
7B
Opinion
7A
Sports
1B
5A Community
lights candles
to honor
overdose
victims
IB Lady Tigers
defeat Trojans
winning first
region game
CANCER
is in Your Neighborhood colorectai
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