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2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com Wednesday, January 26,2022 Correction A Jan. 12 DCN article stated that Jonathan Brock was charged with firearm by a convicted felon.This charge was later deemed incorrect due to a filing error. Dawson County Health Department awarded mini grant for car seat education By Erica Jones ejones@dawsonnews.com The Dawson County Health Department has been awarded the 2022 Car Seat Mini-Grant to fund car seat education in the county, according to a release by the health department. The mini grant was awarded to the department by the Georgia Department of Public Health Injury Prevention Program and is funded by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety in an effort to ensure safety for chil dren in Georgia while riding in motor vehicles. Using the funds from the mini grant, the Dawson County Health Department and Dawson County Emergency Medical Services work together to pro vide car seats and education to finan cially eligible families in Dawson County, the release said. “Since 2007, the education, car seats and booster seats provided through the Mini Grant prevented serious injury or death and saved over 425 of Georgia’s children who were involved in crash es,” the release said. “According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, car seats reduce fatal injuries by 71 percent among infants and by 54 percent among children ages one to four years in passenger cars.” The release went on to say that almost three out of every four car seats are not used correctly, which causes the children to be at risk. Because of this, teaching parents and guardians how to install and use the car seats correctly is incredibly important too. “It’s our responsibility to keep out children safe,” Natasha Young, public information officer for the District 2 Department of Public Health, said in the release. “The Car Seat Mini-Grant is a great opportunity to help our com munity and help protect our children from serious injuries or death in motor vehicle crashes.” Through the Car Seat Mini-Grant, agencies supporting over 120 counties including Dawson are working hard to keep Georgia’s children safe by helping families to get their children “buckled up right, every trip, every time”, the release said. “In Dawson County, Dawson County Health Department and Dawson EMS educate parents and caregivers on how to properly install and use car seats, offer car seat inspections and provide car seats and booster seats to financial ly eligible families,” the release said. For more information about the Dawson County car seat program, con tact the Dawson County Health Department by calling 706-265-2611. For more information about other counties involved in the program, con tact the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Child Occupant Safety Project by calling 404-463-1487 or by emailing injury@dph.ga.gov. Photo courtesy Unsplash 1 person arrested in connection with recent car break-ins and thefts By Julia Fechter jfechter@dawsonnews.com A juvenile is now behind bars follow ing multiple car break-ins and stolen vehicles across Dawson County late Sunday night. Three of the four vehicles reported stolen have been recovered. The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office investi gation into the incidents is ongoing. DCSO has asked for anyone with footage or other relevant information about the crimes to reach out via their phone number, 706-344-3636. “We ask that everyone please ensure your vehicles are locked and valuables are not left in your cars overnight,” stat ed a post on DCSO’s Facebook page. A longer story is available online. FROM 1A White served one semester as the Sports Director of Owl Radio. White said he looks forward to becom ing immersed in the local community. “For all of the bustling coverage that is heard on a constant basis from nation al and local news, it is important to remember where we all come from,” White said. “That is where community journalism steps in.” DCN editor Erica Jones said that she is thrilled to have White joining the newspaper’s staff and looks forward to all he will bring to the team. “Rio has an obvious passion for sports and for storytelling, which is exactly what we needed to fill this role,” Jones said. “I look forward to working with him and to all that he will bring to the DCN team and the Dawson County community.” OBITUARIES Mark R Barron Mark P. Barron, 65, died January 11, 2022. A celebration of life was held at 12:00 p.m., January 25, at the Ingram Funeral Home Chapel. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory of Cumming was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News January 26, 2022 Toy "Craig" Hester Toy “Craig” Hester, 56, of Dawsonville, died Saturday, January 15, 2022. A funeral service was held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 20, in the chapel of Ingram Funeral Home. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory of Cumming was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News January 26, 2022 Margaret Burt Kennedy Margaret Burt Kennedy, 87, of Dawsonville, died Saturday, January 15, 2022. A funeral service was held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 20, at the Bearden Funeral Home Chapel. Bearden Funeral Home of Dawsonville was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News January 26, 2022 Mary Marler Lindsey Mary Marler Findsey, 86, of Cumming, died Thursday, January 13, 2022. A funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 23, at Ingram Funeral Home. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory of Cumming was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News January 26, 2022 King Crossword ACROSS 41 Fashion 10 Nanny's 1 Shade 43 Hit with a stun charge 4 Frontiersman gun 11 Hearty quaff Crockett 44 Ms. Thurman 17 German con 8 Pocket bread 46 Gossip junction 12 100 percent 50 Baseball's 19 Wall St. debut 13 Dutch cheese "Iron Man" 22 Platter 14 Pedestal occu 55 Deluge refuge 23 Attack pant 56 Now, in a 25 Coffin stand 15 Cowboy's memo 26 Con sweetie 57 Cowboy's 27 Furniture brand 16 Do math neckwear 28 2006 Pixar film 18 Slowpoke 58 Luau bowlful 29 Help a hood 20 Hydrocarbon 59 Quick swims 30 Tax suffix 60 Winter blanket 31 Actress Ward 21 Cushions 61 Novelist Rand 35 "Calm down!" 24 Persian Gulf 38 Drinks noisily emirate DOWN 40 Spell-off 28 Nutritional 1 Crones 42 Brit, record label info 2 — Bator label 32 Flamingo's 3 First lady of 45 LAPD alerts color scat 47 Wine valley 33 Copper head? 4 Proclaim 48 Helen's home 34 Lauder of cos 5 Nabokov novel 49 Related metics 6 Batman por 50 Scoundrel 36 Summer on trayer Kilmer 51 " — was saying the Seine 7 Village People ii 37 Guns the hit 52 Napkin's place engine 8 Accumulate 53 -Tiki" 39 Toe of Italy's 9 Hollywood's 54 "Evil Woman" boot Lupino band 1 2 3 12 15 18 28 29 30 33 37 41 1 17 8 9 10 11 14 50 51 52 56 59 J N A v I O d » Id V V 1 N 3 3 V 1 Id a 3 1 3 >l N 1 I V a n 3 3 1 V i 1 O a ' V 1 i ±l M 0 N s| b 1 O 9 N 3 >1 d I V 1 V 1 a id N 1 I 0 1 V 0 m V a 3 lL A V aj Is d 1 a d V S V u 1 V 0 n i A 1 s s A 3 a 3 a V 0 1 V 0 d 1 V N s V 0 1 V 3 n H ^ 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 | Erica Jones FAX (706) 265-3276 usps 018-876 | Updates online at DawsonNews fi: 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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