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4A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, January 26,2022
Dawsonville father arrested for multiple felonies
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
One man remains
behind bars after deputies
apprehended him for
drug-related crimes alleg
edly committed in
November.
Daniel John Nelson,
23, Dawsonville, was
arrested by the Dawson
County Sheriff’s Office
on Jan. 10 when deputies degree cruelty to chil-
executed multiple war- dren, failure to comply
rants at his home
just before 9:30
p.m.
They arrested
him for alleged
felonies of pos
sessing marijuana officer and drug-
with intent to dis- related objects
tribute, possession Nelson related to alleged
of a controlled crimes he commit-
substance, first- ted on Nov . 4, 2021
wnn drug court
and a probation
violation.
Nelson was also
arrested for
obstruction of an
between 7:04 and 9 p.m.
One warrant from
November alleged that
Nelson had 25 grams of
marijuana at his home,
which he planned to dis
tribute via a large digital
scale and plastic bags.
Another warrant detailed
how he allegedly had two
metal marijuana grinders
and a homemade smoking
device. There was sup
posedly marijuana resi
due located in and around
all of the drug parapher
nalia.
During that same night,
Nelson allegedly had his
two-year-old child around
the residence at the time
he was planning to dis
tribute drugs.
Nelson received the
obstruction charge
because he allegedly fled
on foot from deputies
when a warrant was being
served on Nov. 4.
Although most of his
charges are listed under a
case with a $44,200 bond,
Nelson was not given bond
for the controlled sub
stance, drug court and pro
bation violation charges.
He is still in custody at
the Dawson County
Detention Center.
Local man booked on stalking, harassment charges
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
A Dawsonville man
now faces one felony and
three misdemeanors after
being arrested last week
for allegedly stalking and
harassing a victim.
Anthony Wayne
Geirrein, 36, was arrested
by the Dawson County
Sheriff’s Office on
Jan. 12 at 10:30
a.m.
He was charged
with one felony
count of identity
fraud. He received
two counts for
criminal attempt
by harassing and
phone
Geirrein
calls and one count
of criminal
attempt by stalk
ing.
The alleged
incidents took
place between
Jan. 4-6, 2022,
according to mul
tiple warrants.
Geirrein alleg
edly created a fake profile
for his soon-to-be ex-wife
on a dating website, using
her personal information
without her consent to do
so. She later got a text in
response to the fake pro
file.
During a subsequent
interview with authori
ties, Geirrein admitted to
creating the profile for
harassment purposes.
Multiple warrants also
state that he allegedly
wrote a vulgar message
about her on the wall of
the men’s bathroom at
Racetrac that included her
number.
She later also got a text
in reference to that.
The warrant for stalk
ing also alleged that
Geirrein drove by the
daycare for he and the
victim’s son and by the
victim’s residence, which
is not on the way to his
own place.
He was released on a
$9,000 bond later on
Jan. 12.
Chamber holds ribbon cutting for The Place of Dawson County
Erica Jones Dawson County News
On Thursday Jan. 20, the Dawson County
Chamber of Commerce held an official ribbon cut
ting for The Place of Dawson County at the non
profit's new office.
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Thursday Jan. 20,
the Dawson County
Chamber of Commerce
held an official ribbon
cutting for The Place of
Dawson County, a local
nonprofit aimed at help
ing people in need in the
community through pro
viding them with essen
tial resources.
The Place of Dawson
County is an extension of
The Place of Forsyth
County, which was
founded in 1975 and has
served the local commu
nity through providing
financial emergency
assistance, clothing, food
and other support servic
es.
In 2021, The Place of
Forsyth County merged
with RIC-Rack Thrift
Shop and Food Bank to
form The Place of
Dawson County. Since
then, The Place has been
supporting Dawson
County families in need
with its thrift store, food
pantry, workforce and
education development,
rental and utility assis
tance, parenting classes
and more.
During the chamber’s
ribbon cutting, board
members and volunteers
from The Place joined
with local business lead
ers to cut the ribbon and
celebrate the office that
The Place of Dawson
County has recently
opened.
“I just want to welcome
you all and thank you for
being here,” Dawson
County Chamber of
Commerce 2022 Board
Chair Shannon Voss said
to The Place leadership
during the ribbon cutting
ceremony. “We’re so
excited to have The Place
as a new member of the
chamber but most impor
tantly we thank you for
all the things that The
Place does for the com
munity.”
According to Amy
Palmer, outreach coordi
nator for The Place of
Dawson County, having
the office space in the
county will allow the
nonprofit to provide a
“safe place to land” for
those in the community
who have a need.
“Kind of the vision for
this office is to be a wel
coming spot and just a
very hopeful place for
people to come, a safe
place to tell your story,”
Palmer said. “We try to
make it super flexible; we
have a computer with our
programs so if people
don’t have internet they
can come here and we’ve
had clients come in for
career coaching.”
The office space is cur
rently open part time, but
The Place President and
CEO Joni Smith said that
the goal is to have enough
volunteers helping out so
that the office can be
open five days a week in
the future. As it is now,
the Dawson County
Schools social workers
have access to the office
anytime in the case of an
emergency need.
“Amy keeps emergency
bags — tents, sleeping
bags, hygiene products —
and when we are not here
the school social workers
and education coordinator
know to come in here and
take what the families
need and leave us a note,”
Smith said.
Smith said that expand
ing into Dawson County
has been something that
The Place of Forsyth
County had been wanting
to do for several years
before RIC-Rack leader
ship approached them
about a potential merger.
“We are honored to be
here; we have wanted to
venture more into
Dawson County for many
years and we were in that
process when RIC-Rack
approached us and we
were able to work out a
merger,” Smith said.
“We’re really excited
about that and we have a
lot of great plans of how
to outreach to the com
munity and try to meet
their needs.”
The Place of Dawson
County has been filling a
lot of needs in the com
munity, one of the most
recent of which is an
expanded food program.
With an approach like
Instacart, clients can
order the food that they
Oakmont Sewer Improvements
ETOWAH WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY
Dawsonville, Georgia
Etowah Water & Sewer Authority is requesting individual sealed Bids
for furnishing all materials, labor, tools, equipment and appurtenances,
and performing all work required to construct the Oakmont Sewer
Improvements project. The project includes sanitary sewer system
improvements at one location within Dawson County and consists
of the work as detailed on the construction drawings and generally as
follows: Demolition of an existing lift station andwet well and installation
of approximately 3,000 L.F. of 12-inch gravity sanitary sewer, 15 precast
manholes, including all necessary and required appurtenances and
erosion and sedimentation control for a complete project. The work will
be awarded in one Contract. Pre-qualification of Bidders is required for
the Oakmont Sewer Improvements project. Beginning Wednesday,
January 26, 2022, a copy of the application and qualification
requirements can be obtained from the Etowah Water & Sewer Authority
Engineering & Construction Department located at 1162 Highway 53
East, Dawsonville, Georgia 30534 or via email to Tim Collinsattimc@
etowahwater.org. Completed pre-qualification applications for Bids will
be received at the Etowah Water & Sewer Authority Engineering &
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“Excellence in every drop ”
need on a weekly basis,
rather than a monthly
basis like in the past.
Because of this, Smith
said that The Place of
Dawson County is aver
aging about 42 to 45 fam
ilies making use of the
food program each week.
Smith added that she
and other leadership from
The Place rely on the
community and partner
ships to help keep their
mission going.
“The Place is in
Forsyth County and
we’ve been there 46
years, and it’s all by the
community partnership
that we’ve been able to be
there that long,” Smith
said. “The funding, the
support, giving us your
stuff for the thrift store —
that is what has kept us
going and that’s what will
keep The Place of
Dawson going too.”
Dawson County
Chamber of Commerce
President and CEO
Mandy Power said that
The Place of Dawson
County brings much-
needed resources to the
Dawson County commu
nity, and that she and the
other chamber leadership
are grateful for all The
Place does for the county.
“What an amazing
resource we have for
Dawson County,” Power
said. “While we would
all like to think things
are unicorns and rain
bows, there are people in
our community right
here that need help and
we’re so blessed to have
The Place of Dawson
here to do that.”
The Place of Dawson
County is always in need
of volunteers and dona
tions, and there are many
ways to do so, from
donating to the thrift
store to donating mone
tary funding to donating
time.
For those in need, the
best way to get assis
tance is to call, and a
representative from The
Place will help find a
way to meet your needs.
The Place of Dawson
County office is located
at 517 Allen Street in
Dawsonville, and is cur
rently open on Mondays
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Wednesdays from noon to
4 p.m. and Thursdays
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To
ask questions or for more
information, call The
Place of Dawson County
at 770-288-0088, email
info @ theplaceofdawson.
org, or go to www.thepla-
ceofdawson.org.
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