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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 & Construction Department, 1162 Highway 53 /jT'72- / East, Dawsonville, Georgia 30534 until 5:00 p.m., ( A 1Tjfc(HOC&h/ local time, Friday, March 11,2022. 'AVater & Sewer Authority “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. VOTE FOR US I ELECTRICA CONTRACTWm BEST OF DAWSON VOTING STARTS JANUARY 1! NORTH GEORGIA’S MOST TRUSTE& ELECTRICAL SERVICES AND WE ARE HERETO SERVE YOU DAWSON COUNTY! / r. Value ELECTRICIANS Owner Chris Meade’s goal is to make it easy to Experience the Power of Value with our mission of delivering more value at fair prices with every electrical service. Chis runs his family-owned business with a personalized, neighborly approach to service. 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