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Wednesday, March 23,2022
dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 3A
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ELECTION
Alexa Bruce qualifies to
run for District 3 seat
Deanna Dickinson qualifies
to run for District 3 seat
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Dawson County native
Alexa Bruce has qualified
to run for the Dawson
County Board of
Commissioners District 3
seat.
According to a release
by Bruce’s campaign,
Bruce is a Dawson
County graduate, attend
ed Georgia Southern
University and the
University of Georgia and
majored in psy
chology and soci
ology. She is a
former employee
of the county’s
Public Works
department.
“I love this
county and, with
years of experi
ence as a county
employee, I am uniquely
qualified to help move
our community forward
while balancing the needs
and wants of both our cit
izens and employees,”
Bruce said in the release.
In the release, Bruce
said that she would like to
see commercial growth
stay at the 400 Corridor
and to either keep resi
dential growth to the
areas where the county’s
comprehensive plan
allows or update the plan
to accommodate and bal
ance growth. She also
said that she would like to
see the county’s road sys
tem be proactive to
growth and development,
rather than reactive, and
that she is a strong advo
cate for small business
and its positive impact on
Dawson County.
“We have many hous
ing developments, but
with no turning lanes, for
example,” she said in the
release. “This is a
safety concern,
and I think it is
important to work
better with our
partners at the
state, as well as
create together a
solid countywide
transportation
plan.”
If elected, Bruce said
that she would work to
develop a plan for an
additional park not he
other side of Highway
400 in order to better
accommodate the coun
ty’s Parks and
Recreation’s many sports
programs and partici
pants. She added that she
would serve to preserve
the natural passive parks
on the north end of the
county, like Amicalola
Falls, the Dawson Forest
horse trail system,
Wildcat trails and private
equestrian facilities.
She also said that, if
elected, she would like to
see a fully functional
county-run solid waste
solution, to include recy
cling and to expand those
services to the 400
Corridor.
Bruce lives with her
husband Bart, a fifth-gen
eration Dawson County
resident, on Harmony
Church Road with their
6-year-old daughter Avett,
who attends Kilough
Elementary School. They
serve as members of
Cornerstone Christian
Church.
“I hope our daughter
will want to stay in
Dawson County as my
husband and I have,”
Bruce said in the release.
“I am honored to call
Dawson County home.
Our county is referred to
as the community ‘Where
Quality of Life Matters’,
and I intend to make sure
that is not just a slogan. I
am thankful for this
opportunity and humbly
ask for your support at
the polls on May 24.”
To learn more about
Bruce and her campaign,
go to alexabruce.com.
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Deanna Dickinson, a
Georgia native and
Dawson County resident
since 2017, has qualified
to run for the Dawson
County Board of
Commissioners District
3 seat.
According to informa-
tion provided by
Dickinson, she was
raised in Douglas
County before moving to
Dawson County
in 2017. She has
been in the dental
industry for 40
years, working in
clinical for 18
years followed by
a Fortune 500
Dental Supply
Company for 15
years during
which time she helped
more than 25 dentists
build new dental proper
ties in the metro Atlanta
area before starting her
own business in
Dawsonville.
Currently, Dickinson
owns her own small
business, Team DMD
Consulting, and has her
commercial real estate
license through Keller
Williams Community
Partners which she uses
to help dentists and doc
tors buy and sell their
businesses and proper
ties.
If elected, Dickinson
said through her website
that she would do her
best to represent the citi
zens of the county
through her seat on the
board of commissioners.
“I vow, if elected, to
represent the citizens of
Dawson County to the
best of my ability,”
Dickinson said on her
campaign website. “It is
important to bring bal
anced growth to provide
long-term bene
fits to incentivize
our farming
community,
retired seniors
and our career-
minded
Dawsonville citi
zens.”
According to
Dickinson’s cam
paign site, she believes
in seat and balanced
growth and, if elected,
plans to work to set a
strategic plan to help the
economy and the
Dawsonville way of life.
She said that her first
concern is getting the
proper infrastructure in
place along with the
safety of the Dawson
County citizens.
In addition to balanc
ing that growth,
Dickinson said that she
plans to help make the
healthcare system better
for Dawson County citi
zens.
“Today if you have an
accident or medical
emergency, the nearest
hospital or emergency
room is approximately
15 miles away from
Dawson County,”
Dickinson said on her
campaign site.
“Together, I believe we
can create a better
healthcare system while
also creating better jobs
for the Dawson County
citizens!”
She added that she
plans to work with Parks
and Recreation, the
Dawson County
Chamber of Commerce,
Rotary, Kiwanis and
other local clubs to
enhance the community.
Dickinson is married
to her husband Barret
and has two adult daugh
ters, a son-in-law and a
new granddaughter. She
said that her faith and
the power of prayer is
very important to her.
When she’s not working,
she enjoys being with
her family, cooking with
her husband, playing
tennis and spending time
with friends on Lake
Lanier.
Lor more information
about Dickinson and her
campaign, go to https://
www.dickinsonfordaw-
son.com/.
Bruce
Dickinson
Meet Seth Stowers, the sole Board of Commissioners District 1 candidate
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
A large animal veteri
narian and Dawson
County native will now
try his hand at local poli
tics.
Two weeks ago,
31-year-old Seth
Stowers, owner
and operator of
Hillside Veterinary
Services, qualified
to run for the
District 1 seat on
the Board of
Commissioners.
He will run unopposed
after Jason Power, who
also qualified to run for
the seat, withdrew from
the race.
During a March 16
phone interview, Power
said that he qualified
before Stowers, and after
qualifying week’s end, he
talked with him, having
already known the young
er man’s family from
residing in the same area
of Dawson
County.
“I found him to
be a capable
young man. My
goal, when I qual-
ified, was to
ensure what
we’ve come to
love and appreci
ate is kept love
and appreciated,” Power
said. “I appreciate his
willingness to serve.”
Stowers graduated from
veterinary school at the
University of Georgia in
2018 and subsequently
launched his practice. He
serves as a relief veteri
narian once a week at the
Dawsonville Veterinary
Hospital on Ga. 53.
Stowers was born and
raised in Dawson
County’s District 1. His
family has “long standing
roots” in that area. He
plans on staying around
for the rest of his life, as
he bought his grandmoth
er’s house, remodeled it
and now resides there.
“I want my son to grow
up in the manner that I
did. I want him to grow
up in the pasture and
play, know all his neigh
bors... I want to maintain
a small-town feel,”
Stowers said.
Like many of his neigh
bors, he’s very passionate
Stowers
Dahlonega woman charged with car theft in Dawson Co.
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dwsonnews.com
One woman is still behind bars after
being apprehended for the alleged theft
of another person’s car several
weeks ago.
Cheyenne Alexas Mitchell, 19,
Dahlonega, was arrested by the
Dawson County Sheriff’s Office
on March 7 and charged with
one felony count of theft by tak
ing of a motor vehicle.
She remains at the Dawson
County Detention Center on a
bond of $5,700.
Mitchell allegedly stole the car in
question, a 2002 Honda Accord, from
another person in central Dawson
County on Jan. 30, 2022, according to a
DCSO warrant.
The Honda Accord’s approxi
mate value is $2,175, states the
warrant.
In Georgia, theft by taking
may be punished as a felony
when a stolen vehicle’s value
exceeds that of $1,000. Whereas
the misdemeanor version of the
offense can carry a jail term of
six months or less, the felony
version can carry a prison sen
tence of at least one year.
Mitchell
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about keeping the north
ern part of the county as
beautiful as possible.
“I know growth is inev
itable and coming, and
that’s part of being a
county people want to
come to,” Stowers added.
“It’s good for businesses
and people coming in and
wanting a new atmo
sphere...but I’m kind of
focused on keeping it (the
district) agricultural.”
He’s thankful for the Ga.
400 corridor and not hav
ing to drive further away
for necessities, and he
hopes a lot of the growth
can be concentrated there.
He also wants to see
more road and bridge
improvements since more
people are relocating to
the county.
“Growth is coming, but
strategic growth is impor
tant,” Stowers said.
“People see us (Dawson
County) as growing,
thriving and beautiful, but
if we’re not careful, we
can lose that quickly.”
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