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2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com Wednesday, March 30,2022 OBITUARIES Scott William Anderson Scott William Anderson, 56, died March 17, 2022. A funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday. March 26, in the McDonald and Son Chapel. McDonald and Son Funeral Home of Cumming was in charge of the arrange ments. Dawson County News March 30, 2022 James Allen Benvenuto James Allen Benvenuto, 51, of Dawsonville, died Friday, March 18, 2022. A funeral mass will be held at 11:15 a.m., Saturday, April 2, at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church. Bearden Funeral Home of Dawsonville is in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News March 30, 2022 Eleanor "Ellie" Olsen Francine Eleanor “Ellie” Olsen Francine, 85, of Cumming, died March 3, 2022. A cele bration of her life was held at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 23, at Perimeter Church, Day Chapel. McDonald and Son Funeral Home of Cumming was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News March 30, 2022 Jessica Michelle James Jessica Michelle James, 36, of Dawsonville, died March 22, 2022. A funeral service was held at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, at the Ingram Funeral Home Chapel. Ingram Funeral Home of Cumming was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News March 30, 2022 Stoney Dean Smith Stoney Dean Smith, 58, of Dahlonega, died Thursday, March 24, 2022. Bearden Funeral Home of Dawsonville was in charge of the arrangements. Dawson County News March 30, 2022 Gordon B. "Bill"Taffar Gordon B. “Bill” Taffar, 89, formerly of Dawsonville, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022. Mr. Taffar was born April 8, 1932, to the late William and Aline Taffar. He was a retired insurance agent and worked several years with American General and Interstate Insurance Company. Billy was a U. S. Army veteran and enjoyed attending Camp Meeting and spending time with his family and friends. He was also pre ceded in death by his wife, Dottie Taffar; stepsons, Ricky Pope, Doug Pope, Jr.; and brothers, Roger Taffar and Jerel Taffar. Surviving are his daughter and son in law, April and Mike Mangum, Cleveland; grandchildren, Representatives from the Dawson County Woman's Club step into Lake Lanier during the March 26 "Leap for Literacy" event. Erica Jones Dawson County News * w IP© ga® 1 ' ** * - ' 0 tef FROM 1A Leap sending out about 800 books a month to children in the community. Each child in the program receives one free, age- appropriate book each month from age 0 through when he or she goes into kinder garten. “We’ve been doing this since 2008, and total books in the county is going on about 125,000 over these years,” Pharris said. “So we’ve built a lot of little librar ies at home — we want early childhood reading; it just benefits them so much when they start school.” For more information about Dawson County Wee Books Program, its mission in the community and how to donate, go to https://weebooks-739751 .square.site/. FROM 1A Fox Creek an increase in crime and negatively impact the Etowah River area. In related news, a peti tion and associated Facebook group called “Keep Dawson Small” have been started to oppose the rezoning. The document was post ed in the “Focus on Dawson” Facebook group the evening of Thursday, March 24. As of March 28, it had over 300 signa tures. The petition asked for signatures in opposition to the rezoning. At a bare minimum, it demanded that the proposed buffer be increased to 600 feet (from 250 feet); that no apartments be in the mixed-use village and that more impact fees be paid by Fox Creek, so the cost isn’t shifted to taxpayers. FROM 1A Rezoning In public hearings at both the Feb. 14 planning commission meeting and the March 7 city council meeting, dozens of people who live near the land came for ward to voice their concerns on the impact the proposed development could have on their homes, their property val ues and their way of life. The main concerns voiced by resi dents included the added traffic the development would bring to Highway 9, the impact on the school system and harm coming to the native plants and animals in the area. The Dawsonville Planning Commission voted unani mously on Feb. 14 to recommend denial of the request. In this week’s city council meeting, Planning and Zoning Director David Picklesimer informed the council that the applicant has added the application to help reduce the impact to the area. “They’ve reduced the number of lots down to 220 which will be a density of 1.82,” Picklesimer said to the council during the March 21 meeting. “They’ve increased the buffer adjoining Apple Ridge subdivision from the city-required 20 for buffer to a total of 100 feet, they’ve also said that they would increase the stream buffers to a total of 75 feet and they said that they would build the devel opment in a phase construction.” According to the amendments to the application, the south side of the devel opment adjoining Apple Ridge subdivi sion would include a 75-foot undisturbed buffer and a 25-foot planted buffer, and the stream buffer would include a 50-foot undisturbed stream buffer and a 25-foot impervious setback. In light of the new amendments, Dawsonville Mayor Mike Eason suggest ed to the council that the vote be tabled until the next council meeting to allow the council members time to review the new maps of the proposed development and to talk further with Picklesimer and other staff before making a final decision. Council Member Mark French made the motion to table the vote, agreeing with Eason that allowing a little more time for review would be beneficial. “I think that would be a wise idea to do, that way also the residents can see if they have further input,” French said. “It may change their minds, it may not change their minds, but I think we should definitely afford them the opportunity to see what’s being presented before us this evening.” Council members voted unanimously to table the vote on the rezoning request until the next council meeting, which is scheduled for April 18 at 5 p.m. Ashley and Jonathan Poss, Brandon and Alyssa Mangum, Bryan Pope, Wendy Collier, Jeanne Pope Smith, Shannan Pope, Amy Parker, Kevin Pope; four great grandchildren; brothers and sister- in-law, Jimmy Taffar. Houshton, Larry and Louise Taffar. Dawsonville; sisters in law, Oundrae Taffar, Dawsonville, Claudia Taffar. Gainesville; and a num ber of nieces, nephews and other rela tives. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 2, at Bearden Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Randy Richards and Rev. Don Westray will officiate. The family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 2. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Lumpkin Campground, c/o Brian Martin, 4945 Hubert Martin Road, Cumming, Georgia 30028 or to the Wounded Warrior Project at www. woundedwarriorproject.org. Condolences may be expressed at www.beardenfuneralhome.com. Bearden Funeral Home, Dawsonville, GA. 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