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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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/.
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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.
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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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