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Wednesday, March 30,2022
dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 5A
DCHS
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Last weekend, several
students from the Dawson
County High School
Future Farmers of
America (FFA) group
competed in state-level
competitions at the state
FFA camp in Covington,
Georgia.
According to DCHS
FFA Advisor Keith
Pankey, two teams from
Dawson County compet
ed in the Agricultural
(AG) Mechanics event
and the Dairy Cattle
Evaluation event on
March 18 and March 19.
The DCHS AG
Mechanics team placed
eighth overall out of a
total of 12 teams compet
ing in the extremely diffi
cult event.
FFA students compete in state events
Photos courtesy of Keith Pankey
Last weekend, two teams from the DCHS FFA
group competed in state events at the state FFA
camp in Covington, Ga.
“AG Mechanics is con
sidered one of, if not the
hardest event the FFA
competes in,” Pankey
said.
The DCHS Dairy
Cattle Evaluation team
placed 18th overall out of
30 total teams competing
in their event.
“Both teams competed
their hearts out at two
very difficult events,”
Pankey said.
Chamber holds ribbon cutting for Holiday Inn
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Thursday March 24, the
Dawson County Chamber of
Commerce held a ribbon cutting for
the Holiday Inn Express and Suites,
located at 16 Bethel Drive.
In a short ceremony preceding the
ribbon cutting, Dawson County
Chamber of Commerce President and
CEO Mandy Power welcomed the
owners and employees of the hotel to
the community, thanking them for
bringing a much-needed business to
Dawson County.
“I cannot tell you how excited we
are for the long-awaited cutting of the
ribbon here at the Holiday Inn
Express,” Power said. “We have need
ed and wanted something of this cali
ber, and we are so excited to promote
it and to have Holiday Inn Express
here in our community.”
Holiday Inn Express and Suites
offers several different types of rooms
with all the necessities and amenities
guests need to stay comfortably away
from home. The hotel also offers
breakfast, coffee and a fitness center.
Dawsonville Holiday Inn Express
General Manager Freddy Burch
thanked the community members in
attendance at the ribbon cutting cere
mony, saying that he’s proud to be a
part of the new business in the
Dawson County community.
“It’s very dear and near to my heart
to be recently appointed a member of
this establishment; I’m honored,”
Burch said. “And this turnout is won
derful — thank you.”
Neal Patel, one of the hotel’s own
ers, echoed Burch’s gratitude to the
community, saying that while the pro
cess of finally opening has taken
some time, he and his family are
thrilled to finally open their Dawson
location.
“It’s a great family business,” Patel
said. “It took us long, two years, but it
worked out very well and we’re glad
to be here in Dawsonville.”
For more information about the new
Dawson location of Holiday Inn
Express and Suites, go to https ://www.
ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/
en/dawsonville/atldv/hoteldetail.
Erica Jones Dawson County News
On March 24, the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce held an official ribbon
cutting ceremony for the Holiday Inn Express and Suites, located at 16 Bethel
Drive in Dawson County.
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