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Wednesday, May 4,2022
dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 5A
Humane Society holds annual yard sale event
Photos by Erica Jones Dawson County News
A dog waits to be adopted during the Dawson
County Humane Society Resale Shop and
Boutique during the shop's annual yard sale event
on April 30.
Customers peruse wares outside of the Dawson County Humane Society
Resale Shop and Boutique during the shop's annual yard sale event on
April 30.
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Saturday April 30,
the Dawson County
Humane Society Resale
Shop and Boutique held
its annual yard sale event,
benefitting the humane
society’s shelter and its
mission in the community.
Dozens of people
flocked to the resale shop,
located at 54 Lumpkin
Campground Road S, to
peruse the wares set up
for sale throughout the
shop’s parking lot, lawn
and sidewalks.
Representatives from the
humane society’s shelter
were on site with several
dogs up for adoption, and
local nonprofit Kibble 2
Care offered pet food and
supplies to those who
needed them.
According to Joan
Miller, one of the shop’s
managers, this is the
fourth year that the resale
shop has been able to hold
the yard sale event. The
event is aimed at selling
some of the items that
can’t be displayed in the
shop every day, like yard
equipment, while at the
same time raising money
for the shelter and draw
ing people into the shop.
“My husband and I
actually store it all year in
our garage and we tell
people to bring in items to
donate as they start clean
ing out their basements
and their garages,” Miller
said. “So we hold the sale
and we hold adoptions,
and every year so far
we’ve gotten someone
adopted.”
In addition to selling
these types of items,
Miller said that a perk of
the yard sale is that many
times it helps to draw in
customers who might not
have known the shop was
there.
“It’s a fun event and
people get great buys,”
Miller said, “and a lot of
times people stop that
haven’t come in the shop
before so it also gives us a
lot of exposure.”
After operating costs,
all the money raised by
the resale shop, both
through the boutique and
events like the yard sale,
goes to support the no-kill
shelter at the Dawson
County Humane Society.
“It all benefits the dog
gies and the kitties, and
without it things wouldn’t
be near as good for them,”
Miller said. “It’s
improved everything for
the shelter.”
For more information
about the resale shop and
boutique, go to https://
dawsoncountyhumaneso-
ciety.org/resale-shop-bou-
tique/
DCHS FFA to hold plant sale, alumni to host ‘Chicken-Q’
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Friday May 6, com
munity members will
have a chance to buy
high-quality vegetable
plants while supporting
some of Dawson County
High School’s students
during the DCHS FFA
vegetable plant sale.
The sale will be run by
and support the students
in the DCHS Future
Farmers of America
(FFA) club and will offer
a variety of vegetable
plants for purchase,
according to information
provided by FFA Advisor
Keith Pankey.
The club will have
about 300 each of several
types of tomatoes for
sale, including German
Giants, Rutgers, Beef
Steak and Cherokee
Purple.
There will also be a
variety of types of pep
pers available for pur
chase, including Bell pep
pers, Sweet Banana pep
pers, hot pepper mix and
Jalapeno peppers. The
number of peppers avail
able will be limited, so
the sale will operate on a
first come, first served
basis.
All plants will come in
Public works
Dept, hiring for
multiple positions
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
The application window
for Dawson County’s
Public Works Director
position has been extended
until Tuesday, May 3.
Recently, current director
Denise Farr tendered her
resignation as its Public
Works Director, with her
last day being May 6.
Applications are also being
accepted for two road oper
ator positions, a transfer
station one and a project
manager for department
and SPLOST-assigned
projects.
An annual salary of
$74,076 is being advertised
for the full-time director
position. More information
about the job and applica
tion process is available
through the Dawson
County HR department’s
“Job Openings” webpage.
During her time with
Dawson County, Farr has
spoken to the Board of
Commissioners about top
ics including challenges at
the county’s trash transfer
station and the proposed
Elliott Road realignment
project.
Farr submitted her resig
nation via letter on
Monday, April 4.
“As discussed last
month, I am tendering this
letter to provide formal
notification that I am
resigning my position as
Public Works Director
effective May 6, 2022,”
Farr wrote in a letter to
County Manager David
Headley. “I appreciated the
opportunity for profession
al growth that you have
provided during my time
with Dawson County.
Please let me know how I
can help during the transi
tion period.”
Farr later provided a fol
low-up statement in addi
tion to the letter.
“I am sincerely apprecia
tive of the opportunity to
serve the residents of
Dawson County and wish
the employees of Dawson
County the best in all
future endeavors,” she
wrote.
Dawson County motorcyclist
dead after wreck with vehicle
on Buford Dam Road
By Kelly Whitmire
DCN regional staff
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is investigating
a third motorcycle fatality in the county in less than
two weeks.
Joshua Waldrip, 33, of Dawsonville, was pronounced
dead at the scene of a wreck involving his motorcycle
and vehicle on Buford Dam Road on Thursday, April
28, FCSO officials said in a news release.
Per the release, deputies responded to the crash at
about 10 p.m. on Thursday in the area of Buford Dam
Road and Homeside Drive.
“The 2007 Kawasaki ZX600 was traveling east on
Buford Dam Road and the 2016 Mercedes Benz GLE
was traveling westbound,” the release said. “As the
motorcycle traveled in the direction of the Mercedes, it
entered the westbound lane quickly and impacted the
front of the Mercedes.”
The wreck remains under investigation.
3 inch pots and cost $2
each. The sale will run
from 3 to 7 p.m. on
Friday May 6 at Dawson
County High School.
Also upcoming, the
Dawson County FFA
Alumni will host a
“Chicken-Q” event on
May 7. Plates will cost
$10 each, and each plate
will include two chicken
breasts, baked beans,
applesauce, a roll and a
cake slice.
The event will last from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May
7, and plate pick up will
be at Juno Baptist
Church, located at 1230
Juno Road in
Dawsonville. Presale tick
ets are available to pre
purchase plates.
For more information
about either upcoming
event, contact FFA
Advisor Keith Pankey at
kpankey@dawson.kl2.
ga.us.
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