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Newspaper Page TextU.S. DISTRICT 6 ELECTION GOP candidates vie for Kiwanis hosts forum voters during May 1 for Dem. congressional debate, inside, 4a candidates inside, 4a DawsonCountyNews WEDNESDAY I MAY 11,2022 Dawson News ► com dawsonville, GEORGIA $1.00 All of Jan. car break-in suspects ID'd All four stolen vehicles, much of owners’ pillaged property recovered By Julia Fechter jfechter@dawsonnews.com “They thought they had got ten away with four cars and some stolen items, but what they actually got was a whole lotta warrants,” read a May 3 Facebook post from the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office. In April, Investigator Kirby and DCSO identified and placed warrants on the fifth and final suspect of the alleged entering autos crimes that occurred during a January snowstorm. They have taken out 248 war rants on the three adult males alone, in addition to juvenile complaints on the two juveniles, the post said. Sheriff Johnson wrote in a follow-up email that the charges listed on those adult warrants include entering auto for every vehicle broken into, felony and misdemeanor thefts by taking, criminal attempt to entering auto “for every vehicle that was attempted to be entering but was locked” and criminal tres pass “for every residence that the suspects entering vehicles or attempted to enter vehicles.” The three adults received dif ferent, specific charges for either possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commis sion of a felony, financial trans action card fraud and theft for victims’ cards that were stolen and used, identity fraud and party to a crime, Johnson said. All four stolen vehicles and much of owners’ pillaged prop erty have been recovered after dozens of car break-ins on Jan. 17. Both juvenile suspects have been taken into custody and transported to the Regional Youth Detention Center. “At least one adult is in custo dy in another jurisdiction and we are awaiting for him to be transferred to Dawson County,” Johnson added. “If you’re planning on com mitting a crime, Dawson County is not the place you want to come to,” stated the May 3 DCSO post. “We appre ciate all the hard work of our deputies and investigators on this case. Great job, Investigator Kirby.” “This case is a testament to the success of agencies working together to share information and solve crimes,” Johnson added. “We deeply appreciate our community and the wealth of information they provided in these cases. We are extremely proud of all of our law enforce ment partners. Working togeth er, we are making a difference.” Soldiers make a splash Photos by Julia Fechter Dawson County News The first of one group of soldiers leaps out of a Black Hawk helicopter with his parachute during the 5th Ranger Training Battalion's annual water jump exercise at Lake Lanier. Ranger Training Battalion leaps into lake for annual water jump Two soldiers land on the lake's waters in front of a guiding green flare. By Julia Fechter jfechter@dawsonnews.com Spectators young and old eagerly gathered on the shores of Dawson County’s War Hill Park on May 5 to watch parachute-clad sol diers from the U.S. Army’s 5th Ranger Training Battalion jump from heli copters into Lake Lanier. Thursday’s water jump is an annual training exercise. It’s a part of Ranger School, which has three phases, the “Benning Phase” at Columbus’ Fort Benning, the “Mountain Phase” near the Dahlonega area’s Camp Frank D. Merrill and the “Swamp Phase” at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Soldiers have taken part in the annual training exercise for over three decades. During the jump, army personnel gave a first-per son view of soldiers descending from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Sixteen groups of six sol diers took turns jumping out of two helicopters. Participants loaded up in a parking lot in front of the boat ramps. Black Hawks kicked up clouds of dust and wind as they ascended into the clear, blue sky. Pilots took the helicopters in a loop, later flying straight across a portion of the lake. Soldiers jumped out of the aircraft in formation, with colorful flares from a boat below helping them know which direction to turn to be in tandem with the wind. A boat met each soldier after they made con tact with the water. The enthusiasm of civil ians and military members alike showed that the event was another way for people to come together in the lake- area community. Program serves almost 100 kids with dental care By Erica Jones ejones@dawsonnews.com Recently, the Help a Child Smile program visited the Dawson County School System, helping to bring free dental care to almost 100 children in the district. In a presentation to the Dawson County Board of Education during the board’s May 3 meeting, Executive Director of Instructional Support and Student Services Janice Darnell explained that there are several reasons chil dren may participate in the Help a Child Smile program, including a lack of transpor tation to get to a dentist, the parent not having time off work to take the child to an appoint ment, or a family not being able to find a dentist that takes Medicaid. Because of all these reasons and more, Help a Child Smile is a statewide program established in 1994 and aimed at providing free dental care to children in school who are in need of it. Through the program, volunteer dentists travel to hundreds of schools across the state in a bus designed to be a mobile dentist’s office, providing dental care from basic cleanings and exams to fillings and See Dental 13A Upgrades at Racing Hall of Fame OKd By Erica Jones ejones@dawsonnews.com During the May 2 meeting of the Dawsonville City Council, council mem bers voted to approve a request for pro posed improvements to the winner’s circle outside of the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame. The request was first brought before the city council earlier this year, and the deci sion was tabled from the March 31 council meeting to allow museum leadership to consult with an engineer and further research what all the addition would entail. In a presentation to the mayor and coun cil members at Monday’s meeting, muse um director Cindy Elliott explained that she and other museum leadership have amended their original request, which included the proposed addition of a cov ered portico, after doing more research on their options. “Looking at material costs right now everything is so high, I think it might be cost-prohibitive for us to try to build a per manent structure at this time,” Elliott said to the council during the meeting. “So I’ve gotten three different companies to work See Council |2A 9 0 9 9 4 Inside Volume 8, Number 18 © 2022, Dawson County News Dawsonville, Georgia Events 2B Classifieds 6B Dear Abby 4B Deaths 2A Legals 7B Opinion 7A Sports 1B Dawsonville kicks off Food Truck Fridays season. 5A Dawson High L holds Future Educator Signing Day.