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2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, June 15,2022
Charles A. Bythewood
Charles A. Bythewood, 88, of
Cumming, died June 9, 2022. A funeral
service was held at 11:00 a.m., Monday,
June 13, at Saint Columba’s Episcopal
Church. Ingram Funeral Home of
Cumming was in charge of the arrange
ments.
Dawson County News
June 15, 2022
Darlene Lord
Darlene Lord, 59, of Cumming, died
June 6, 2022. A funeral service was held
at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 9, at
Bearden Funeral Home Chapel. Bearden
Funeral Home of Dawsonville was in
charge of the arrangements.
Dawson County News
June 15, 2022
Kenny M. Pelfrey
Kenny M. Pelfrey, 73, of Dawsonville,
died Wednesday, June 8, 2022. A funer
al service was held at 1:00 p.m.,
Saturday, June 11, at Bethel United
Methodist Church. Bearden Funeral
Home of Dawsonville was in charge of
the arrangements.
Dawson County News
June 15, 2022
North Georgia Medical Plaza
complex gets a new owner
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
One of Dawson
County’s healthcare com
plexes along the Ga. 400
corridor now has a new
owner.
Anchor Health
Properties, a national
healthcare real estate
development, management
and investment firm,
recently closed on North
Georgia Medical Plaza,
according to a press
release by Anchor’s
Director of Marketing and
Communications, Rachael
Hall.
This two-story,
35,497-square-foot outpa
tient medical office build
ing (MOB) sits at 73
Prestige Lane and previ
ously opened its doors to
patients last year, the
release stated.
The medical plaza’s ten
ants include Northside
Hospital System, Cleaver
Medical Group, Heart &
Vascular Care and
Digestive Care Physicians,
who collectively offer
medical care options rang
ing from primary care,
ENT and allergy services
to dermatology, cardiology
and optometry.
Anchor acquired the
plaza in an off-market
fashion through a joint
venture with institutional
equity partner Harrison
Street, a leading invest
ment management firm
focused on alternative real
assets.
Anchor Chief
Investment Officer and
Managing Partner James
Schmid said the medical
office building will contin
ue to play a key role in the
delivery of area healthcare.
“The city of
Dawsonville’s growing
economy and strong
demographics coupled
with the MOB’s synergies
with the surrounding
[Northside] hospital and
outpatient campus aligned
with key themes in our
overall investment thesis,”
Schmid added. “We are
pleased to continue our
long-term relationship
with the existing tenancy
and are committed to pro
viding the surrounding
community with a high-
end facility as we expand
our presence with addi
tional opportunities in the
greater Atlanta area.”
As the facility’s new
owner, Anchor will pro
vide asset and property
management services at
this location going for
ward. The acquisition rep
resents the first institution
al ownership of the build
ing.
“We are building a
strong presence in the
Atlanta metro area, and we
continue to be attracted by
the outpatient medical
office opportunities here,”
added Elliott Sellers,
Anchor’s Vice President of
Investments and Partner.
“We are excited to add this
Class A MOB to our exist
ing fifteen- asset, owned-
and-managed portfolio and
to support Northside
Hospital System, Cleaver
Medical Group, Heart &
Vascular Care, Digestive
Care Physicians, and the
providers who deliver high
quality healthcare to the
community. We look for
ward to being able to
announce additional acqui
sitions in the market later
in the year.”
Amerigroup to host Diaper Day
By Staff Reports
On Saturday June 18,
Amerigroup will host a
“Diaper Day” event at the
Goodwill of North
Georgia Dawson Career
Center, located at 66 S 400
Center Lane.
The event will begin at
10 a.m. and run through
11:30 a.m. During the
event, an Amerigroup
Community C are
Representative will be
present to answer ques
tions about member bene
fits and services, and
attendees will receive free
diapers, baby wipes and
much more while supplies
last.
For more information
about Amerigroup and its
upcoming “Diaper Day”
event, go to www.
myamerigroup.com/GA.
FROM 1A
Debate
and said that the idea of
choosing between the
baby and mother’s life is a
false dichotomy.
“I don’t make excep
tions because I don’t
believe they’re contrary to
each other,” McCormick
said. “I believe if you take
a human life, it’s never
beneficial.”
McCormick also said
that he has seen “the hor
rors of gun violence” first
hand in his work as an
emergency room doctor
and that he is aware of the
nation’s mental health cri
sis.
“But I will say that tak
ing guns out of the hands
of law-abiding citizens has
never been the solution,”
McCormick said. “You
can talk about security of
schools, you can talk
about mental health, but if
you’re talking about tak
ing weapons from law-
abiding citizens, no.”
Evans also painted him
self as a strong supporter
of Second Amendment
rights.
When asked whether he
would support one of the
compromise gun control
measures currently being
considered in Washington,
Evans said, “I would have
to know what the compro
mise is, but if it in any
way unconstitutionally
infringes on our Second
Amendment rights, I
would not stand for it.”
McCormick criticized
Evans for a 2015 paper in
which Evans called for
criminal justice reforms.
Evans countered that he
drafted the paper while in
law school and that he is a
strong supporter of law
enforcement.
McCormick also called
for pharmaceutical
reforms.
“We need pricing trans
parency across the board,
including with health-care
centers, with the access to
medicine, and there’s a
ton of things we could do,
but we need to first of all
defeat the things aren’t
working, that [President
Joe] Biden and [U.S.
House Speaker Nancy]
Pelosi have instituted,”
McCormick said.
Evans criticized
McCormick for accepting
donations from out-of-
state organizations and
“liberal special interests”
that do not represent core
conservative values.
Evans also called for
closed primaries, in which
Georgia voters could only
vote in the primary for the
party with which they are
registered.
“What I’m out for is
ensuring Republicans
elect Republicans that will
represent them and
Democrats don’t infiltrate,
manipulate, influence our
elections, which is what
happened two Tuesdays
ago,” said Evans.
Evans also said that he
would disband the Jan. 6
commission scheduled to
hold public hearings later
this week on the attack on
the U.S. Capitol. He
called the panel a “politi
cal weapon” against con
servatives.
“There are conserva
tives throughout Georgia,
throughout the country
that are being denied their
due process right to a
speedy and fair trial,” said
Evans. “We have to make
sure that conservative
voices throughout this
country are protected.”
Evans contended that
he is a true conservative
who is not beholden to
liberal interests and
extolled his endorsement
by former President
Donald Trump.
“I’m endorsed by
President Trump —
you’re not,” Evans said to
McCormick. “He
endorsed me because he
knows I fight. I fight
when it matters.”
McCormick touted his
leadership experience as
an emergency room doc
tor and former Marine
helicopter pilot.
“In the emergency
room and in combat
zones, I make tough deci
sions in tough places,”
McCormick said.
In the May primary,
McCormick pulled
48,967, or 43%, of the
vote, while Evans earned
26,160, or 23%, of the
vote.
The runoff will be held
on Tuesday, June 21. The
winner of the primary
runoff will face Democrat
Bob Christian in
November.
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