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Sheriffs office applies for school safety funds
COPS grant would allow DCSO to hire up to four more certified law enforcement officers
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
Following a discussion
about school safety at a
Board of Commissioners
meeting earlier this month,
the Dawson County
Sheriff’s Office has now
been given the go-ahead to
apply for federal funding to
address the issue.
The BOC voted unani
mously to approve DCSO’s
application for a school
safety-specific Community
Oriented Policing Services
(COPS) grant during their
June 16 voting session, just
before the first deadline of
June 17.
BOC meetings are held in
the assembly room of the
Dawson County
Government Center on the
first and third Thursdays of
every month. Starting in
January, the BOC began
holding voting sessions
directly after the 4 p.m.
work sessions.
The board’s decision fol
lows the BOC’s May 5
approval to apply for a sep
arate COPS grant which
would allow DCSO to hire
up to four more certified
law enforcement officers.
The school safety grant
would allow law enforce
ment to apply for $500,000,
with a 25 percent local cash
match. It’s a competitive,
repeat 36-month grant, said
Dawson County Sheriff Jeff
Johnson during his presen
tation at the BOC work ses
sion on June 16.
The grant’s funds would
support local officer train
ing to prevent student vio
lence; hardening or deter
rent measures including
metal detectors, locks,
lighting and other items;
See Safety 12A
Julia Fechter Dawson County News
Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson speaks about a federal COPS
grant for school safety during the BOC's June 16 work session.
From New York to North Georgia
Photos by Julia Fechter Dawson County News
Qing Jin He recently opened Ling Ling Chinese Restaurant at 29 North 400 Center Lane, next to CVS on Ga. 53.
Ling Ling Chinese Restaurant debuts in Dawson County
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
While Ling Ling
Chinese Restaurant is
owner Qing Jin He’s first
location in Dawson
County, it’s actually his
seventh time helping run
an eatery.
Following much public
curiosity and anticipation
online, Ling Ling’s
opened in mid-May at 29
North 400 Center Lane,
next to CVS on Ga. 53.
Prior to its opening, He
helped establish six other
locations in New York
and New Jersey.
He shared that his
whole family, including
his parents, had experi
ence in the restaurant
business going back to
their time in China.
In a summer 2006 arti
cle by Annie Deck-Miller
in “Western New York
Life” magazine, He told a
reporter that he learned
recipes and cooking tech
niques from his mother.
In 1980, He immigrated
from the southeastern
Chinese province of
Fujian to the United
States to help his cousin
run a restaurant in
Brooklyn, followed by
See Ling Ling 13A
He stills holds on to previous media coverage of his busi
nesses, like this 1989 "The Ithaca Journal" clipping about
his location in that N.Y town.
BOE OKs
1st budget
for 2022-23
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
At the June 14 meeting of the Dawson
County Board of Education, board members
voted unanimously to approve an initial
budget for the 2022-23 school year.
The initial general fund budget approved
by the board includes a beginning fund bal
ance of $11,002,950, revenues totaling
$50,636,530 and expenditures totaling
$47,722,978, giving a projected ending fund
balance of $13,916,502.
In comparison, the previous year’s budget
for the 2021-22 school year was adjusted
partway through the year, and the amended
budget for last year included a beginning
fund balance of $12,223,801, revenues total
ing $46,939,511 and expenditures totaling
See BOE 18A
Senior judge
appointed in
Roberts’ case
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
A senior judge has been
appointed in the case of the
Dawsonville man accused
in the 2021 death of Kaleb
Duckworth, and state pros
ecutors have motioned to
revoke the defendant’s
bonds in both of his pend
ing cases, according to
court documents filed in
Dawson County.
The Honorable David T. Emerson of
Douglas County will preside over the case
See Roberts 13A
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