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Wednesday, June 22,2022
Farm Bureau member receives GFA scholarship
Photo courtesy of Georgia Farm Bureau
Dawson County Farm Bureau member James
Holton was named a recipient of Georgia
Foundation for Agriculture scholarship.
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Dawson County Farm
Bureau member James
Holton has been named a
recipient of the Georgia
Foundation for Agriculture
(GFA) Scholarship, accord
ing to a release by the farm
bureau.
According to the release,
Holton is one of two stu
dents to be selected to
receive a $5000 GFA
Veterinary Medicine schol
arship, which recognizes
outstanding college stu
dents pursuing agriculture
or agriculture-related
degrees from colleges in
the University System of
Georgia, Berry College or
Emmanuel College.
“The Georgia
Foundation for Agriculture
is committed to investing in
the future of Georgia agri
culture by offering these
scholarships to students
who want to pursue careers
in agriculture,” GFA Board
Chairman and GFB
President Tom McCall said
in the release. “Georgia
Farm Bureau is proud to
support the foundation’s
efforts.”
Holton is a student at the
University of Georgia
College of Veterinary
Medicine (UGA CVM).
According to the release,
he is a UGA Alumni
Association Scholar, serves
on the CVM Honors and
Awards Committee and has
achieved the Dairy
Production
Entrepreneurship
Proficiency.
Holton currently serves
as the president of the
UGA chapter of the
OBITUARIES
Thelma Elliott Byrd
Thelma Elliott Byrd, 92, of
Dawsonville, died Friday, June 17,
2022. A funeral service was held at
11:00 a.m., Monday, June 20, Bethel
United Methodist Church. Bearden
Funeral Home of Dawsonville was in
charge of tine arrangements.
Dawson County News
June 22, 2022
Danny Scott Hitt
Danny Scott Hitt, 55, of Cumming,
died Thursday. June 16, 2022. A memo
rial service will be held at 2:00 p.m.,
Sunday, June 26, at Roanoke Baptist
Church. Ingram Funeral Home of
Cumming is in charge of the arrange
ments.
Dawson County News
June 22, 2022
Bobby Joe Perry
Bobby Joe Perry, 32, of Gainesville,
died Wednesday, June 15, 2022. A
funeral service was held at 5:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, June 21, at the Bearden
Funeral Home Chapel. Bearden Funeral
Home of Dawsonville was in charge of
the arrangements.
Dawson County News
June 22, 2022
Jill Reeves
Jill Reeves, 61, of Dawsonville, died
Saturday, June 18, 2022. A graveside
service was held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday,
June 21, at Dawsonville Memorial
Gardens. Bearden Funeral Home of
Dawsonville was in charge of the
arrangements.
Dawson County News
June 22, 2022
Ricky Waters
Ricky Waters, 61, formerly of
Dawsonville, died Monday, June 13,
2022. A funeral service was held at 1:00
p.m., Saturday, June 18, at Bearden
Funeral Home Chapel. Bearden Funeral
Home of Dawsonville was in charge of
the arrangements.
Dawson County News
June 22, 2022
CORRECTION
A hearing date on a rezone for a proposed neighborhood was incorrect
ly specified in the June 15 edition of DCN.
Although the application is online, there has not yet been a hearing
scheduled for application ZA 22-15. DCN will provide an update when a
date is set.
FROM 1A
Safety
‘It is our hope that the pending
radio project will resolve a lot of
these transmission and reception
issues. Our request to apply for
the COPS grant will serve to
amplify and enhance our radios’
capabilities.’
Jeff Johnson
Dawson County Sheriff
technology for expedited
notification of law
enforcement during an
emergency; coordination
with law enforcement and
other security measures
COPs deems necessary.
Johnson later said that
radio communications can
be challenged inside the
schools, as is not uncom
mon within many struc
tures.
“It is our hope that the
pending radio project will
resolve a lot of these
transmission and reception
issues,” he said. “Our
request to apply for the
COPS grant will serve to
amplify and enhance our
radios’ capabilities.”
BOC Chairman Billy
Thurmond clarified that
the county “usually has a
50-50 relationship” when
it comes to school
resources like officers, so
he suggested looking into
whether the school system
could commit to giving
12.5 percent of local funds
should Dawson County be
awarded the grant.
“In light of everything
you’ve seen on the news,
and I know Commissioner
Satterfield brought up
some information [on
June 2]...I think it’s a great
opportunity for us to get
some money,” Thurmond
said.
Johnson said he talked
with Thurmond and
Dawson County School
District Superintendent
Nicole Lecave.
“The [school] district is
in the initial stages of
reviewing the grant oppor
tunity,” Lecave said in an
email to DCN on Friday.
“We are awaiting addi
tional details to be provid
ed before determining
next steps.”
“I think the school [sys
tem] will be on board. I
can’t speak for them, and
like the sheriff said, he
couldn’t either,”
Thurmond added during
Thursday’s BOC meeting.
“But they’re in the busi
ness of protecting our
school kids just like we
are and just like the sheriff
is.”
District 2 Commissioner
Chris Gaines asked and
Thurmond and Johnson
confirmed that DCSO was
just looking for the ability
to apply for the grant. If
they’re awarded it, county
commissioners and DCSO
would have time to make
further decisions and time
to allow the school board
enough time to walk
through their process.
“What’s the odds of get
ting this one?,” Gaines
said.
“There’s only 160
awards [nationwide], so
it’s worth a try,” Johnson
said.
District 1 Commissioner
Sharon Fausett quipped,
“Now, why can’t it be
Dawson County?”
American of Bovine
Practitioners, as the vice
president of the UGA
Veterinary Business
Management Association
and as the team leader of
the UGA CVM Palpation
Team.
Georgia Foundation for
Agriculture scholarships
recognize deserving and
outstanding students pursu
ing an agriculture or ag-
related degree at an eligible
technical college (such as
welding, diesel mechanics,
vet tech) or college in the
University System of
Georgia, Berry College or
Emmanuel College, the
release said.
Instructions for applying
for the 2023 GFA scholar
ships will be announced at
www.gafoundationag.org/
scholarships in January of
2023.
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