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Crews suspend search for missing man
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
Following an arduous week-
long canvassing in and around
the Amicalola Falls State Park
area, the difficult decision has
been made to suspend the
active search for missing
21-year-old Sidiki “Prince”
Kebe.
As of Friday afternoon, first
responders scaled back their
efforts after not being able to
find any clues that Kebe is still
physically in the area, said
Dawson County Fire Chief and
Emergency Management
Agency Director Danny
Thompson.
Kebe’s case will stay open
with the Dawson County
Sheriff’s office as a missing
persons report.
People with any information
on his whereabouts are encour
aged to call DCSO’s non-emer
gency number at (706) 344-
3636. The case will remain
open until Kebe is located.
The young man’s last known
location was the 3600 block of
Ga. 52 on June 24. Kebe is
about 5’9” and 170 lbs. with
short, dark hair and braces. He
was last seen wearing black
shorts, a black shirt and flip-
flops.
“It’s a tough decision, and it
weighs heavy on me. It’s the
hardest thing I have to do for
this job,” Chief Thompson said.
“I’d rather have closure. It’s not
that we’re giving up on it (the
search). I always want to bring
a loved one home to their fami
lies because it just gives them
closure.”
Chief Thompson explained
his rationale for the decision as
a “matter of resources and
available manpower,” explain
ing that Fire and EMS, DCSO
and responders from more than
a dozen state resources spent
hundreds of hours canvassing
over 1,000 acres by ground and
with 10-12 K9s as well as by
air, including the usage of
drones.
Flyers were also posted
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Sidiki "Prince" Kebe.
Ag. program ready for growth
Photo courtesy of Dawson County School System
Construction of the Roger D. Slaton Agriscience Center is well underway at Dawson County High School and
expected to be completed in the first three months of 2023.
Building projects, improvements well underway in school system
Galt named
new DCMS
principal
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Paige Galt has been hired as the new
principal for Dawson County Middle
School, following approval
by the Dawson County
Board of Education during
last Friday’s called board
meeting.
According to a press
release by the school sys
tem, Galt will take over the
principal role beginning in
the upcoming 2022-23
school year, following the resignation of
the middle school’s previous principal.
“Dr. Galt is thrilled to begin her 25th
year in education and work alongside the
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Bryant named
DCN sales exec.
Tim Anderson named
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
With students out of the
Dawson County school
buildings for the summer,
school system administra
tion and staff are hard at
work on several building
improvements and con
struction projects to help
the schools in the district
serve students even better
than they already do.
Assistant Superintendent
of Operations Hershel
Bennett said that the sys
tem’s two major projects,
the multipurpose athletic
building and the Roger D.
Slaton agriscience center,
are well underway, and con
struction crews have been
making a great deal of
progress this summer.
“The two major projects
we have going on are the
multipurpose athletic build
ing and the agriscience cen
ter,” Bennett said. “Carroll
Daniel Construction
Company has done a great
job on this; we’re making
progress as expected. Once
it gets out of the ground and
they get the frame up, it
goes really really fast and
it’s amazing how much
change will occur if I’m
over there one morning and
I go back that afternoon.”
Multipurpose
Athletic Building
The multipurpose athletic
building will house a bas
ketball court, locker rooms,
restrooms and a state-of-
the-art weight room for stu
dents to use during the day
for weight training classes
and fitness classes and for
student athletes to use after
school. The building is
located between the high
school, the performing arts
center, the gym and the
press box, making it a
unique challenge to com
plete, Bennett said.
“I’m sure many people
saw the crane that had to lift
all the steel structure and all
the parts over the gym to
put them in place,” Bennett
said. “Many schools sys
tems, had they built this,
would have put it out in a
parking lot somewhere or
set it away from the school,
but for our students this was
the best place for it to get
the maximum amount of
use and so that’s where we
put it even though it was a
little bit more inconvenient
in the build.”
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DCN sales manager
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Dawson County News
has hired Kristina Bryant
as its new multimedia sales
executive.
In her new role, Bryant
will be responsible for
handling advertiser
accounts and working with
local businesses to ensure
satisfaction with advertise
ments placed in the paper.
Most recently, Bryant
worked with Olive Branch
Bryant
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