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Wednesday, July 13,2022
dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 5A
Tampa man booked on drug charges
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
Authorities recently
arrested one out-of-town
man for allegedly
attempting to distribute
marijuana in Dawson
County during the holi
day weekend.
Wilfredo Mora
Calderon, 40, of Tampa,
Florida, was arrested by
the Dawson County
Sheriff’s Office after
being stopped in the
vicinity of downtown
Dawsonville just before 2
a.m. on July 4, according
to agency warrants.
Calderon was later
charged with failure to
maintain lane, possession
of marijuana and three
counts possession of mar
ijuana with the intent to
distribute, as well as one
count each for drug relat
ed objects and posses
sion of tools and a fire
arm during the commis
sion of a crime.
He remains in the
Dawson County
Detention Center without
bond as of July 7.
He’s accused of alleg
edly committing the
crimes between 1 and 2
a.m. on July 4 between 1
and 2 a.m., according to
DCSO warrants. In
Calderon’s car, a deputy
found 77 grams of a
green, leafy substance
suspected to be marijuana
in three separate bags.
Calderon also suppos
edly had with him a
Glock 19 9mm firearm, a
clear glass smoking
device and a black AWL
scale commonly used
when attempting to sell
marijuana, according to
three of the warrants.
DCN will update this
story once more informa
tion becomes available.
Lanier Tech competes in
SkillsUSA competition
Photo courtesy of Lanier Technical College
Recently, 10 competitors from Lanier Tech's
SkillsUSA chapter competed in the national com
petition in Atlanta, and seven of the competitors
won medals.
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
At the end of June, stu-
dents from Lanier
Technical College’s
SkillsUSA chapter com
peted in the 2022
SkillsUSA National
Competitions at the
Georgia World Congress
Center in Atlanta.
According to a press
release by the college, the
SkillsUSA national com
petitions are held after the
state competitions, in
order to test the best com
petitors from each state
across the United States.
This year, Lanier Tech
sent 10 competitors to the
national competition,
including;
• Joseph Hennesee -
Automotive
Refinishing
Technology
• Shraddha Doshi -
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• Daniel Whitehead -
Action Skills
• Janessa Tanelus -
Esthetics
• Austin Hatcher -
Firefighting
• Jeremiah Daws -
CNC Turning
Specialist
• Yoselin Rodriguez
- Career Pathways
- Healthcare
• Aylin Rodriguez -
Career Pathways -
Healthcare
• Kimberly Mendez-
Ibarra - Career
Pathways
Healthcare
• Colton Phillips -
Marine Service
Technology
While at the national
competition, State
Officers Ashley Watson
and Paige Buhite helped
with opening and closing
ceremonies for the State
of Georgia. Upon comple
tion of the competition,
seven competitors from
Lanier Tech placed,
including five who won
gold medals.
Gold medalists were
Tanelus, Hatcher, Yoselin
Rodriguez, Aylin
Rodriguez and Mendez-
Ibarra.
The other two medalists
from Lanier Tech were
Daws, who won a silver
medal, and Phillips, who
won a bronze medal.
Lanier Tech’s
SkillsUSA chapter was
also awarded a Gold-
Level accolade in the
Chapter of Excellence
Program, which defines a
SkillsUSA chapter for its
level of education, philan
thropy and excellence.
Lanier Tech has received
this award for the past
four years.
To learn more about
SkillsUSA at Lanier
Technical College, contact
Coordinator of Special
Populations Kari Register
at kregister@laniertech.
edu.
NOTICE OF PROPERTY
TAX INCREASE
The Dawson Countv Board of Commissioners
has tentatively adopted a 2022 millage rate which will
require an increase in property taxes by 5.90 percent.
All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing
on this tax increase to be held in the Commissioners
Meeting Room at the Dawson County Courthouse/
Administration Building located at 25 Justice Way,
Dawsonville, Georgia on August 4. 2022 at 6:00 pm.
Times and places of additional public hearings on this
tax increase will be held in the Commissioners Meeting
Room at the Dawson County Courthouse/Administra
tion Building located at 25 Justice Way, Dawsonville,
Georgia on July 7. 2022 at 4:00 pm and July 21.
2022 at 4:00 pm.
The tentative increase will result in a millage rate of
7.2225 mills, an increase of 0.4025 mills. Without this
tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more
than 6.820 mills. The proposed tax increase for a
home with a fair market value of $375.000 is
approximately $60.38 and the proposed tax increase
for non-homestead property with a fair market value of
$300.000 is approximately $48.30.
DCHS students compete at
national FBLA conference
Photo courtesy of Beth Hamby
DCHS senior Carson Rider and junior Alysa
Reeves recently represented Dawson County at
the National FBLA conference.
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Two students from
Dawson County High
School recently compet
ed at the National Future
Business Leaders of
America (FBLA) confer
ence, representing their
school and their county
on a national level.
The conference was
held in Chicago from
June 30 to July 2 and
gave students from
around the world a
chance to hone their busi-
ness and leadership
skills. DCHS senior
Carson Rider and junior
Alysa Reeves were
among the 13,000 stu
dents in attendance.
Rider took eighth place
in Networking
Infrastructures. During
the competition, he was
tested on all aspects of
network terminology,
topology and protocols.
Reeves took 11th place
in Client Services, an
event where students are
presented with a business
scenario that has a prob
lem that needs to be
solved and must come up
with a solution to it.
DCHS FBLA Advisor
Beth Hamby accompa
nied the two students to
the competition and said
that she was incredibly
proud of their accom
plishments.
“I am so proud of these
students and the way that
they represented Dawson
County,” Hamby said. “It
was a great accomplish
ment just to earn the right
to compete at the interna
tional level; however,
they both went beyond
that and placed in both of
their events.”
Hamby added that the
students’ success
wouldn’t have been pos
sible without the support
of the Dawson County
community.
“This community has
been very supportive of
these students, providing
multiple donations to get
them to Chicago and now
they can share in their
accomplishments,”
Hamby said. “We all
really appreciate every
one’s support. It takes an
entire community to do
this.”
In addition to compet
ing at the conference, the
students were also able to
enjoy their trip to
Chicago with an architec
tural riverboat tour, a tour
of the Willis tower and
sight-seeing.
PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING
PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION
OF MILLAGE RATE FOR 2022
The Dawson County Board of Commissioners today
announces its intention to increase the 2022 property taxes it
will levy this year by 5.90% over the rollback millage rate.
Each year, the Board of Tax Assessors is required to review
the assessed value for property tax purposes of taxable
property in the County. When the trend of prices on properties
that have recently sold in the County indicate there has been
an increase in the fair market value of any specific property,
the Board of Tax Assessors is required by law to re-determine
the value of such property and adjust the assessment. This is
called a reassessment.
When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, Georgia
law requires a rollback millage rate must be computed that will
produce the same total revenue on the current year’s digest
that last year’s millage rate would have produced had no
reassessments occurred.
The budget tentatively adopted by the Dawson County Board
of Commissioners requires a millage rate higher than the
rollback rate; therefore, before the Dawson County Board of
Commissioners may finalize the tentative budget and set a
final millage rate, Georgia law requires three public hearings
to be held to allow the public an opportunity to express their
opinions on the increase.
All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearings on this
tax increase to be held in the Commissioners Meeting Room
at the Dawson County Courthouse/Administration Building
located at 25 Justice Way, Dawsonville, Georgia
at the following times:
1st. Public Hearing:
2nd. Public Hearing:
3rd. Public Hearing:
Millage adoption:
Thursday, July 7, 2022 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 21,2022 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 4, 2022 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 4, 2022 6:00 p.m.
(following 3rd public hearing)
