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2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, September 7,2022
City of Dawsonville to
host monthly Food Truck
Friday event this week
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
This Friday, the City of
Dawsonville will host its
monthly Food Truck
Friday event for the
month of September.
The food truck event
will be on Friday, Sept. 9
from 5 to 8 p.m. at the
Dawsonville Farmers
Market pavilion, located
at 86 Allen Street. As
with every Food Truck
Friday, the event will fea
ture a variety of food
trucks with all types of
food available for pur
chase.
Updates about the Food
Truck Friday event such
as the list of food trucks
participating are posted
closer to the event on the
City of Dawsonville’s
Facebook page. To follow
the city on Facebook, go
to https://www.facebook.
com/cityofdawsonville.
After this week’s event,
there is only one more
Food Truck Friday sched
uled for this year, on Oct.
7. For more information
about Food Truck
Fridays, go to https://
www.dawsonville-ga.gov/
sites/default/files/fileat-
tachments/community/
page/9871/food_truck_
friday.pdf.
FROM 1A
Millholland
Millholland “was having inappropriate
and improper conduct with a 16-year-
old girl,” police said in a news release.
Millholland was put on leave.
“During the course of the investiga
tion, a pattern of alleged inappropriate
behavior was found,” police said.
“Information was developed that
Millholland had an inappropriate rela
tionship with a student via electronic
communications.”
The case is still under investigation,
and police asked for anyone with infor
mation to contact the police department
at gainesville.org/659/submit-a-tip.
“Safety of students and staff is our
top priority,” Gainesville Police Chief
Jay Parrish said in a statement. “We
encourage students and stakeholders to
report any such allegations to be inves
tigated. We are thankful to (Gainesville
Superintendent Jeremy) Williams and
the entire Red Elephant community for
their ongoing support.”
Williams said in a statement that
“while we are shocked and devastated
by the action of one of our former
employees, we applaud the students for
coming forward.”
“Safety is always the top priority,
and the (Gainesville High School)
administration responded quickly to the
allegations,” Williams said. “Resources
have been and will be available to those
impacted by this incident.”
This story was originally published
in the Gainesville Times, a sister publi
cation of the Dawson County News.
FROM 1A
Caudell
Douglas Gifford, 57, of
Dawsonville, died from
injuries sustained during
the July 9 car crash.
Georgia State Patrol’s
Specialized Collision
Reconstruction Team B
(SCRTB) is assisting with
the crash investigation. The
Georgia Bureau of
Investigation’s crime lab
also performed blood alco
hol content analysis on
samples taken from
Caudell.
DCSO warrants for the
homicide by vehicle counts
accused Caudell of causing
Gifford’s death. The war
rants also stated that GBI
test results for the defen
dant’s blood showed she
allegedly had a BAC of
.231, almost triple the legal
limit of .08 for adults 21 or
older to consume alcohol.
Preliminary crash results
from GSP stated that
Caudell was driving
Gifford’s SUV west on
War Hill Park Road when
she failed to maintain her
lane while maneuvering a
curve.
In her comments to GSP,
Caudell said she swerved
to miss a stump before the
vehicle ran off the road and
overturned and added that
that was all she remem
bered.
The vehicle then traveled
off of the roadway to the
right and went up an
embankment, striking a
tree, according to the pre
liminary report.
The SUV overturned to
the left, causing both the
driver and Gifford to be
ejected, before it came to a
final uncontrolled rest in
the middle of the roadway
on its roof facing north, the
report stated.
Both Caudell and
Gifford were taken to an
area hospital. Gifford suc
cumbed to his injuries on
July 11.
Two days after her Aug.
26 arrest, Caudell was
released on a $44,200
bond.
DCN will update this
story when more informa
tion is available.
FROM 1A
Shucks
remember that whenever
they get behind a slow
tractor on the road, it’s
working for them.”
In addition to promoting
Georgia’s agriculture
through the maze design,
Uncle Shucks supports
this theme through the
products for sale at the
attraction too.
“All of our pumpkins
are Georgia grown; all of
our jams and jellies are
Georgia grown; we try our
best to use Georgia prod
ucts and sometimes that’s
not possible but if it’s
available in Georgia we
try to use it and push the
‘shop local’,” Hughes
said. “The theme has had
a few local vendors reach
out to us wanting to sell
their products here; we
can’t say yes to everyone
but we’re adding a few
more locally made prod
ucts. I’m really excited;
the maze design has really
put some excitement out.”
This year’s maze is
divided into three separate
mazes with six check
points in each, Hughes
said. The three sections
are 0.5 miles, 3.2 miles
and 3.3 miles, adding up
to a total of seven miles of
paths in the entire maze.
Uncle Shucks will open
for its 2022 season on
Sept. 10 and run through
Nov. 13. In addition to the
com maze, Uncle Shucks
also offers several other
fun fall activities, includ
ing a pumpkin patch,
jumping pad, towering
goat walk, kiddy maze,
tire mountain, corn can
non, wagon ride, bonfires
and marshmallows, gem
mining , face painting and
festival food available to
purchase on site.
The attraction’s “Dark
Rows” haunted corn trail
will also return this year
and be open on Fridays
and Saturdays from Sept.
30 through Oct. 29.
During this year’s sea
son, the Georgia Forestry
Commission will be at the
com maze on Oct. 8 and 9
to show some of their
equipment and educate
visitors about what they
do, Hughes said. He also
hopes to coordinate a
weekend in October to
have Georgia Grown visit
the maze.
Other special events
planned for this fall at
Uncle Shucks are foster
family day on Sept. 24,
when families with foster
children will be allowed
free admission into the
maze, and scout weekend
on Oct. 1 and 2.
Since last year’s season,
Hughes has been hard at
work improving the prop
erty and planning for this
year’s maze. This has
included adding asphalt in
the parking lot, improving
the gem mine attraction
and adding drainage
improvements in the field,
he said.
“You have about a four-
month break and that’s
November through
February and then it’s
right back into it,” Hughes
said. “We’re hoping for
good weather and looking
forward to it.”
Uncle Shucks is actively
hiring help for this year’s
season, he added. Those
who are interested can
email info@uncleshucks.
com or go by the corn
maze anytime on Sept. 10.
Tickets to Uncle Shucks
are available online or at
the gate. The attraction’s
hours in September and
November will be 4 to 10
p.m. on Fridays, 10 a.m.
to 10 p.m. on Saturdays
and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
Sundays, and its hours in
October will be from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. from
Sunday through Thursday
and from 10 a.m. to 10
p.m. on Fridays and
Saturdays. Uncle Shucks
is located at 125 Bannister
Road.
For more information or
to purchase tickets online,
go to https://uncleshucks.
com/.
Death Notices
Ronald Eugene
Grigsby
August 30, 2022
A Memorial Visitation will
be held on Thursday,
September 1, 2022, from
4:00 -7:00 p.m. at Bearden
Funeral Home,
Dawsonville, GA.
Sandra Joyce
Pruitt
August 28, 2022
Funeral services will be
held, Tuesday, September
6, at 11:00 a.m. at the
Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel.
Vyrsa Madge Bates
August 23, 2022
Funeral services will be
held Tuesday, August 30,
at 2:00 p.m. at Liberty
Grove Baptist Church.
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