2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, September 14,2022
DPH to begin offering bivalent COVID booster
By staff reports
The Georgia
Department of Public
Health (DPH) will begin
offering the new bivalent
COVID-19 booster this
week as shipments of the
vaccine arrive in the
state.
According to a press
release by the DPH, the
bivalent vaccine is aimed
to offer enhanced protec
tion against COVID-19
and its currently circulat
ing variants.
“The current COVID
booster doses contain the
genetic recipe for the
original strain of
COVID-19,” the release
said. “The bivalent vac
cine contains the genetic
recipes for two versions
of COVID-19; the origi
nal strain, plus the omi-
cron sub variants BA.4
and BA.5, offering better
protection against the
currently circulating
COVID-19 variants.”
The Center for Disease
Control and Prevention
(CDC) and the Advisory
Committee on
Immunization Practices
(AACIP) recommend the
bivalent booster manu
factured by Pfizer for
individuals 12 years and
older, and they recom
mend the bivalent boost
er by Moderna for adults
18 years or older. People
should wait at least two
months after completing
their initial vaccination
or their last booster shot
before getting the biva
lent booster.
At this time, the biva
lent vaccine is consid
ered only a booster and
is not to be used as the
initial two-dose COVID
vaccine, the release said.
The monovalent mRNA
COVID-19 vaccines will
still be administered for
the primary series of vac
cine and as a booster for
children under 12 years
old.
The release added that
Georgia is currently see
ing an average of 3,000
cases of COVID reported
a week, and hospitaliza
tions and deaths from
COVID continue to
decrease in the state.
Obituaries
ELIZABETH
CHARLOTTE
KINSEY
September 5, 2022
The Angels came for
Elizabeth (Liz) Kinsey on
Monday September 5,
2022. She had faced a
long challenge from a
GBM, a walnut sized brain
tumor first diagnosed and
treated with surgery, radia
tion and chemotherapy
since September 2015.
She and her husband, Jim,
saw progress in her battle,
with the tumor completely
regressing only to reappear
a couple of years later.
Her strength and determi
nation were extraordinary,
but she finally succumbed
to the ravages of the can
cer. Jim and Liz first met in
Livingston, NJ high school
and went on their first date
on September 26, 1959.
That “date” lasted until her
death 63 years later. Jim
and Liz married on June
12, 1965. In 1968, after
college graduation, they
moved to New Zealand
where their first two chil
dren were born. Liz raised
the boys and cared for the
family while Jim practiced
Veterinary Medicine. Three
years later they moved to
Australia briefly and then
travelled home via Africa
and Europe. Her willing
ness to cheerfully travel
with a 3-year-old and a
16-month-old through
African game parks, sleep
ing in tents some nights,
then through the sights of
Athens, Greece and on to
Germany was a testament
to her love for her family
and her strong and cheer
ful support of Jim’s goal of
travelling around the globe
before they turned 30.
Once back in the USA,
they settled in Manchester
Center, VT and had a third
boy. In 1982 Liz once
again ventured into another
phase of her life when the
family purchased a poultry
and cattle farm on Jot-Em
Down Rd in Forsyth
County. They moved into a
mobile home, repaired the
chicken house and Liz
became a chicken farmer.
The family built a house
and happily lives there
today. Liz was born in NJ
on March 29, 1942. She
was preceded in death by
her parents and one of two
brothers. She is survived
by a brother, sisters-in-law,
brothers-in-law, & several
nieces and nephews. She
also is survived by her hus
band of 57 years & their
sons and their wives, Kelly
& Kelley, Geoff & Tina and
Andy & Jennifer and grand
children Bryce, Blake, Tim,
& Lucas in NC and
Isabelle, Elliott & Anderson
in GA. A multitude of cous
ins are scattered over sev
eral states and in southern
Germany where her par
ents were born and raised.
Liz was loved and admired
by many and will long be
remembered for her love
and for her quick wit. She
was indeed the “Johnny
Appleseed” of friendship
and joy. The family will
hold a celebration of Liz’s
extraordinary life in the
Ingram Funeral Home
Chapel at 2pm on Sunday,
September 25th 2022.
The family will receive
friends from 12pm to 2pm
on the day of the service.
Death Notices
Bobby Rhinehart
September 5, 2022
Funeral Service, Thursday,
September 8, 2022, 1 p.m.,
Bearden Funeral Home
Chapel. Bearden Funeral
Home, Dawsonville, GA.
Bryan Furman Gay
September 4, 2022
No arrangements have
been scheduled at this
time. Bearden Funeral
Home of Dawsonville, GA
have been placed in
charge of arrangements.
Requested $31M grant
could help extend water
lines into areas of county
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
Dawson County’s gov
ernment will help utility
partner Etowah Water
and Sewer Authority
apply for a $31 million
grant to go toward a
drinking water project to
support the growing pop
ulation, county manager
David Headley told the
Board of Commissioners
at the Sept. 1 work ses
sion.
This money would
come from a no-match
American Rescue Plan
Act State Fiscal
Recovery Funds grant,
said Headley, adding that
“no match” means noth
ing financially would
have to come from the
county.
Rather, the water and
sewer authority would
provide $3,137,931,
about a 10% match to
the total grant request of
$3 1,379,307, said
EWSA General Manager
Brooke Anderson to
DCN.
Anderson explained
that the potential project
would focus on extend
ing water lines and
replacing some compo
nents with upsized ones
to accommodate future
and near-term growth.
If awarded, the grant
funds would be used to
extend water lines past
station 8 into the
Sweetwater Juno area as
well as on Etowah River
Road near Ga. 53.
Water lines would also
be extended along Ga.
400 in the Grizzle Road
area and on Ga. 400
North approaching Ga.
136, Anderson said.
Chief Financial Officer
Vickie Neikirk said that
the water line extensions
would also mean the
addition of over 200 fire
hydrants, which would
be helpful for the coun
ty’s ISO rating.
“On one hand, we’re
addressing the immedi
ate need presented by the
growth in the county,”
Anderson said of the
project. “But it is also
sized to support the
county for decades to
come.”
Anderson elaborated
that their intentions with
the grant money match
EWSA’s 2016 water
master plan and that
these water main exten
sions should help
accommodate growth in
Dawson County “for the
next 40 years.”
The grant application
doesn’t require a vote,
but he wanted to inform
the board, since the
application deadline for
the grant is Sept. 9,
Headley added.
As the governing body,
the county will have to
apply for the funds,
Neikirk said.
Should Dawson
County receive the grant,
EWSA will approach the
board and request a
memorandum of under
standing, she added. The
county commissioners
would then have to vote
to accept the measure.
Over 89 percent of newly
reported COVID cases
are caused by the BA.5
variant.
In addition to vaccina
tion and boosters, the
DPH continues to remind
people to take basic pre
vention measures against
the spread of COVID-19,
including wearing a
mask, social distancing,
and frequent hand wash
ing.
For more information
about vaccination and
boosters, go to https://
itsthatsimplega.gov/.
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