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2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, January 4,2023
Dawson County Farm Bureau wins
award from Georgia Farm Bureau
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County
Farm Bureau was recently
recognized for its out
standing member pro
grams and agricultural
advocacy activities during
the 85th annual Georgia
Farm Bureau (GFB)
Convention.
According to a release
by the GFB, the Dawson
County Farm Bureau was
awarded with the GFB’s
Rewarding Excellence in
Ag Program (REAP)
Planter Award in the orga
nization’s medium mem
bership division.
The REAP award hon
ors county farm bureaus
for their organization and
membership, advocacy,
leadership development,
education and outreach
activities they did
between Sept. 1, 2021 and
Aug. 31, 2022. The REAP
awards are divided into
three tiers: Harvester
(first), Planter (second)
and Cultivator (third), and
five tier winners are
announced in each of the
GFB’s three membership
categories: small, medium
and large.
“Georgia Farm Bureau
is celebrating its 85th
anniversary this year,”
GFB President Tom
McCall said in the
release. “Our organization
has thrived since 1937
because of our dedicated
volunteer leaders and
county staff who work to
promote agriculture in
their local communities
by visiting schools to
teach students how farm
ers grow our food and
Photo courtesy of GFB
Georgia Farm Bureau President Tom McCall, left, presents Dawson County
Farm Bureau Office ManagerTammy Wood and DirectorTim Costley with a
GFB REAP Planter award in the organization's medium membership divi
sion.
Planning Commission
gains new member
Staff reports
Dawson County’s
Planning Commission
will ring in the new year
with one new face and a
new person as its chair
man after the board mem
bers’ two-year terms
ended in December.
During their Dec. 15
voting session, the Board
of Commissioners reap
pointed multiple mem
bers to the planning board
and added a new person.
All of the appointees’
terms will end in
December 2024.
Planning Commission
Chairman Jason Hamby
appointed District 1
Commissioner Steve
Sanvi to succeed him in
the board’s leadership
role. Hamby will take up
the seat for District 1,
where he resides.
District 2
Commissioner John
Maloney will again take
up that seat.
Meanwhile, Shelton
Townley will replace Tim
The Dawson
County
Planning
Commission's
first meeting
of the new
year will be on
Feb. 21, 2023.
DCN file photo
FROM 1A
Roberts
Now, he faces 51
counts of sexual exploita
tion of children and six
counts of child molesta
tion.
Roberts has also been
accused of family vio
lence-related battery in
another 2022 case.
He allegedly committed
the various sexual crimes
on June 26, July 23 and
Oct. 20, according to 57
DCSO warrants served on
Nov. 28.
Collectively, the war
rants accused Roberts of
filming and possessing
more than a dozen explic
it videos of a 9-year-old
girl with whom he was
previously acquainted in
Dawson County and
allegedly having more
than 600 explicit photos
meeting with their elected
officials. It’s a pleasure to
recognize Dawson
County for the work they
have done to promote
agriculture in its commu
nity this past year.”
Dawson County Farm
Bureau’s president is
Wayne Bennett, and
Tammy Wood is the office
manager. Dawson County
Farm Bureau representa
tives were presented with
the award during the GFB
Convention, which was
held on Dec. 4 through 6
on Jekyll Island.
Death Notices
George Edward
“Ed” Weyant
December 22, 2022
George Edward “Ed”
Weyant, 94, of
Dawsonville died
Thursday, December
22. Funeral service,
Tuesday December
27, 2 p.m. Bearden
Funeral Home,
Dawsonville, GA.
Bennett for the board’s
District 3 seat.
District 4
Commissioner and plan
ning board vice-chair
Neil Hornsey has been
reappointed to that seat.
Alternates have not yet
been announced.
The rearranged Dawson
County Planning
Commission will meet for
the first time on Feb. 21,
2023. The county’s mora
torium on certain residen
tial rezonings is set to end
on Feb. 17.
of the female victim.
Previously, Roberts was
indicted in a similar 2019
case in White County,
according to superior
court records there.
However, that indictment
was thrown out in May
2021 because the allega
tion dates were too broad,
court documents stated.
Roberts remains at the
Dawson County
Detention Center without
bond.
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