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Lady Tigers outlast rivals Lumpkin County. a SPORTS, 1B 2/ v I Local primary care center offers weight loss programs, inside,6a TaDawsonCountyNews WEDNESDAY I JANUARY 17, 2024 DawsonNews ► com dawsonville, GEORGIA $2.00 32 homes planned for Gold Creek development By Julia Hansen juliahansen@dawsonnews.com Land that once hosted an active tennis court area is being reimagined to hold 32 future homes on property near the front of the Gold Creek residential development, according to Dawsonville Planning and Zoning plans obtained through an open records request. Local landowner Gold Creek Development LLC recently cleared trees and installed silt fencing near the site of former tennis courts in the local neighborhood. Mike Turner, a representa tive for the family-led compa ny, recently met with DCN to discuss the planned project. Turner called the term “townhomes” a bit of a mis nomer, opting to refer to the units as paired-patio homes. Essentially, two homes will share a wall but have separate driveways, garages, front doors and patios. From a dis tance, each pair of homes will look like one big home, Turner said. See Gold Creek 12A Local landowner Gold Creek Development LLC plans to develop 32 single-family attached homes built by homebuild er Fischer Homes in Dawsonville’s Gold Creek development. Rendering submitted to DCN ‘It is entirely student-produced’ Erica Jones Dawson County News DCHS students practice for their upcoming production of “Peter Pan Jr.” DCHS students to put on production of Teter Pan Jr.’ By Erica Jones ejones@dawsonnews.com This Thursday through Sunday, students in the Dawson County High School theater department will put on a production of “Peter Pan Jr.”, the first student-directed show that the group has performed. The production is based on the well-known story of Peter Pan, a mischievous young boy who can fly and never wants to grow up. While it’s not the Disney version of the story so not all of the songs match those in the Disney movie, it features songs throughout that are guaranteed to entertain audience members of all ages. For the first time for the DCHS theater depart ment, this production will be directed by two stu dents: 11th grader Abigail Wright and 12th grader Cadence Giovinazzi. For months, the pair has been working on a wide range of tasks to prepare for opening night. “It is entirely student-produced — Abigail and I choreographed, we blocked everything — so I think it’s just impressive that students put it all together,” Giovinazzi said. See Theater 13A This show will be the first student-directed one for DCHS theater department. Former insurance agent in Forsyth sentenced to eight years for child porn By Kelly Whitmire DCN Regional Staff A Forsyth County man has been sentenced to eight years for possessing pornographic images of children. On Tuesday, Jan. 2, Jonathon Edward McKibben, 35, was sentenced to a total of 15 years, with eight years to be served in confinement and the rest of the term on probation, after entering a non-negotiated guilty plea to 11 counts of exploitation of children. As part of his probation, McKibben will be subject to search at any time, required to register with the local Division of Family and Children Services office, pro hibited from possessing drugs, alcohol or firearms and have sex offender special conditions, among other restrictions. McKibben See McKibben 14A Judge considers fall 2024 trial in murder case By Julia Hansen juliahansen@dawsonnews.com While firm dates aren’t set in stone yet, Superior Court Judge Clint Bearden said Tuesday that it was important for him to advocate for a “best case scenar io” in setting a 2024 trial date in the case of a Dawson County man accused of shooting and killing his wife in 2019. During a Jan. 9 hearing Bearden said it mattered for him “to at least identify” a tentative time of year for Jeremy Wade Gibson’s trial, since personnel from lawyers and deputies to bailiffs, court reporters and future jurors would have to plan their calendars around proceedings. Gibson, 48, is charged with shooting his wife, Amy Alexandria Gibson, multiple times in front of their 5- and 8-year-old children in the Fire Station No. 7 park ing lot on July 29, 2019, according to a Dawson County indictment. See Gibson 14A Inside Events Classifieds Dear Abby 2A 7B 5B Deaths 2A Volume 10, Number 3 © 2024, Dawson County News Legals 7B Dawsonville, Georgia Opinion 7A Sports IB 9 0 9 9 4 0 4 0 0 2 1 BEST OF DAWSON, FOR COSMETIC DENTISTRY B. Manzur, D.M.D 706-265-2505 TIME TO VOTE! BEST OF DAWSON 2024
