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Dawson sends 7 individuals, 2 relay teams to track finals, sports,ib War Hill Academy’s accreditation partially revoked for violation. INSIDE, 6A warhiIl ^DawsonCountyNews WEDNESDAY I may 8,2024 Dawson News ► com dawsonville, GEORGIA $2.00 Barnes & Noble officially opens in Dawson By Erica Jones ejones@dawsonnews.com Book lovers in Dawson County now have a new place to find their next read. Dawson County’s new est addition, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, officially opened on May 1. The new location of Barnes & Noble is located at 136 Marketplace Parkway Suite 700 and has been in the works since the beginning of the year. Store Manager David James Ray Mason, who previously worked for 10 years at the next closest Barnes & Noble location in South Forsyth, said that one of the most common questions he used to hear at that store was when they were going to open one in Dawson County. “One of the most frequently asked questions was ‘when are you getting a store in Dawsonville’ and so we’re finally fulfilling those wishes for people,” Mason said. “It’s a need in this community to have a place to buy books, buy music — just a communal space for people to come together to read and to find what they’re looking for.” Barnes & Noble held a grand See Bookstore 14A Dawson County’s new Barnes & Noble officially opened for business on May 1. Erica Jones Dawson County News Landing smiles Photos by Julia Hansen Dawson County News One parachuting U.S. Army soldier prepares for a water landing in Lake Lanier, flanked by a vibrant green directional flare. The 5th Ranger Training Battalion conducted its annual water jump exercise at War Hill Park on May 1. Soldiers parachute into Lanier at yearly water jump Army Staff Sgt. Blake Sydow, front right, helps check Sgt. 1st Class James Duckworth’s gear before the water jump. By Julia Hansen juliahansen@dawsonnews.com Onlookers avidly watched from Dawson County’s War Hill Park Wednesday as over 100 soldiers in the U.S. Army’s 5th Ranger Training Battalion made a spectacular splash into Lake Lanier. Parachute-clad soldiers leapt from UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters into the lake as part of the annual “Ranger Jump” water landing exercise at War Hill Park on May 1. While the soldiers jump monthly, Sgt. 1st Class James Duckworth explained the aquatic event must be timed just right to account for factors like wind and water temperature. “We get to do this once a year. It’s a great opportunity for us to basically showcase a skill that we don’t nor mally get to practice,” Duckworth said. Just as in previous years, Black Hawks launched from War Hill Park’s boat ramp parking lot, looping away from the park area before fly ing straight over Lake Lanier. Soldiers took turns jumping out of the helicopters from heights of 1,000- plus feet, using parachutes, the wind and vibrant flares from boats below to guide them. Boats met the descending soldiers after they landed See Jump 13A County to gain generator for park By Julia Hansen juliahansen@dawsonnews.com About four years after tropical storm Zeta tore through the southern United States, Dawson County now has the funding for a crucial piece of equipment in similar emergencies. The board approved Dawson County’s acceptance of a $96,695 grant for a fixed genera tor on April 18. The federal government will pay $87,025.50 or 90% of the grant, while the state will pay $3,867.80. The county match for the grant will be $5,801.70 or 6%. Following tropical See Generator 14A DCN file photo Gun raffle raises more than $7K for local fire dept. By Erica Jones ejones@dawsonnews.com On May 2, local emergency responders received a check for over $7,000 to be used for whatever they need, thanks to an annual gun raffle fundraiser by local financial planner Alex Williams and local gun store Appalachian Armory. Each year Williams, who is a financial plan ner with the Piedmont Group, hosts the fund raiser to raise money for the local fire depart ment. Through her part- nership with Appalachian Armory, raffle participants pur chase tickets to be eligi ble to win one of 31 guns. Each day throughout the month of April, a gun winner was chosen from the pool of tickets. This year, the raffle raised a total of $7,846.28, which Williams presented to Dawson County Fire Chief and EMA Director Troy Leist on May 2. According to Leist, the funds will help to fill the gaps and meet needs that his department may have come up that aren’t covered in the annual budgeted funds. See Raffle 14A Inside Events Classifieds Dear Abby 2A 6B 5B Deaths 2A Volume 10, Number 19 © 2024, Dawson County News Legals 6B Dawsonville, Georgia Opinion 7A Sports IB 9 0 9 9 4 0 4 0 0 2 1 2024 Best of Dawson General and Cosmetic
