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LUMPKIN CAMPGROUND ROAD
Officials talk next steps for busy corridor
By Julia Hansen
juliahansen@dawsonnews.com
Dawson County commission
ers recently heard a proposal to
move forward with engineering
services for fixes at two spots
along Lumpkin Campground
Road.
The Board of Commissioners
discussed the multi-pronged pro
posal during their May 2 work
session.
The Lumpkin Campground
Road corridor was studied in
2019 and again in 2023. The
2019 study recommended fixes
specifically at the route’s inter
sections with Ga. 53 and Grizzle
and Industrial Park Road, Public
Works Director Robert Drewry
said Thursday.
Improvements for the corridor
were also put forth as part of
The intersection of
Lumpkin
Campground Road
and Ga. 53 in
Dawson County is
often congested dur
ing peak commute
times. File photo.
Julia Hansen
Dawson County News
Dawson County’s 2023
Comprehensive Plan, and funds
of $200,000 have already been
budgeted from county impact
fees for engineering for
Lumpkin Campground Road
improvements.
Drewry explained that he
wants to take the existing survey
and conceptual plan provided by
See Corridor 14A
Music with a message
Photos by Erica Jones Dawson County News
The Raven Welch Band performs bluegrass gospel music during the City of Dawsonville’s Gospel in the Park event on
May 11.
First Gospel in the Park draws crowd to downtown
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Saturday, May 11, the City of
Dawsonville held its first Gospel in
the Park event, bringing several
well-known Southern gospel music
artists to the downtown area to put
on a free concert for the communi
ty.
The event took place at the city’s
Main Street Park and featured per
formances by Randy and Mandy
Perry, The Raven Welch Band,
Debra Perry & Jaidyn’s Call and
Karen Peck & New River. Each of
the artists took turns playing sets of
songs before playing all together
for the final set.
Gospel in the Park also featured
several local food trucks, as well as
a pop-up gift market with local
vendors selling wares perfect for
Mother’s Day gifts.
The event was sponsored by the
The city’s May 11 “Gospel in the Park” event included several local food
trucks for community members to purchase food from.
city, the Downtown Development Church and Lighthouse Christian
Authority, Lighthouse Baptist Academy.
Future teachers
honored during
DCHS ceremony
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Tuesday, May 7,
seven graduating
seniors from Dawson
County High School
signed certificates of
intent to go to college
and pursue degrees in
education.
During the school’s
annual Future
Educators Signing Day,
each of the students
expressed her desire to
become a teacher and
was given the chance to
talk about where she
plans to go to college,
what grade level she
would like to teach one
day and which teacher
or teachers have most
influenced her in her
own education experi
ence.
The seniors then
signed their certificates
in the presence of their
family and friends, as
well as teachers and
administrators, and
were given special
stoles to wear with their
robes at graduation.
The seven graduating
DCHS seniors who
were honored during
the Future Educators
See Teachers 14A
Woman booked,
facing charges of
meth trafficking
By Julia Hansen
juliahansen@dawsonnews.com
A Dawson County
woman was recently
apprehended after a traf
fic stop
that
resulted
in the
discov
ery of
over
7 0 0
grams
o f
methamphetamine, stat
ed a May 8 press release
from the Lumpkin
County Sheriff’s Office.
Lumpkin County dep
uties conducted a traffic
stop for Courtney
Yother, 32, on April 25,
the release stated.
During the traffic stop,
an LCSO K9 alerted on
Yother’s car, so deputies
searched the vehicle. As
a result, they found and
seized about 730 grams
of meth.
The traffic stop was
based on a drug investi
gation by the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation’s
Appalachian Regional
Drug Enforcement
Office.
Deputies arrested
Yother on scene for
allegedly trafficking
meth. She remains at the
Lumpkin County jail
without bond, the jail
roster showed.
DCN will continue to
follow this case.
Yother
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