WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2023
THE JACKSON HERALD
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Dillow to run for Jackson County Sheriff
Dale Allen Dillow has an
nounced that he is running
for the office of Sheriff of
Jackson County. Current
Sheriff Janis Mangum re
cently announced that she
will not seek re-election.
Dillow has served the
citizens of Jackson County
for 23 years as a law en
forcement officer with the
Jackson County Sheriff's
Office. He started as a jailer
and attended the Northeast
Georgia Police Academy in
Athens. He was then pro
moted to patrol and worked
patrolling the county for
three years. During that
time, he served as a mem
ber of the SCAT Team. This
is the Sheriff’s Criminal
Apprehension Team that
worked high crime areas to
help reduce drug use, pre
vent property crimes, and
make this county safer. In
2004, he was promoted
to Lieutenant Investigator
where he worked for the
next 12 years on cases rang
ing from property crimes
to homicides. Dillow also
spent several years working
crimes against children and
special victims and was also
over the sex offender regis
try for several years. During
his time as an investigator,
he has worked over 2,000
cases.
In December 2016, Dil
low was asked to take over
as the Chief Investigator,
and in January of 2017 he
was officially promoted to
Captain. He currently super
vises 12 investigators and
has supervised over 10,000
criminal cases ranging from
homicides, suicides, drug
cases, child molestations,
property crimes and white
collar crimes such as iden
tity fraud. He has personally
been the lead investigator or
overseen the lead investiga
tor on eight murder cases,
more than 45 suicides, and
more than 60 other death
cases.
Dillow has been married
22 years to his high school
sweetheart Wendy Brook
shire Dillow, daughter of
David and Barbara Lance
Brookshire of Pendergrass.
Dale and Wendy have three
children, Lawton (20), who
is engaged to Makayla
Gooch, Jaycee (17) a grad
uating senior at East Jack-
son Comprehensive High
School and her significant
other, Chandler Lampp, and
Brooks (15), an upcoming
junior.
Dillow grew up on a small
farm in the Brockton/Apple
Valley area and still resides
there with his family. He
attended Benton Elemen
tary in Nicholson, Jackson
County Middle School, and
DALE DILLOW
graduated Class of 1997
from Jackson County
High School. Dillow has
since gone back to col
lege in the evenings and
completed his bachelor’s
degree in criminal justice
at Reinhardt University.
The Dillows attend
The Grove in Maysville,
where they have many
friends who are like fami
ly. Dillow’s life mentor is
Pastor Jeff Appling.
When asked about Dil
low’s intentions for lead
ing the sheriff’s office, he
responded:
”1 am not trying to re
invent the wheel, I only
want to keep new tread
on it and keep us moving
forward in the right di
rection as we grow. I have
always tried to stay hum
ble in my dealings with
the citizens of this county.
I put myself in their posi
tion and treat them how I
would want my loved ones
treated.”
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Families got to participate in the festivities during Georgia Cities Week in Jef
ferson.
Jefferson celebrates Georgia Cities Week
Jefferson recently took
part in Georgia Cities Week.
A number of festivities were
held throughout the week,
including:
•Jefferson City School
System students partici
pated by highlighting what
they love about Jefferson.
Elementary school students
drew pictures of their favor
ite spots in Jefferson. These
drawings were posted in lo
cal businesses encouraging
people to come downtown
to see the artwork. A few
of the Academy students
had the opportunity to fin
ish the statement “I believe
Jefferson is the best place
to live because....” These
statements about communi
ty and friends were posted
on Facebook throughout the
week. The middle school AV
class created a video about
the places and mentors in
Jefferson who are lighting
their way to a bright future.
The video was shown at the
city council voting session
as well as shared on social
media. High school students
had the opportunity to shad
ow in different city depart
ments to learn a little more
about what services the city
provides its citizens.
•On Tuesday afternoon,
the Crawford W. Long Mu
seum, hosted Andy Garri
son, who entertained visi
tors by portraying Dr. Long.
• On Wednesday, even the
Families got to participate in the festivities during
Georgia Cities Week in Jefferson.
The Crawford W. Long
Museum, hosted Andy
Garrison, who enter
tained visitors by por
traying Dr. Long.
rain didn’t stop over 200
people from visiting Touch-
A-Truck at the Jefferson
Civic Center with over 20
participants providing kids
the ability to have hands-on
access to dozens of trucks,
equipment, ambulances,
firetrucks, police cars, re
mote control airplanes and
more.
Families play games
during the festivities in
Jefferson.
•Thursday, Jefferson Pub
lic Utilities provided cus
tomers with complimentary
lunch as a token of appreci
ation.
•To wrap up the week,
families were invited to at
tend a movie on the lawn for
free hot dog and other con
cessions, as well as activi
ties before the movie.
Photos from Jefferson and Commerce Touch-a-Truck
events can be found on page 11B. Touch-a-Truck was
part of Georgia Cities Week celebrations.
County holds admin
building groundbreaking
Members of the Jackson County government leadership team along with
construction officials broke ground on May 1 for a new county adminis
trative facility across from the courthouse in Jefferson. The building will
replace the county’s current administrative in downtown Jefferson.
Tom Crow, chairman
of the Jackson Coun
ty Board of Commis
sioners, makes re
marks to the crowd
at the May 1 ground
breaking for a new
county administra
tive building.
Jackson County manager Kevin Poe addresses the
crowd at the May 1 groundbreaking for a new coun
ty administrative building. The concept plan for the
building is shown in the background on a large mu
ral behind Poe. The facility will be located across
from the Jackson County Courthouse. The county
is talking with the City of Jefferson about possibly
buying the current county administrative building
and its six acres in downtown Jefferson.
Unemployment rate holds steady in March
Almost all regional
commissions across the
state, including the North
east Regional Commis
sion, reported unchanged
unemployment rates in
March.
According to Geor
gia Labor Commissioner
Bruce Thompson, Georgia
Mountains Regional Com
mission, Heart of Georgia
Regional Commission,
and River Valley Region
al Commission reported
slight rises in unemploy
ment rates. All others re
mained steady.
The labor force rose in
all regional commissions
across the state.
Employment was up in
all regional commissions
except for the Central Sa
vannah River Regional
Commission.
In March, initial un
employment claims de
creased in all regional
commissions except for
the River Valley Regional
Commissioner and South
west Georgia Regional
Commission, which expe
rienced a rise.
Details from the North
east Regional Commis
sion include:
•The unemployment
rate remained unchanged
at 3.1% over-the-month
the rate was 2.8% one
year ago.
• The labor force was up
1,995 over-the-month and
up 4,704 over-the-year, to
328.603, an all-time high.
•The number of em
ployed was up 1,674 over-
the-month and up 3,459
over-the-year, to 318.274,
an all-time high.
• Initial claims were
down 65 (-7%) over-the-
month and up 56 (7%)
over-the-year, to 924.
The Northeast Region
al Commission includes
Barrow. Clarke, Elbert,
Greene. Jackson, Jasper,
Madison, Morgan, New
ton, Oconee, Oglethorpe
and Walton counties.
Piedmont releases FY22
Community Impact Report
Piedmont Athens Med
ical Center has released
its Community Impact Re
port.
During Piedmont’s Fis
cal Year 2022. Piedmont
performed more than 345
community involvement
activities, 110 health ed
ucation and awareness
activities, 55 community
health services, 50 physi
cian enterprise activities
and 20 diversity equity
and inclusion activities.
In addition. Piedmont em
ployees were represented
on more than 265 board or
committee memberships.
Piedmont provided nearly
$360 million in commu
nity benefit in FY2022.
including approximately
$310 million in uncom
pensated care.
At Piedmont Athens Re
gional, the focus extended
to include activities that
support workforce de
velopment. such as par
ticipation in the Clarke
County School District
(CCSD) Teacher Extern
program and the creation
of the Healthcare Occupa
tions Student Association
(HOSA) grants program.
Additional focus was
placed on addressing the
health concerns of the lo
cal African-American pop
ulation. Piedmont Athens
holds an annual sympo
sium, the Howard Stroud
Community Health Event,
to educate and engage the
community on health con
cerns and resources facing
African-Americans in and
around Athens.
“The impact Piedmont
makes in our communities
makes me so proud to be
a part of this organization,”
Piedmont Athens Regional
CEO Michael Burnett said.
“Our purpose to make a
positive difference is lived
out every day across our
state and beyond. At Pied
mont, Real Change Lives
Here.”
Piedmont team members
supported hundreds of oth
er community partners and
their work in its communi
ties. Among these activities
are: Providing health and
wellness services and edu
cation. partnering with oth
er non-profits to sponsor
their events, volunteering
alongside other non-profits
in their work, and serving
in a leadership capacity of
community Boards or oth
er professional and civic
organizations.
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