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Community benefits from
overflow of Christmas joy
Photos by AUSTIN STEELE I The Times
Joshua Hernandez of Gainesville and his son, right, Hezehaik, 3, prepare a load of toys from Toys for Tots for a family on
Friday, Dec. 21.
Toys for Tots nearly doubles donations from last year s haul
BY KELSEY RICHARDSON
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gainesvilletimes.com
Packing a warehouse to the
brim with gifts, Hall County’s
Toys for Tots nearly doubled last
year’s amount of donations.
The number jumped from 753
to 1,300 families served through
the fundraising efforts of various
local businesses, organizations,
churches and individuals in the
community.
Sponsored by Marine Corps
League Detachment 665, people
flooded into the warehouse next
to Rockport Indoor Soccer off
Atlanta Highway in Gainesville.
Kristi Graham, coordinator
■ Please see TOYS, 6A Jose Pastor of Gainesville loads his car with toys from Toys for Tots on Friday, Dec. 21.
Director: Funds
for domestic
violence shelter
‘within reach’
BY NICK WATSON
nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com
The Christmas present Executive Director
Jessica Butler was anxiously awaiting, along
with the rest of the Gateway Domestic Violence
Center staff, was funding from the Federal
Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.
After starting an application process earlier
this year, the domestic violence center finally
was awarded $720,000 through the bank’s Com
petitive Affordable Housing Program.
That money has put Butler and Gateway over
the $2-million mark in its campaign for a new
emergency shelter.
Butler said the total stands at $2,020,876 as of
Thursday, Dec. 20.
“We feel like our goal of raising $2.5 million
is now within reach,” she said.
The shelter announced in March there was a
contract in place on a property, as the center is
hoping to have a minimum 15,000-square-foot
facility with access to public transportation and
job opportunities. At that time, the campaign
known as “Gateway to 2020” had $1.12 million.
“We’ve had another foundation award
$100,000 in the last month and then we’ve had
several individuals in the community send very
generous gifts to get us to this point, ” Butler said.
■ Please see GATEWAY, 6A
Meth found in
woman’s pants, car
during traffic stop
BY NICK WATSON
nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com
Agents conducting surveil
lance and a traffic stop on
two people led the officers to
thousands of dollars worth of
methamphetamine, according
to authorities.
Multi-Agency Narcotics
Squad officers stopped a vehi
cle Thursday, Dec. 20, driven
by Jessica Ashley Clanton, 37,
of Lula. Thomas De La Cruz,
33, of Buford, was a passenger
in the car.
Seven l-ounce bags of meth
were found, including three on
Clanton’s person, according to
authorities. Officers had been
■ Please see METH, 6A
Gainesville City Schools announce dates for student choice enrollment
BY JOSHUA SILAVENT
jsilavent@gainesvilletimes.com
Gainesville City Schools has
announced dates and deadlines for
school choice enrollment for the
2019-20 academic year.
Last February, the Board of
Education unanimously approved
a redrawing of attendance zones
and divided elementary schools
into two clusters — with parents
choosing their child’s school within
the cluster they are zoned.
One cluster includes Centen
nial, Fair Street, New Holland
and Enota elementary schools.
The other includes Mundy Mill
and Gainesville Exploration
academies.
The changes allowed Gaines
ville City Schools to expand pre
kindergarten to all elementary
schools beginning this school year.
For classes beginning in the fall
of 2019, a pre-K lottery sign-up will
take place from Jan. 7-23 at the
Gainesville School Board Office,
508 Oak St. The lottery drawing to
determine student placement will
take place on Jan. 24.
Meanwhile, parents and guard
ians wishing to register rising kin
dergarten students can do so at the
elementary school of their choice
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 8-22.
Parents should bring a birth cer
tificate, immunization form No.
3231, ears/eyes/dental certificate
No. 3300, Social Security card (if
available) and two proofs of resi
dency documents, which can be
any of the following: current lease/
mortgage/purchase agreement,
current warranty or quit claim
deed, current paycheck stub/IRS
Form 1099, current homeowner’s
insurance policy and a copy of a
current (within 30 days) utility
(gas, water, electric, cable/inter-
net bill with service address) and
photo identification of the parent
and/or guardian.
■ Please see CHOICE, 6A
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