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SPORTS LIVING Varsity Test well wrestlers water for compete contaminants at Archer to protect Traditionals your health u Page 1B u Page 12A “The Gold of the News” Volume 125, No. 29 Dahlonega, Ga. 30533 January 7, 2015 thedahloneganugget.com $1 Lumpkin County 3 LEGS AND A LIFE Manufacturing Top 20 DOG OVERCOMES GUNSHOT WOUND MORE THAN 45 JOBS taxpayers COMING TO of 2014 LUMPKIN By Sharon Hall By Sharon Hall The Nugget The Nugget With the exception of utility A deal to bring a new manufac- companies, most of Lumpkin Coun- turer with new jobs to Lumpkin ty’s top 20 taxpayers are develop- County is now a reality. ments/holding companies. Only The contract with BM&K Con- four businesses are included in the struction & Engineering to con- highest paying 20: Koyo, Walmart, struct a building to Arcadia Lou- HD Development (Home Depot) and vered Roofs, Southern Health Corp of Dahlonega Inc.’s speci- Inc. (Chestatee Regional Hospital). fications has Koyo Bearings topped the list for been signed Maker of the first time in the last five years and hiring in 2014. The manufacturer of roller should begin louvered and needle bearings for the auto in- in late sum- dustry paid $262,173 and change for mer or early roofs to land, buildings and equipment. Its fall. move assessed value grew from $8.8 mil- The ink lion to $10 million between 2013 and is also dry into new 2014. on an agree- The top spot was previously ment with the 32,000 held by Forestar (USA) Real Estate Photo by John Bynum/The Nugget county and Group Inc., a subsidiary of Temple- Megan Panter and Jeremiah Gallagher made the difficult decision to amputate the back leg of their Development square Inland. Forestar’s assessed value fawn doberman Penelope after she was shot. The dog is now learning to walk on three legs. Authority for has fallen each year over the past tax abatement foot five years; from $11.4 million in quet and put the dog in the truck for the relocat- 2010 to $8.4 million this year. The Quick thinking turns desperate situation and raced to the emergency vet- ing company. facility real estate company paid $211,902 into a second chance for dog erinarian in Gainesville. Lumpkin in taxes. “I was covered in blood and County Board Coming in third was Georgia there was blood all over the of Commis- Power, followed by Windstream driveway,” Gallagher added. And what he found sent him sioners Chairman Chris Dockery’s at number four. Three other utili- He was concerned for the By John Bynum into rescue action. signature is affixed to a $500,000 ties—Amicalola and Jackson dog, but also for his girlfriend, The Nugget He discovered her trying to check made out to the Development EMCs and Georgia Transmission who adopted the female dober- drag herself up the hill toward Authority and the deal with Com- Corp.—also appear on the list. Am- man when she was a puppy. When Jeremiah Gallagher the house with a gunshot to her munity & Southern Bank to finance icalola ranked sixth with Jackson “This is the last thing you ex- called his two-year-old fawn back leg. a $1.5 million bond is in place. and Georgia Transmission coming pect,” said Megan Panter, who doberman “Penelope” from the “I just had to act,” Gallagher “To make this happen, every- in at 16 and 17 respectively. The five has lived in Lumpkin County woods and the dog didn’t ap- said. body had to cooperate,” Dockery pear, he went in search. He used his belt as a tourni- See Dog Page 14A said. “We’re proud of the Develop- See Top 20 taxpayers Page 3A ment Authority for making this happen.” “It’s a good way to end the year and start a new one,” said Sen. Steve Gooch, Development Author- ity of Lumpkin County Executive KATE WOODY Director. Room to grow Scott Selzer, founder and CEO of Local legend honored with intersection name Arcadia, began the manufacturing side of the business in 2011. Prior to that, he said, he sold “like prod- Local ambassador ucts” that, really, weren’t anything By Matt Aiken Kate Woody is greeted The Nugget like what he now makes. The idea by Lumpkin County is not new. Arcadia’s louvered roofs Manager Stan Kelley Kate Woody’s family photo began with a as her son Ricky have been used in Australia for 30 group of three. Then it expanded to more than Woody looks on during years and in the western U.S. for three dozen. the dedication of an some time, but Selzer is the first to “Everybody here’s family to her,” said intersection in her bring the concept east of the Missis- Clarence Stowers as he stood beside his 89- honor. sippi. The slatted roof system has a year-old grandmother and the newly unveiled built-in gutter system and is adjust- sign emblazoned with her name. able from 0 to 180 degrees to control They gathered at what is now officially sun, wind and rain. the Kate Woody Intersection, where Auraria Selzer originally planned to Road meets Castleberry Bridge Road. introduce them in Florida, so he It’s the perfect spot for it, said Kate’s son made a few changes to take hurri- Ricky Woody, as it stands in the shadow of the cane winds into consideration. old Woody’s Store. Photo by Matt Aiken/The Nugget “They’re over-engineered,” he “Anybody that knows my mom knows said. “I have one patent and two pat- where her heart is,” he said. And at the heart of the business was Kate, Chairman Chris Dockery as he read from a ents pending.” Woody’s Store may be vacant and boarded who served as an ambassador to the area. proclamation. “A known historian of the com- By strengthening the system up now, but it was once a bustling enterprise “Mrs. Kate has represented Lumpkin munity, her knowledge of the gold rush in our to withstand hurricanes, he also in the heart of the Auraria community; a one- County and the Auraria community in multi- community has often been overwhelming to upped the snow load capabilities, so stop shop where locals could find candy, soda ple books and many television shows, includ- now Selzer’s louvered roof systems and the latest pinball machine. ing Georgia Outdoors,” said Lumpkin County See Kate Woody Page 3A See Manufacturing Page 7A Letter writer: Our View: Regional Online Shopping local Event: Subscribers get Parking the same great on the square 2015 Northeast content online planning is in the E-edition. on Christmas Georgia Bridal Log on using .com imperative the username Eve was not Show set and password for on your mailing helpful Dahlonega Jan. 10 label. u Page 5A u Page 4A u Page 14A Subscribe today by calling 706-864-3613. 52 weeks: $27 local, $37 out of county, $47 out of state. | thedahloneganugget.com Page 2A, The Dahlonega Nugget, Dahlonega, Ga., January 7, 2015 NEWS Hours/Location Open Monday Crime through Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. December 28 – January 2 Address: 1074 and a screen protector, val- Morrison Moore Pkwy. ued at $70. The suspects later admitted to taking the cases Contacting us ARRESTS out of the packaging and try- Weekly ing to hide them in the park- Phone: 706-864-3613 ing lot. FAX: 706-864-4360 Mail: P.O. Box 36 December 24 ■ Kimberly Wadsworth, Crimebeat ■ A man said he was sit- Dahlonega, GA The following arrests 59, Dahlonega, was arrested ting on the square with his 30533 and charged with possession _______________ were released by the The following incidents were reported to the dog like he does every morn- Lumpkin County of schedule II narcotic ing when he was approached Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office during the by someone who began an SUBSCRIPTIONS Sheriff’s Office. January 1 time period of December 15 and December 27 argument with him. They got ■ Evaristo Escobedo- into a pushing match and he 706-864-3613 Vazquez, 29, Lawrenceville, not know and that she would said the second man punched The Nugget is was arrested and charged him in the face, causing him December 28 December 15 be stupid to drive around delivered to mail with DUI/alcohol/0.08 grams to fall flat on his back. The ■ Michael Schroth, 50, ■ A state probation worker with marijuana. A silver boxes via U.S. mail or more 21 YOA or over, open second man denied punching Murrayville, was arrested went to a residence to check grinder and marijuana were on Wednesdays alcoholic beverage container the first man and told police and charged with DUI/al- on a sex offender. While then found in the vehicle. in Lumpkin and in passenger area of motor he had come to the square cohol/less safe and battery/ there, he was bitten on the leg surrounding counties. vehicle, failure to maintain to buy his wife a Christmas simple battery by one of the dogs from that ■ A man said he was rid- See Page 4A for lane and unlicensed driver present. residence. ing his 4-wheeler to the Citgo information on rates. ■ John Camp, 35, Suches, store to get coffee when he _______________ ■ Aaron Dodson, 18, Hia- December 26 was arrested and charged December 18 saw a purse laying next to a wassee, was arrested and ■ A man said his neigh- with DUI/alcohol/less safe ■ A man said he left his pine tree. Advertising charged with underage con- bor was threatening him and Apple Macbook Air computer sumption had said he was going to kill The cost to ■ Aaron Aldrich, 25, in his vehicle on the Public ■ A man reported find- his cat.