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Electronics Recycling Day Set for Saturday, October 16
Dawson County residents may bring personal computers, printers, monitors, stereo equipment, radios, telephones, circuit boards, fax machines and many other electronic items...
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Social Management Site iglued Launches Community Fundraising Feature
The new function on the popular social management site enables teams, schools and group organizers to offer local businesses targeted, local, web-based advertising in exchange for sponsoring their activity...
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‘Just Keep Writing’ Arms Students with Step-by-Step Guide for Writing Assignments and Exams
Just Keep Writing provides students of all grades and skill levels a non-threatening way to learn how to write, successfully completing writing assignments and exams, like Georgia's CRCTs...

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Survey Shows Parents Want Less Sex, Drugs on TV
According to a recent national survey, parents are calling on the media industry to help protect children, with three-fourths saying the industry should do more, and 58% saying government should too...
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Website Shopping Carts Available to Lease – Ready to Go – Filled with Company’s Products
Ande DeGeer, website designer from Dawsonville, Georgia, has teamed up with SEO specialist, Jim Kincaid, to reduce online selling expenses for businesses. This is accomplished by Leasing eCommerce Shopping Carts to small businesses who might not be able to afford the up-front costs of a site...
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Corporate Sponsors Help Lanier Technical College Build Solar Installation Lab
Students from various backgrounds including electrical workers, construction workers, full time students and information technology professionals are completing the class that teaches them the basics of installing Solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems...
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Lanier Tech President Mike Moye Approved as Next President of Central Georgia Technical College
Promoting technical education and advancing its importance in workforce development has long been a hallmark of Moye’s leadership. He oversaw the opening of the Lanier Tech’s Georgia Center for Innovation in Manufacturing, a state of the art facility that provides customized training to industries using automated manufacturing and robotics...
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Iglued Introduces Voice Broadcasting Feature
The new feature enables parents to instantly broadcast time-sensitive voice announcements to their groups...
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Air Conditioning Technology Program at Lanier Tech Receives National Accreditation
The Air Conditioning Technology program at Lanier Technical College has been granted a six-year accreditation by HVAC Excellence, a national accrediting organization dedicated to improving the competency of the HVAC technical workforce...
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Cyber Chaperone Introduces 24/7 Internet Chaperone Service
Atlanta entrepreneur and Internet security expert, Corey Reed, developed Cyber Chaperone, Inc. as a way to help parents monitor their children and teen’s online experiences with a safe, secure and reliable solution.  It provides real-time Internet monitoring services...
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Local Business Owner Presents Awards to Texas School
Qwizzy’s World founder and Forsyth County resident, Julie Wilson, flew to Houston recently to McNeill Elementary School, to personally award prizes to teachers at McNeill for their outstanding participation in the QW School Campaign...
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Three Forsyth County Teachers Take Home the Turkey
Qwizzy’s World (QW), an online study site based in Forsyth County, recently held a contest for Forsyth County teachers, whereby QW would give away 10-12 pound turkeys, courtesy of Rick Tanner’s Grille & Bar in Cumming, to the teachers whose lucky tickets were drawn during the very first ‘QW Contest for Teachers’...
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Annual GED Awards Luncheon Honors Georgia’s Adult Learners
Lanier Technical College won the award for marketing and PR activities in promotion of GED and Adult Education services in the large-size service delivery area category.  Dr. Mike Moye, president of Lanier Tech, was present at the luncheon to accept the plaque on behalf of the college and the volunteer literacy organizations in the Lanier Tech’s eight-county service area...
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Become a Facebook Fan for Your Library
Become a fan and receive updates on upcoming programs, start an online book discussion, post comments about your library service or a book you have read, and view pictures from local Dawson and Lumpkin County library events...
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State Technical Colleges Shatter Enrollment Record, Number of Students is up 24% in Fall Quarter
The huge enrollment increase was fueled in large part by the downturn in the economy as thousands of displaced and under-employed Georgians turned to the technical colleges for training in career fields that are still in demand, like healthcare, computer information systems, and business and office technologies...
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New from Your Dawson County Chamber of Commerce: Chamber Member Forum
Members will find topic categories on Membership, Marketing, Economic Development and Education.  Visitors will also find The Water Cooler for discussions on anything and everything...
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Saint Joseph’s First in Georgia to Offer Noninvasive Treatment of Brain Disorders
St. Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta is the first hospital in Georgia to offer treatment with Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion, an advanced radiosurgery device specifically designed to treat brain tumors and other brain disorders without making an incision...
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PINK Magazine Goes Digital
“I believe the magazine business as we know it is over, and it’s time to change the media in order to save the message” said Cynthia Good, founding editor and CEO of PINK magazine. “We’re putting our full resources and efforts behind the fast growing e-note, which already has a wider distribution than the magazine did”...
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Are you paying the price for your knee pain?
Knee pain is one of the most common complaints that people of all ages encounter.  Knee pain has several causes including arthritis that leads to ... read more ...
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Brenau Opens Academic Year with 6% Enrollment Jump
Enrollments for Brenau’s fully accredited online program, which has six undergraduate and 10 graduate degree tracks, have jumped from 262 at this time last year to 344.  Officials at Brenau attribute much of the growth to economic factors such people in their 30s and 40s and older coming back to school to improve their credentials to make them more competitive in the job market...
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