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These two sites are serving as warming centers during Dawson County’s latest frigid temperatures
The warming centers will be open during Dawson County’s latest round of below-freezing temps.
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Survivor of acid attack to share her story at annual domestic violence forum
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After suffering sulfuric acid burns over one-fifth of her body in April 2013, Christy Sims was in an induced coma for two months. More than two years later, she saw her attacker, an ex-boyfriend, sentenced in court. Sims, of Atlanta, will be the featured speaker at the Oct. 10 Domestic Violence Breakfast and Briefing at the Thurmond McRae Auditorium in the Brenau University’s Trustee Library in Gainesville. “Some of the people in our committee had heard her speak before and said it was a very compelling story,” said Gateway Domestic Violence Center Executive Director Jessica Butler.