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Homemade ice cream has healing powers
Youth connects with customers while serving fresh, frozen dessert
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Homemade Ice Cream Gifts and More employee Amanda Wheelis pours chocolate ice cream mix into the mechanical churn at the shop in Helen. - photo by CHELSEY ABERCROMBIE
C.L. Abercrombie
Updated: Aug 6, 2014, 5:00 AM
Published: Aug 5, 2014, 9:51 PM
For Kathy Lemoine, owner of Homemade Ice Cream Gifts and More, the path to owning a ice cream business was an unconventional one. Lemoine and her son, Andrew Reaster, first encountered their business’ current location in Helen when then-13-year-old Reaster started creating marble necklaces. Reaster, who suffers from Asperger syndrome, created so many necklaces Lemoine realized she couldn’t cope with the volume.
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‘Something that needed to be done’: Markers to line Green Street for Memorial Day
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Rock Creek Vietnam Veteran Johnny Hulsey attends the Rotary Club of Hall County's weekly meeting Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at the Gainesville Civic Center along with other veterans for the donation of $17,000 toward the club's Salute to Veterans service project. - photo by Scott Rogers
Greg Finan Jr.
The Times
Updated: May 15, 2024, 6:48 PM
Published: May 15, 2024, 6:03 PM
Losing three of his high school friends along with others he served with in the Ninth Infantry Division during his tour in Vietnam from 1966-1967 is something that still haunts Johnny Hulsey.
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