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Newtown Florist Club grows more than vegetables
Girls learn about gardening and self-esteem
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Shanicka Stephens, 16, searches through bushy tomato plants for the fruit Wednesday morning in the Ruby Wilkins Garden in Newtown. Stephens joined about a dozen young women in the garden as part of the Newtown Florist Club’s leadership program.
Savannah King
Updated: Jul 19, 2013, 5:00 AM
Published: Jul 18, 2013, 11:13 PM
While most 16-year-old’s slept late and did as they pleased this summer, Shanicka Stephens and her friends were growing and getting their hands dirty, literally. Shanicka has spent the past two summers with the Newtown Florist Club girls leadership program. And she served as a teen leader this year.
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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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