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Event helps cope with loss of a dad
Carry On Youth festival offers music, fun in caring atmosphere
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Carry On Youth Inc. founder Nick Howard talks Saturday with kickball players at the Father’s Day Weekend Family “Fun-raiser” at Laurel Park. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Emma Witman
Updated: Jun 15, 2014, 2:55 AM
Published: Jun 15, 2014, 2:57 AM
Father’s Day is a joyful occasion to celebrate dads and all they mean to us. But for some, the holiday is colored with sadness, a reminder of an important person they lost at a young age. At Laurel Park on Saturday, Carry On Youth Inc. founder Nick Howard said he sought to harness and repurpose his personal loss, creating an event that would have him looking forward to Father’s Day.
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Gainesville man arrested, charged with interfering with school bus after dropoff goes awry
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Nick Watson
The Times
Updated: Apr 3, 2025, 9:13 PM
Published: Apr 3, 2025, 8:51 PM
A Gainesville man was arrested after he followed a bus twice and held the bus doors open trying to get a child off the bus, according to authorities.
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