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Groups give agriculture awards to residents, businesses
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Dori Bishop leads Merrily the donkey, left, and Yankee Doodle the pony to the covered barn Thursday at Pony Perfect Party. The business, which has been around for 18 years, won Agribusiness of the Year at the annual Agribusiness Award breakfast. - photo by SARA GUEVARA | The Times
Dori Bishop likes to say her life began at age 11.That was the year she and her family moved to Gainesville, the same year she got her first horse.Over the years her love of horses continued to grow as did her passion for education.Bishop worked as a kindergarten teacher at Enota Elementary School in the early 1990s.She was asked to bring one of her ponies to the school for the students to see. She said that was where the idea for her business Pony Perfect Party began. She has been educating children and adults about animals and agriculture since 1994.
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Gainesville man arrested, charged with interfering with school bus after dropoff goes awry
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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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