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Volunteers remember their work during Olympics events 20 years ago on Lake Lanier

Becky and Bill Goss talk about volunteering at the 1996 Olympics events in Gainesville. Being two of the nearly 1,500 volunteers, the Gosses performed a variety of tasks including organizing parking, working the kitchen and monitoring the restrooms. - photo by Erin O. Smith

0717VOLUNTEERSgoss 0002 — Becky and Bill Goss talk about volunteering at the 1996 Olympics events in Gainesville. Being two of the nearly 1,500 volunteers, the Gosses performed a variety of tasks including organizing parking, working the kitchen and monitoring the restrooms. - photo by Erin O. Smith

From their farm in Oakwood, raising chickens and otherwise enjoying the country life, the idea of the world arriving at their backdoor seemed remote. But when it did in the summer of 1996, Becky and Bill Goss jumped at the chance to experience the Olympics. “You don’t ever forget it,” Bill Goss said.