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Wednesday, July 10,2019 dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 5A Photos by Jessica Taylor Dawson County News A bee takes advantage of the pollen from a large sunflower planted at Uncle Shuck's Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch July 8. Below: An antique tractor inside the sunflower field offers a photo-op for guests. FROM 1A Sunflower The sunflower patch will be closed after July 14 for the summer season to prepare for the corn maze which opens Sept. 14. Hughes has big plans for the fall festivities this year. As in the past, there will be two com mazes; however the main maze is about one acre larger than it was at its previous location off Hwy. 53. The design will be revealed by the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce within the next few weeks. The iconic red barn, which was once the ticket booth, is also being transformed. It will now be the official gift shop, selling Uncle Shuck’s apparel, local crafts and fall decor. There will also be a gem mine and a new goat tower as well as the festivities they’ve come to enjoy of the years including a pumpkin patch, the corn cannon, jumping pad, food and fall decorations for pur chase. Uncle Shuck’s is at 125 Bannister Road in Dawsonville. FROM 1A EMS applications for the firefighter/paramed ic positions, while during the same timespan losing 12 employees to other counties or hospitals. Of those few applications, the depart ment was able to hire two employees. Two more were offered a job, but turned it down. “Hopefully (this pay increase) will enable us to be able to retain the person nel that we have, and to be able to, in the long term, begin to recruit person nel,” said Thompson. “It was good to see the Board of Commissioners sup porting the public safety and the fire department. We’ve always had a good, strong working relationship with this Board,” he added. “We were very pleased with the amount of support that we received from the citizens of Dawson County,” Thompson emphasized. “It means a lot. The men and women come to work every day and sometimes they’re not always told they’re doing a good job. But after my presentation (at the previ ous BOC working session) leading up to the vote, we had a lot of community support, and that really keeps the men and women wanting to come to work every day.” FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY!! FRIDAY, July 12th 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Downtown at Bill Elliott St. & Tucker Ave. Food Truck Vendors • InSlatables • Balloon animals • Face Painting Come for the great rate. Stay for the rewarding relationship. Plus, FREE My Choice Checking' for the win! 11 Month CD Special Open your account today! Dawsonville 6639 Highway 53 E. • 706-216-2265 *Annual Percentage Yield (APY) effective as of the publication date. $1,000 minimum deposit to open and is required to earn stated APY Penalty for early withdrawal. Offer not available to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. Offer good in Dawsonville, GA only. Fees could reduce earnings. +Personal accounts only. $100 to open, no monthly service fee, no transaction limits. 2.20% <> Bank OZK ozk.com Member FDIC
