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Farmers Market Opening, Egg Hunt Part Of Big Day In Watkinsville
Eighteen vendors turned out for the launch of the 16th season of the Oconee Farmers Market in front of the Courthouse in Watkinsville.
Eighteen vendors turned out for the launch of the 16th season of the Oconee Farmers Market in front of the Courthouse in Watkinsville on Saturday.
The market opening was only one of a number of activities Saturday in downtown Watkinsville, with the Easter Egg Hunt on Rocket Field drawing a large crowd.
Children in two age groups–three and under in one group and older children in the other–rushed to gather up the plastic eggs “hidden” in the short grass on the field.
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Less well attended was Enviro Fest at Harris Shoals Park, where the Oconee County Historical Society, the Georgia Forestry Commission, Keep Oconee County Beautiful Commission and other groups offered information about their environmental programs.
The Oconee Welcome Center celebrated its reopening, and businesses on Main Street and local area canine adoption agencies attempted to attract members of the crowd.
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Harris Shoals Park also will be the location for an Earth Day event from 1 to 3 p.m. this coming Saturday that is being organized by the Oconee County Democratic Party. The event is nonpartisan.
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners will hold a Town Hall Meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at Oconee Veterans Park.
For more on the events on Saturday, with a short video made up of clips from the day, please go to Oconee County Observations.