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July Fourth celebration at Mill Creek Regional Park
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Kinder Cannon and daughter Maya Cottrill celebrate as Maya's bullfrog hopped away with a victory in the frog jumping contest during the 2012 Firecracker Festival at Mill Creek Regional Park. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file
Music, games and fireworks will highlight this year’s traditional Independence Day celebration at Mill Creek Regional Park in Statesboro on Thursday. The Statesboro-Bulloch County Parks and Recreation Department and Sea Island Bank will present the 2013 Firecracker Fest from 4-11 p.m. This free event will include several amusement games, music, and community exhibitions, as well as the traditional frog jumping contest, a Baseball/Softball Skills Contest and the Subway Sub Eating Contest. Since Mill Creek Park will be celebrating its 20th birthday on July 3, the parks and recreation department added several new events to the Firecracker Fest.
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County health plan costs soar; depts. request 50+ new hires
But commissioners aim to hold line on taxes
Mark Browder, center, from Mark III Employee Benefits, talks to Bulloch County staff members such as Public Safety Director Randy Tillman, left, and commissioners at the other end of the table about reasons for a major increase in the county's employee he
Mark Browder, center, from Mark III Employee Benefits, talks to Bulloch County staff members such as Public Safety Director Randy Tillman, left, and commissioners at the other end of the table about reasons for a major increase in the county's employee health insurance costs. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
Bulloch County officials in last Tuesday’s budget workshop heard reports of soaring costs in the county employee health insurance program and that department heads have requested hiring 28 more employees to jobs paid from the general fund and 29 more paid from the fire fund.
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