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Digging up treasures with Dell Conner: Local artist shares his journey from collecting antiques to ‘American Pickers’ appearances
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For decades, Dell Connor has been collecting antiques from his shop on Hwy. 53 in Dawson County. - photo by Ben Hendren
In 1977, Dell Conner was working on building a house in Gainesville when he noticed something in the ditch across the road. So Conner threw the sign in the bed of his truck, took it home, fixed it up, and began his decades-long hobby of finding treasures in the trash.
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This Georgia nonprofit helped honor the memory of fallen State Trooper from Dahlonega
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Nonprofit group Beyond the Call of Duty brought their law enforcement memorial trailer to the GRHOF last Saturday. They will be back with another trailer this Saturday. - photo by Rio White
Nonprofit organization Beyond the Call of Duty, a group that helps honor fallen law enforcement officers and assists their families, brought their 2024 memorial trailer to the GRHOF on Saturday to help spread awareness to their cause.
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