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UniFirst Corporation (NYSE:UNF), a North American leader in providing customizedbusiness uniform programs, facility service products, and first aid and safety services, recently held their 21st annual Founder’s Day on July 15. Founder’s Day has been a yearly UniFirst event following the passing of Aldo Croatti, company founder, in 2001. This event is held with in-person celebrations at Uni- First’s 260-plus locations throughout North America, including the UniFirst branch in Cave City, Arkansas.…

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The Ozark Highballers will perform at Ozark Folk Center State Park on August 6 during a double-header evening concert following the Arkansas State Fiddle & Banjo Championships. The Arkansas State Fiddle and Banjo Championships return to the Ozark Folk Center State Park inMountain View on Saturday, August 6. The event features two state championships in one day– banjo players will compete in the morning and fiddle players will compete in the afternoon.…

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Tim Carter Watermelons-Tim, Britney, Grayson and John AlanMain Street on Highway 167, next door to Dollar General Tim Carter is another Cave City watermelon grower that goes back several generations and shares the long line of melon blood in Cave City. Carter works a full time job at the Cave City School Department and also teaches agriculture classes. He operates his stand with his sons and Grayson, 16, John Alan, 12, and…

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Perkey and Wooldridge Farms- Arba Perkey and Rustin “Tuff” Wooldridge. Pictured withemployees Shelly Gallap and Dawson Hooker. Located at 1424 Hwy. 167 North of Cave City. While Rustin Wooldridge wasn’t even a thought when the Perkey and Wooldridge Farm began over 40 years ago. There is no argument he has been instrumental in the operation for the last five years. Rustin is a young farmer who has spent his life in Cave…

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Wendall and Mickey Perkey-Two miles north of Cave City on Highway 167. Watermelon blood runs deep in Cave City and grower Wendall Perkey is yet another example. At 62 years old, Perkey has been working in the watermelon fields for over a half a century, since he was seven years old. He has seen about everything a Cave City watermelon grower can imagine. From the days of hoeing the fields by hand…

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