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Barrow Today for Saturday, June 2: Winder Summerfest Winding Down this Weekend

Summerfest will run from noon to 11 p.m. today and 1 to 10 p.m. Sunday.

For Barrow County residents who haven't yet checked out Winder's summer carnival — and for those who want seconds and thirds of this year's Summerfest — today and Sunday mark the final two days of food, games, rides, excitement and thrills.

Summerfest will run from noon to 11 p.m. today and 1 to 10 p.m. Sunday.

Click here to download a discount ticket — $5 off the regular $25 ticket price —from the Winder Summerfest website. Also check out photos from this year's event on the Summerfest Facebook page

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What is your all-time favorite carnival ride and "guilty pleasure" carnival food? Tell us in comments. 

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Today's forecast: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. 

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Tonight's forecast: Partly cloudy, with a low about 59. West wind between 5 and 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

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Today, June 2, is National Rocky Road Day and National Bubba Day

In 1929, William Dreyer who was in business with his partner, sweet-maker Joseph Edy, added walnuts (later replaced with almonds) to chocolate ice cream and as the story goes, using his wife’s sewing scissors, Dreyer also cut marshmallows into bite-sized pieces that were also added, creating the first batch of Rocky Road ice cream. Want to make your own batch? Click here. Or pick up some ice cream from your local supermarket to celebrate. 

National Bubba Day? Yep. There is a day set aside to honor anyone named or called Bubba. Click here for a list of famous people, as well as fictional characters, with the name Bubba. 

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