SHALL WE DANCE?
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District 3 hires Shelley for top job
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of Grant Union Junior-Senior
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Authorities seize
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Auctioneer Hal Smith, at right, tempts the crowd with one of two dozen or so pies and cakes sold in the library auction.
Grant County’s library
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Seneca marijuana case
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Graves, Martin
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Grade 5
Humbolt
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Contributed photo/Raymond Field
Drumming musicians from the West African Cultural
Arts Institute, Andrea DiPalma, left, Alseny, right, and
their son Papa, shared their talents with students at
Prairie City School.
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taught the students drumming
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West African
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