The Board of Directors delays the resolution to cancel
On Tuesday, the board of administrators of the Robeson County Regional Agricultural Fair postponed the resolution to continue this year’s event. The fair is scheduled from 2 to 10 October.
The Robesonian file photo
LUMBERTON – No decision was made Tuesday on whether to cancel or continue with the 74th Robeson County Regional Agricultural Fair.
The fair’s board of directors “expects an additional recommendation from the governor (Roy Cooper) on the coVID situation of the state,” said Shea Dejarnette, a board member.
Tuesday’s assembly follows the cancellation of the North Carolina State Fair. The annual occasion was cancelled due to security, monetary and participation issues caused by COVID-19, the state’s agriculture commissioner Steve Troxler said on July 29.
The next day, organizers announced the cancellation of Cumberland and Columbus counties.
Troxler said horse and youth breeding exhibits will still be held at Raleigh Exhibition Park in October, with a proper social distance. There may also be more driving opportunities where motorists can buy food sold through North Carolina State Fair vendors.
Following in the state’s footsteps, robeson County’s 24-member board of administrators voted Tuesday to hold cattle contests for youth. But, they’ll be virtual this year. The president of the fair, Allen Faircloth, told board members that other fairs canceled the carnivals and vendors, however, the breeding program.
“A lot of them are running the livestock shows,” Faircloth said.
The Dejarnette movement to continue judging livestock and use the cash raised from sponsors to purchase ribbons and trophies and pay the council-approved festival fees.
The farm animal contest will be held in such a way that young people can make video recordings of their animals, Dejarnette said. Recordings will be viewed remotely through the judges.
The annual fair attracts tens of thousands of others to Robeson County. On Tuesday, the show’s online page featured a schedule of occasions that included the Chickin ‘Pickin’, the motorcycle circus, the chainsaw cutting, King Arthur’s pastry competitions and the contest. Jim Quick and Coastline will perform what will be Beach Music Night.
The next program board assembly is scheduled for 7 p.m. September 1
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LUMBERTON – The first to respond in the region are now even better prepared to respond to an emergency now that summer has come into force and others are visiting the region’s rivers and lakes to find warm relief.
Thirty-six first responders from Robeson and Bladen counties recently took a dive into water rescue training that focused on locating drowning victims, said Robert Ivey, commander of Lumberton Rescue and EMS. Personnel from Deep Branch Fire and Rescue, Lumberton Rescue and EMS, and Red Springs Fire Department engaged in classroom activity at the Robeson Community College Emergency Services Training Center before traveling to Singletary Lake in Bladen County to simulate a drowning rescue. Participants used a sonar system, drone and diver training to track various objects in the lake.
Bladen County Water Rescue also participated in the July 24-26 educational course presented through Robeson Community College. The $4,000 educational course paid for by the university.
“This education with departments was established to allow emergency groups to perceive the roles of each and use the resources together,” Ivey said. «… This education focused on appropriate procedures and protection while coordinating water research.”
In an emergency, such as Hurricane Isaias, groups in Robeson and the surrounding counties will be greater to “pool resources” and save lives through education and preparedness, he said.
“We did things in (Hurricane) Matthew. We did things in (hurricane) Florence. We were able to do so in the last 24 hours,” Ivey said tuesday.
Robeson County also has an immediate water rescue team made up of deep branch Fire Decompotor, Parkton Fire/Rescue and Lumberton Rescue and EMS members to better respond to each of the county’s components in the event of a disaster.
“It’s just a byproduct of rapid training in the water,” Ivey said of the rescue course in July.
By combining multiple branches, lifeguards can also save time and money on life-saving gadgets and divers, he said. As a result, a branch will be forced to bear the monetary burden of rescue efforts.
“Multi-jurisdictional education has been known as the most productive practice because the location of those who drown is a resource-intensive response,” he said. “Teams should locate the victim as temporarily as possible to obtain the most productive medical outcome.”
Early participants appreciated and asked for more courses in the future, Ivey said.
“The more we have, the more we can offer,” Ivey said of the courses.
Ivey presented the following tips for water protection:
– Swimming a lifeguard is on duty.
– Always swim with a friend.
– Never leave a child unattended near water.
– Young or green swimmers must wear a life jacket approved by the U.S. Coast Guard. When they’re in or near the water.
— Always wear a life jacket while boating.
– Keep track of those who swim through a guilty adult.
– Have a disposable flotation device for a struggling swimmer.
– Combine swimming with alcohol or drugs.
— Learn CPR.
– Learn to swim.
For more information about security, call Lumberton Rescue and EMS, Inc. at 910-738-7172 or www.lumbertonrescue.org.
LUMBERTON – About 3,500 Duke Energy consumers in Lumberton experienced power outages Monday night through Tuesday morning, but the peak was not similar to Hurricane Isaias.
“The only thing that happened was around 6 p.m., when much of the city lost electricity,” said Bill French, Lumberton’s director of emergency services. “The typhoon had not yet arrived.”
Electric Utilities Director Lamar Brayboy said about 3,000 customers in the city, including several businesses, lost power because of problems at an electrical substation.
“We had mechanical problems, gadgets at the substation,” Brayboy said.
A paint crew capable of repairing the force in less than an hour.
“The branch of applications has done a task of regaining strength,” French said.
The body of emergency workers and other French and county application workers reported minimal or no damage to Isaias.
Isaias landed Monday night in Ocean Isle Beach, Brunswick County, as a Category 1 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. By 6 a.m. on Tuesday, the typhoon had moved to Virginia after staying in North Carolina for about seven hours.
The typhoon’s risk prompted state-of-the-state statements from the towns of Maxton and Red Spring and Robeson County. St. Pauls imposed a curfew from 8 p.m. Monday at 6 a.m. on Tuesdays.
Maxton was lifted Tuesday at 1 p.m. and the county was rescied on Tuesday.
The Red Springs ordinance will remain in position to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but the order imposes no restrictions on the public, executive chairman David Ashburn said.
About five thousand storm-related blackouts occurred from Monday afternoon to Tuesday morning, but the entire force was restored around 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Brayboy said. Most disorders were caused by damage to a primary circuit and by power lines that had fallen from falling tree branches.
French said the winds had reached 27 mph in the city and that there had been “flooding located on the streets.”
“It wasn’t constant, so I don’t think it caused any primary damage,” French said. “We behaved much better than we thought.”
Robeson County Director of Emergency Management Stephanie Chavis reported an uneventful afternoon.
County Communications reported no structural damage as a result of the storm, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation reported no road closures, Chavis said. The Emergency Operations Center has returned to general operations.
“Thank God for the magnitude, however, it’s still a smart practice for emergency management,” Chavis said. “Keep us alert.”
According to the application company, about 270 Duke Energy consumers in Robeson County lost power. The remaining 4 consumers were readmitted on Tuesday afternoon.
Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation reported any disruption, said Walter White, vice president of corporate services at LREMC.
“We’re lucky Array,” White said. “We’re lucky. We dodged a bullet.
White said LREMC had won nearly 400 calls for power outages Monday night in neighboring Hoke County, but that all consumers had re-established the force until 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
Lumberton won about 1.38 inches of rain, said Rachel Zouzias, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service. At 0700 on Tuesday, the Lumber River water point at Lumberton 11.1 feet.
The river expected to peak about 12 feet on Wednesday, one foot below the 13-foot flood level.
“You were successful,” Zouzias said.
LUMBERTON – A 24-year-old Fayetteville woman killed and 3 people, adding a 6-year-old boy, were injured in a rotation of the vehicle’s fate in Maxton, according to the State Highway Patrol.
The Highway Patrol won the turn of the destination report near McGirt and McGirt Gin Roads at approximately 6:31 p.m. Friday, the patrol sergeant. X.S. McPherson said Tuesday.
Ericka Alexis McLean, 932 Country Drive, died Friday after the 2013 Ford passenger car traveling east on McGirt Gin Road and operated through Angel Javier Dickerson, 25, of 1787 Mitchell Court in Fayetteville, did not give way to the driving force that entered the road from a prevention signal on McGirt Road McPherson said.
Dickerson’s car struck a 2013 Chevrolet passenger car operated by 51-year-old Joan Hunt Johnson, of 21480 McLaurin Road in Laurinburg, he said. Dickerson’s vehicle ran off the road to the left and overturned before coming to rest in a field. Johnson’s vehicle exited the road to the right.
Angel Dickerson, McLean and 6-year-old passenger Aiden Dickerson, of McLean’s address, were ejected from the vehicle, McPherson said. None of them were wearing a seat belt.
Johnson put on his seat belt and was not ejected from his vehicle.
Angel Dickerson was taken to UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill with serious injuries, McPherson said. Aiden Dickerson, McLean and Johnson were taken to Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg.
McLean died as a result of suffering in the accident.
“The investigation is ongoing,” McPherson said. “This turns out to be a violation of functionality.”
No fees were set on the turn of fate and there were no updates on the situations of the wounded available, he said.
LUMBERTON – Distance education practices and scoring policy will be held Thursday at the Robeson County Public Schools Board Of Education Policy and Program Assembly.
The assembly is scheduled for 6 p.m. school district at one hundred Hargrave St. in Lumberton.
The public is not invited to the assembly due to disruptions with COVID-19. The assembly will be broadcast and published online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGcG23cWcDQ&feature=youtu.be
LUMBERTON — Monday is the deadline to register for the 2020 Southeast Regional Field Tours.
The tour is scheduled for August 14 at Roberts Brothers Farm, Howell and Ruth Roads in Robeson County, according to the Cooperative Extension Center of North Carolina-Robeson County.
Registration is required this year due to government regulations restricting the number of participants in meetings, in accordance with the Cooperative Extension. Participation will be limited to those who log in. Participants can log in to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/southeast-regional-field-tour-stop-registration-115533157785
Masks and hand sanitizer will be available at registration check-in, according to Cooperative Extension. Participants will be encouraged to wear masks and practice social distancing guidelines while at the field tour.
At the grower-focused field tour, Ron Heiniger will discuss high-yield corn environments, and Rachel Vann will present on investigation management practices associated with high soybean yield. There will be an optional self-guided tour and a question-and-answer session after the event.
For a list of virtual tour options, go online to https://cals.ncsu.edu/crop-and-soil-sciences/virtual-events/
For detailed directions or more information, contact Mac Malloy by calling 910-671-3276 or via email at [email protected].
LUMBERTON – No decision was made Tuesday on whether to cancel or continue with the 74th Robeson County Regional Agricultural Fair.
The fair’s board of directors “expects an additional recommendation from the governor (Roy Cooper) on the coVID situation of the state,” said Shea Dejarnette, a board member.
Tuesday’s meeting came on the heels of the cancellation of the North Carolina State Fair. The annual event was canceled because of safety, financial and attendance challenges caused by COVID-19, state Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said July 29.
The next day, organizers announced the cancellation of Cumberland and Columbus counties.
Troxler said horse and youth breeding exhibits will still be held at Raleigh Exhibition Park in October, with a proper social distance. There may also be more driving opportunities where motorists can buy food sold through North Carolina State Fair vendors.
Following in the state’s footsteps, robeson County’s 24-member board of administrators voted Tuesday to hold cattle contests for youth. But, they’ll be virtual this year. The president of the fair, Allen Faircloth, told board members that other fairs canceled the carnivals and vendors, however, the breeding program.
“A lot of them are running the livestock shows,” Faircloth said.
The Dejarnette movement to continue judging livestock and use the cash raised from sponsors to purchase ribbons and trophies and pay the council-approved festival fees.
The farm animal contest will be held in such a way that young people can make video recordings of their animals, Dejarnette said. Recordings will be viewed remotely through the judges.
The annual fair attracts tens of thousands of others to Robeson County. On Tuesday, the show’s online page featured a schedule of occasions that included the Chickin ‘Pickin’, the motorcycle circus, the chainsaw cutting, King Arthur’s pastry competitions and the contest. Jim Quick and Coastline will perform what will be Beach Music Night.
The fair board’s next meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 1.
LUMBERTON — The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Robeson County has increased by 56, the local Health Department reported Tuesday.
The new cases bring to 2,596 the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Robeson County since the first positive case was reported March 21. Fifty-two cases have resulted in death.
Males accounted for 29 of the cases reported Tuesday. Twenty-seven were female. The oldest person to test positive was 80 years old, and the youngest was 3.
Sixteen of the cases were American Indians, 14 were Hispanic, thirteen were African-American and two were white. Eleven of the case reports signed the race.
“The county’s demographics have been changing as it relates to the race/ethnicity of the people testing positive,” said Bill Smith, county Health Department director. “While Hispanics still reflect 40% of the positive cases, American Indians have now moved to second with 32%, while African Americans are at 25%. There is a large number of individuals, nearly 800, who did not have a race listed, so they could change the numbers somewhat, but probably not the order.”
The local hospital reviewed 23 of the reported cases Tuesday. Seventeen were reviewed at a personal physical care provider. Six were reviewed outdoors in Robeson County and 4 at the County Health Department. Three of them were reviewed at an immediate care center and on the Lumbee Tribe driving control site.
According to the Ministry of Health, driving tests are conducted at a pharmacy in Lumberton. Conducting tests of the Lumbee tribe will be conducted at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Rennert from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
Pre-registration is encouraged at all sites because it speeds up the testing process, but it is not required. Information on the testing sites can be found on each of the relevant organizations’ Facebook page.
The department of Health’s next management exam is scheduled for August 13 and 14 at Lumberton Junior High School. More check details will be posted on the Department of Health’s website.
Southeastern Regional Medical Center reported Tuesday that 17 patients were in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 and 23 employees were in quarantine.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported 1,629 new cases statewide on Tuesday. The new cases bring to 128,161 the total number of cases reported statewide since the pandemic began. The virus has caused or contributed to the deaths of 2,010 states residents, and 1,166 residents remain hospitalized.
David Thompson reported Monday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office that he was the victim of a break-in that occurred on Hickory Road in Pembroke.
The following thefts were reported Monday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office:
Miranda Carter, Promise Lane, Lumberton; and Shanequa Love, Quail Run, Lumberton.
Edwin Britt reported Monday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office that someone shot into an occupied building on Matthews Bluff Road in Lumberton.
Sun Chuanyu, of West 18th Street in Lumberton, reported Monday to the Lumberton Police Department that someone broke into his vehicle while it was parked at a location on Lackey Street in Lumberton.
Francisco Ortiz Perez, of Flagstaff Drive in Charlotte, reported Monday to the Lumberton Police Department that someone stole his trailer, which contained various tools, from the parking lot of Hyde Park Baptist Church, located at 301 Roberts Ave. in Lumberton.
RALEIGH — A company that wants to build and operate a wood pellet manufacturing facility in Lumberton has been issued an air permit by the state.
The Air Quality Division of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued renewable energy for active energy, the NCDEQ announced Monday. Active Energy plans to build a facility at 1885 Alamac Road in Lumberton.
The permit includes other needs to address the considerations of others in the community.
They are:
— Stack testing of hazardous air pollutants, toxic air pollutants, and volatile organic compounds;
– Battery check to be performed 90 days after 180-day start;
– Emissions at the point of installation shall be reported every six months;
– Uncooked curtains will have to be limited to 50% softwood wood.
“The testing and reporting conditions will be used to confirm the facility is operating as represented in the permit application, meeting the thresholds of the small facility permit category and in compliance with the terms of the permit. Stack testing data will be made publicly available,” a DEQ release reads in part.
The final permit, final permit review, hearing officer’s report, director’s memo, and environmental justice report are available on the department’s webpage at https://deq.nc.gov/Active-Energy.
The permit was issued after a virtual public hearing on June 22. The permit was challenged by citizens who feared the operation could damage the surrounding area and leak pollutants to the Lumber River.
Active Energy Group PLC acquired a 415,000-square-foot on building on Alamac Road in Lumberton that will be the U.S. base of its biomass processing operations, according to an April 2019 posting on the company’s website.
“The United Kingdom-based forestry management company will create 50 jobs at the facility, which will house production of its CoalSwitch™ brand fuel products. AEG acquired the building and surrounding acreage from Alamac Holdings as part of a $50 million investment AEG anticipates making in Robeson County,” the posting reads in part.
LUMBERTON — Funding is now available to help North Carolina residents in crisis pay cooling or heating bills or secure cooling or heating resources.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Crisis Intervention Program provides assistance to qualified, low-income households who are experiencing a cooling-related crisis — or heating related crisis in the winter.
“We know that many families are recently facing new monetary difficulties as a result of COVID-19, and this program is designed to help others in crisis alleviate refrigeration or heating emergencies,” said David Locklear, Deputy Director of Economic and Family Services, Social Services Division. “North Carolina is entering its warmest months of the year and we expect eligible Americans to take advantage of this program to help their families stay healthy.”
A family is in crisis if it is living or in danger of experiencing a life-threatening emergency or related to its fitness and that cannot obtain sufficient, timely and adequate assistance from any other source, according to THE NCDHHS. A life-threatening emergency is explained as a family that does not have a heating or air conditioning source or realizes the number one heating or cooling, and the fitness or well-being of a family member would be in jeopardy if the heating or air conditioning crisis was not relieved.
The Energy Program Application Form must be downloaded to https://epass.nc.gov so that applicants can print and mail, fax, scan, or leave at a local DSS workplace upon completion. Applications can also be made by calling the county branch of the county’s social facilities or the workplaces of the county’s social facilities, until June 30, 2021, while the budget must be on. Households are evaluated separately through the branched branches of social facilities staff to determine if there is a heating or air conditioning crisis. The benefits for families would possibly vary depending on the amount needed to mitigate the crisis.
To qualify, a family will need to have at least one user who meets certain criteria, in addition to being eligible for income, and have a heating-like or air conditioning emergency. All major eligibility points must be obtained online at www.ncdhhs.gov/crisis-intervention-program.
The Crisis Response Program is funded through the federal government through the Administration of Children and Families. The budget is distributed through county social departments directly to the provider or application.
LUMBERTON – The Board of Commissioners voted Monday to participate in the forums of two county agencies.
The board voted 5-3 to approve Raymond Cummings’ move for commissioners to oversee the county’s fitness and social governing bodies. The vote means that any of the forums will now act as advisory committees and that the Board of Commissioners will make final decisions on departmental matters.
Board of Commissioners Chairman Lance Herndon and Commissioners Pauline Campbell and Jerry Stephens voted against Cummings’ motion. Vice Chairman Faline Dial and Commissioners David Edge, Tom Taylor, Roger Oxendine, and Raymond Cummings cast yes votes.
“I think it’s too big a task to do over the phone,” Commissioner Jerry Stephens said.
Campbell tried to move a movement to Cumming’s movement chart until the next assembly after more data could be gathered, but his movement failed because his had already passed.
“I don’t think it’s fair, ” said Stephens.
Stephens asked County Attorney Rob Davis to consult with the Lumber River Council of Governments to determine whether Campbell’s replacement move would have been enough to overturn the vote. Davis stated that only one movement can be considered at a time and that the vote was approved a moment before Campbell’s movement. But the lawyer said he’d ask.
“I didn’t expect to make that decision,” Herndon said. “I’m not for that.”
The resolution had been discussed through the Board of Commissioners for approximately two years, with the concept that the Lumber River Governing Council could take over, Taylor said.
“I’m a member of the DSS board of directors, and I haven’t said it once,” Herndon said.
In other news, the commissioners approved the granting to the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the authority to claim a state of emergency of the county if necessary, without the meeting of the entire council. This would allow the council to begin responding to emergencies, such as Hurricane Isaias, in the future.
At Monday’s meeting, Commissioners Edge, Stephens, and Oxendine said they sought advice to meet at the county’s new administrative construction on North Chestnut Street. County director Kellie Blue said she’d make paintings to make that happen.
Plumbing and other disorders want to be addressed before this can happen, he said. An assembly plan on the new construction shall be defined and submitted to the commissioners.
“I’d like to see that breakthrough, and I sense we still can’t do as many things at the time,” Edge said.
Blue told the Commissioner that plans to demolish the construction of the DSS in North Carolina were blocked because the cost, $700,000, is too high at this time.
“Know that I’m actively demolishing subsidies for this,” Blue said.
The director of the county’s fitness department, Bill Smith, told commissioners that Robeson County now has the highest percentage rate of positive COVID-19 instances in the state, after overtakeing the county. American Indians in the county have the highest rate of positive results, followed by African Americans and some whites.
“He’s in this community,” Smith said. “It’s not employee paintings anymore.”
He’s worried about this school year’s students, Smith said. But, in the first place, it would never have been closed.
“We’d have what worked and what didn’t,” Smith said.
The county’s director of emergency management, Stephanie Chavis, briefed the commissioners on the arrangements for Isaias, a tropical typhoon when the assembly began.
Chavis said residents were encouraged to shelter in place at the homes of family members or friends, because of COVID-19 restrictions that would make operations of shelters more difficult.
She said the first to respond were on duty, they would be ordered to retire if the winds were 35 mph or more.
“They know how to expect the worst of the night, ” said Chavis.
The risk of tornadoes would be higher from Monday afternoon to Tuesday morning, he said.
“We can just flash floods,” he said.
Also on Monday, the Commissioners congratulated the Departmental Director of Information Technology, Terry Buchanan, on his appointment as Vice President of the National Association of Counties on the Telecommunications and Technology Steering Committee, as well as for his positions on the Art and Culture Commission and the Standing Committee on Information Technology.
In some areas, commissioners approved:
– An app to rezonate a 0.45-acre track at 242 Terry Sanford Drive in Maxton from the Residential Agricultural District to the Residential District to allow the owner, Terry Pate, to build a two-story garage.
— A request for a conditional use permit by Charles Hunt to allow a third home to be built on about 2.50 acres at 102 Milestone Drive in Lumberton.
– An application for a conditional use permit from Revels Insurance Agency Inc.’s Herdman Ronald Revels III to pave the way for a used car dealership’s status quo at 13567 U.S.301 North in St. Pauls.
– Adoption of the Bladen, Columbus and Robeson Regional Mitigation Plan.
– Accept $6,000 offers and 162 Summer Hill Road advertising on Lumber Bridge and a $4,000 offer plus asset advertising on Pansey Drive in Maxton
The commissioners tabled a conditional use permit request from Ronald and Jean Bruton to allow the establishment of a mechanic shop on about 58.24 acres of land on N.C. 211 West. Commissioners asked to see more paperwork and plan to revisit the request during their September meeting.
LUMBERTON – An invasion of the reported house led to the arrest of two Lumberton men.
Reco Locklear, 38, of Riley Circle, arrested Friday and charged with robbery with a harmful weapon, conspiracy to dedicate theft with a harmful weapon, attack and battery, first-degree robbery, property of a firearm through a convicted felon, unloading a gun into a compound to incite Array concern and two second-degree kidnapping charges , according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.
Locklear was placed in the Robeson County detention center on a $251,000 security deposit.
David Hinds Jr., 27, 63 Riley Circle, arrested Friday for the ownership of a firearm through a convicted felon, opium/heroin trafficking, property with the intention of manufacturing, selling and distributing an Annex II controlled substance and property of drugs for suites, according to the sheriff’s office.
Hinds placed $77,000 bail facility.
Officers responded Friday around 4:30 a.m. to a home invasion report at 616 Moss Neck Road in Lumberton, according to the sheriff’s office. During the invasion of the house, citizens were robbed at gunpoint and several shots were fired at the house.
Four adults and two young men were home at the time of the robbery. No injuries were reported.
Locklear known as one of the suspects and captured at Hinds’ house.
When officers arrived at the residence, Locklear and others fled on foot, according to the sheriff’s office. Locklear is located near the K-9 Axel of the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s investigators then searched the space and took a firearm, leading to Hinds’ arrest and firearms charges.
“The investigation is ongoing and additional arrests are likely to be made,” a sheriff’s employee said in part.
Anyone with more information about the invasion of the house calls the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office at 910-671-3100 or 910-671-3170.
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