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.
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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 is “waiting for further guidance from the governor (Roy Cooper) based on the state’s COVID situation,” said Shea Dejarnette, a fair 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 organize 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 livestock competition will be set up in such a way that young competitors will make video recordings of their animals, Dejarnette said. The recordings will be viewed remotely by 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 lifeguards from Robeson and Bladen counties recently embarked on water rescue education aimed at locating drowned victims, said Robert Ivey, commander of Lumberton Rescue and EMS. The Deep Branch, Lumberton Rescue and EMS workers’ fire department and fire department and the Red Springs Fire Department participated in classroom activities at the Robeson Community College Emergency Services Training Center before traveling to Singletary Lake in Bladen County to simulate a drowned rescue. Participants used a sonar system, a drone and an education for divers to track items 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 buddy.
— Never leave a young 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 a life jacket when sailing.
– 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 customers in Lumberton experienced power outages Monday evening into early Tuesday morning, but the bulk was not related 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.”
The director of electric power services, Lamar Brayboy, said that about 3,000 consumers in the city, adding up to several businesses, had lost strength due to an electrical substation.
“We had some mechanical issues, some equipment failure at the substation,” Brayboy said.
A work crew was able to restore power within the hour.
“The utilities department did a fantastic job getting the power back on,” French said.
French and other emergency and utility personnel throughout the county reported minimal to no damages related 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 winds topped out at 27 mph in the city, and there was some “localized street flooding.”
“It wasn’t constant, so I don’t think it caused any major damage,” French said. “We fared a lot better than we thought we would.”
Robeson County Director of Emergency Management Stephanie Chavis reported an uneventful afternoon.
County Communications reported no structural damages as a result of the storm, and the N.C. Department of Transportation reported no road closures, Chavis said. Emergency Operations Center personnel are back to operating at normal status.
“Thank God that was about the extent, but it is always good practice for Emergency Management,” Chavis said. “Keeps us on our toes.”
About 270 Duke Energy customers in Robeson County lost power, according to the utility company. All but four customers had power restored as of Tuesday afternoon.
Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation reported no outages, said Walter White, LREMC’s vice president of Corporate Services.
“We’re lucky Array,” White said. “We’re lucky. We dodged a bullet.
White said LREMC received about 400 power outage calls Monday night in neighboring Hoke County, but all customers had power restored by 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Lumberton received about 1.38 inches of rain, said Rachel Zouzias, a National Weather Service meteorologist. As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, the Lumber River’s water level in Lumberton was 11.1 feet.
The river was expected to crest at about 12 feet Wednesday, a foot below the 13-foot flood stage.
“You guys really made it out OK,” Zouzias said.
LUMBERTON — A 24-year-old Fayetteville woman was killed and three people, including a 6-year-old boy, were injured in a vehicle crash in Maxton, according to the State Highway Patrol.
The Highway Patrol received the report of the crash near McGirt and McGirt Gin roads about 6:31 p.m. Friday, Patrol Sgt. 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 to register for the South East Regional Tours 2020.
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 carried away at check-in, according to the Cooperative Extension. Participants will be encouraged to wear a mask and practice the rules of social distance when visiting the box.
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 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 fair board voted Tuesday to hold youth livestock competitions. But, they will be virtual this year. Fair President Allen Faircloth told board members that other fairs are cancelling carnivals and vendors, but not the livestock program.
“A lot of them organize shows,” Faircloth said.
Dejarnette’s motion to continue with livestock judging and use money collected from sponsors to buy ribbons and trophies, and to pay competition costs was approved by the board.
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 instances shown from COVID-19 in Robeson County has increased through 56, the fitness branch reported on Tuesday.
The new instances bring to 2596 the number of instances shown of the new coronavirus in Robeson County since the first positive case reported on March 21. Fifty-two instances resulted in death.
The men accounted for 29 of the reported cases on Tuesday. Twenty-seven were women. The oldest user who tested positive for 80 years and the youngest of 3 years.
Sixteen of the cases were American Indian, 14 were Hispanic, 13 African American, and two were white. Eleven of the case reports did not record race.
“The county’s demographics have been replaced in terms of race/ethnicity of other people who test positive,” said Bill Smith, director of the county’s fitness department. “While Hispanics still account for 40% of positive cases, American Indians have now advanced so far with 32%, while African-Americans have 25%. There are a giant number of individuals, almost 800, who did not have an indexed breed, so they can replace the numbers a little, but 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-enrollment is recommended on all sites because it speeds up the verification process, but it is not required. Information about verification sites should be on the Facebook page of each of the organizations involved.
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.
The South East Regional Medical Center reported Tuesday that 17 patients were isolated after positive for COVID-19 and that 23 workers were quarantined.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported 1,629 new instances statewide on Tuesday. The new instances bring the total number of reported instances statewide from the beginning of the pandemic to 128,161. The virus has contributed or contributed to the deaths of 2,010 state citizens, and 1,166 citizens remain hospitalized.
David Thompson reported Monday to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office that he was the victim of a break-in on Hickory Road in Pembroke.
The following robberies 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 he fired on a busy construction site on Matthews Bluff Road in Lumberton.
Sun Chuanyu, from West 18th Street to Lumberton, reported Monday to the Lumberton Police Department that he broke into his vehicle while stationed 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 needs to build and operate a wood pellet production plant in Lumberton has received a state air permit.
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.
The conditions 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.
“Needs and reports will be used to verify that the installation is working as indicated in the permission request, which meets the thresholds of the small installation permission category and meets the permit situations. Knowledge of battery verification will be made public, “reads a DEQ edition in part.
The final permit, final license review, hearing officer report, director’s note and environmental justice report must be held on the department’s website in 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 UK-based forest control company will create 50 jobs at the facility, spacing out the production of its CoalSwitch petroleum products logo ™. AEG acquired the construction and environment of Alamac Holdings as a component of a $50 million investment AEG plans to make in Robeson County,” the component says.
LUMBERTON – Funds must now be obtained to help crisis North Carolina citizens pay for their cooling or heating expenses or safe cooling or heating resources.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Social Services Crisis Response Program provides assistance to qualified low-income families experiencing a cold or heat crisis in winter.
“We know many families are currently facing additional financial hardships due to COVID-19, and this program is designed to bring aid to those in crisis to alleviate cooling or heating emergencies,” said David Locklear, deputy director of Economic and Family Services in the Division of Social Services. “North Carolina is moving into its hottest months of the year, and we hope those eligible will take advantage of this program to help keep their families safe and healthy.”
A household is in a crisis if it is experiencing or is in danger of experiencing a life-threatening or health-related emergency and sufficient, timely and appropriate assistance is not available from any other source, according to NCDHHS. A life-threatening emergency is defined as a household which has no heating or cooling source or has a past due notice for primary heating or cooling service, and the health or well-being of a household member would be in danger if the heating or cooling crisis was not alleviated.
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 approved Raymond Cummings’ motion to have the commissioners oversee the governing bodies of the county’s Social Services and Health departments. The vote means the two boards will now act as advisory panels and the Board of Commissioners will make final decisions on matters related to the departments.
Board of Commissioners Lance Herndon and Commissioners Pauline Campbell and Jerry Stephens voted for Cummings’ motion. Vice President Faline Dial and Commissioners David Edge, Tom Taylor, Roger Oxendine and Raymond Cummings voted in favor.
“I think that’s too great of a project to do on the telephone,” 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.
Commissioners were informed that the county planned to move the Robeson County Wellness Center to the former administrative construction on Elm Street, Blue said.
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.
“Please know that I am actively seeking some demolition grants for that,” 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 citizens were encouraged to take refuge on the site with a circle of family or friends due to COVID-19 restrictions that would hinder shelter operations.
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.
– An application for a conditional use permit through Charles Hunt to allow the structure of a third space on approximately 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 — A reported home invasion has 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 under a $251,000 secured bond.
David Hinds Jr., 27, of 63 Riley Circle, was arrested Friday charged with possession of firearm by a convicted felon, trafficking opium/heroin, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and distribute a schedule II controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, 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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