The Board of Directors delays the resolution to cancel
The board of directors for the Robeson County Regional Agricultural Fair on Tuesday postponed making a decision on whether or not to proceed with this year’s event. The fair is scheduled to run Oct. 2-10.
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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 “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 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 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 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.
“This is just a byproduct of swift water training,” Ivey said of the July water rescue course.
By bringing multiple departments together, first responders also can save time and money on rescue equipment and divers, he said. As a result, one department will not be forced to bear the financial burden of the rescue efforts.
“Multi-jurisdictional training has been identified as a best practice because drowning victim location is a highly resource-intensive response,” he said. “The teams want to locate the victim as soon as possible for the best 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 inexperienced swimmers should have a U.S. Coast Guard approved life jacket on when in or near water.
— Always wear a life jacket while boating.
— Maintain constant supervision of those swimming by a responsible adult.
— Have a throwable flotation device available for a distressed swimmer.
— Do not mix swimming and alcohol or drugs.
— Learn CPR.
– Learn to swim.
For more safety information, call Lumberton Rescue and EMS, Inc. at 910-738-7172 or visit 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 strange thing that happened was around 6 p.m. when a lot of the city lost power,” said Bill French, director of Lumberton’s Emergency Services. “The storm hadn’t even got here yet.”
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 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 made landfall Monday night at Ocean Isle Beach in Brunswick County as a Category 1 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. By 6 a.m. Tuesday, the storm had moved into Virginia, having been 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’s declaration was lifted Tuesday at 1 p.m., and the county declaration was rescinded Tuesday.
The Red Springs order will remain in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, but the order imposes no restrictions on the public, Town Manager David Ashburn said.
About 500 storm-related outages occurred Monday night into early Tuesday morning, but all power was restored by about 5 a.m. Tuesday, Brayboy said. Most of the outages came from damage to a major circuit and power lines downed by falling tree limbs.
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 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 was expected to crest at about 12 feet Wednesday, a foot below the 13-foot flood stage.
“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 collided with a 2013 Chevrolet passenger driven through 51-year-old Joan Hunt Johnson at 21480 McLaurin Road in Laurinburg, he said. Dickerson’s vehicle left the road and overturned before stopping at a field. Johnson’s vehicle arrived from the road on the right.
Angel Dickerson, McLean and 6-year-old passenger Aiden Dickerson, from McLean’s management, were ejected from the vehicle, McPherson said. None of them were dressed in seat belts.
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. “It appears to be a yield violation.”
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 learning practices and grading policy are to be discussed during Thursday’s meeting of the Policy and Curriculum Committee of the Board of Education for the Public Schools of Robeson County.
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 because of government regulations restricting the number of participants at outdoor gatherings, according to Cooperative Extension. Participation will be limited to only the people who register. Participants can register at 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.
During the visit to the producer-centric box, Ron Heiniger will discuss the highest-yielding corn environments and Rachel Vann will provide survey control practices related to the best soybean yields. There will be an optional self-guided tour and a question and answer consultation after the event.
For a list of virtual tour options, https://cals.ncsu.edu/crop-and-soil-sciences/virtual-events/ online
For more information or more information, tap Mac Malloy by calling 910-671-3276 or emailing [email protected].
LUMBERTON – No decision was made Tuesday on whether to cancel or continue with the 74th Robeson County Regional Agricultural Fair.
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 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
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 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 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 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, 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 tools, from the Hyde Park Baptist Church parking lot located at 301 Roberts Ave. 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 added requirements to address the concerns of people in the community.
They are:
– Test the stacking of hazardous air pollutants, toxic air pollutants and volatile biological 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 in the wake of a June 22 digital public hearing. The permit was challenged by residents concerned the operation would damage the surrounding environment and leak pollutants into the Lumber River.
Active Energy Group PLC has acquired a 415,000-square-foot construction on Alamac Road in Lumberton that will be the U.S. base. For its biomass processing operations, according to an April 2019 publication 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 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,” Stephens said.
Stephens asked County Attorney Rob Davis to consult with the Lumber River Council of Governments to determine if the substitute motion Campbell had placed would have been enough to overrule the vote. Davis said that only one motion can be considered on the floor at once, and the vote passed with a second before Campbell’s motion. But the attorney said he would ask.
“I didn’t expect to make that decision,” Herndon said. “I’m not for that.”
The decision had been discussed by the Board of Commissioners for about two years, with the idea that the Lumber River Council of Governments may take the board 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.
“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.
— Accepting bids of $6,000 and the cost of advertising for 162 Summer Hill Road in Lumber Bridge and a bid for $4,000 plus the cost of advertising for a property 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, was arrested Friday and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, first-degree burglary, possession of firearm by a convicted felon, discharging a weapon in an enclosure to incite fear, and two counts of second-degree kidnapping, 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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