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The News from July 4, 1981
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The News from July 4, 1981

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07.04.81

It’s been a quiet week but soon the Fourth of July fireworks will go off. The volunteer fire department is in charge after years of the Sons of Knute dealing with the pyrotechnics. They didn’t have a great success rate, setting them off at wrong angles — one time right into the pavilion.

The parade walked around the block three times. Each time d…

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