๐“๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐”.๐’. ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ฌ ๐–ฅ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—†๐–บ๐—… ๐–ต๐–ฅ๐–ถ ๐–ผ๐–พ๐—‹๐–พ๐—†๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—’ ๐—‹๐–พ๐—๐—‚๐—‹๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—‡๐–พ๐–บ๐—‹๐—…๐—’ ๐Ÿฃ,๐Ÿข๐Ÿข๐Ÿข ๐–ป๐–บ๐—‡๐—‡๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ

by Louis Hoglund
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Retired flags, estimated at nearly 1,000 that the Pelican Rapids VFW club has accumulated over the past several years, were burned at a special ceremony Sept. 7.


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