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Dylan Lightfoot | Jefferson Post Tanya McNeil (background) of DW Auto Sales on South Jefferson Avenue surveys wind damage on her lot this morning, where a large steel awning was blown down by high winds.
Dylan Lightfoot | Jefferson Post Tanya McNeil (background) of DW Auto Sales on South Jefferson Avenue surveys wind damage on her lot this morning, where a large steel awning was blown down by high winds.
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Dylan Lightfoot | Jefferson Post

Tanya McNeil (background) of DW Auto Sales on South Jefferson Avenue surveyed wind damage on her lot yesterday morning, where a large steel awning was blown down by high winds.

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