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• Watch out for flash floods as thunderstorm hits Edmonton

  05-08-2017 23:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  A severe thunderstorm warning was in effect for Edmonton Saturday afternoon.
  Environment Canada issued the warning around 2 p.m. Less than an hour later, Edmontonians were posting images of heavy rain, hail and localized flooding on social media. Car stranded here at 51 ave west of 99 St. #ABStorm #yegwx pic.twitter.com/Ud1a70PHBK
  — Johnathan Brewer (@jgbrewer22) August 5, 2017From Sunny to Hail to Rain to…Hail+Rain…what will be next? #yeg #yegwx #whyAugustwhy pic.twitte
  
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• Print subscribers: No paper on holiday Monday

  05-08-2017 20:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Journal will not publish Monday to mark Heritage Day.
  Several features from Monday‘s paper, including the comics, puzzles and TV Grid, appear in Saturday’s edition instead.
  The Edmonton Journal website will continue to be updated throughout the long weekend.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers prospect Kailer Yamamoto has hockey world "oohing and aahing" at summer tournament

  05-08-2017 19:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Boston Bruins beat reporters Joe Haggerty of CSN, a rave review of Kailer Yamamoto from the Summer Showcase, where the world’s best U20 players are competing. Yamamoto is on Team USA’s best line with Casey Mittelstadt and Logan Brown.
  Haggerty is looking on Yamamoto with some amount of envy: “It’s 5-foot-8 Kailer Yamamoto that’s taken the summer hockey exhibition by storm. That’s the same skilled, explosive Yamamoto that the Edmonton Oilers took
  
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• Graham Thomson: Hype and hyperbole on the UCP campaign trail

  05-08-2017 17:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Forgive me.
  I am writing another column on the United Conservative Party. To be more specific, another column on the leadership race for the UCP.
  But, hey, it’s August, the political dog days of summer. And, hey, the UCP leadership race is the most entertaining political game in town.
  From time to time between now and leadership election day Oct. 28, I hope to sit down with the leadership candidates for a chat.
  My first was on Friday with former Progressive Conservative leader Jason Kenney
  
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• Ten steps to nicely shaped muscles

  05-08-2017 17:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Who doesn’t want rounded, nicely shaped muscles? Beyond esthetics, it conveys vitality and builds strength in women and men alike.
  While there may not be a pill that magically inflates muscle, there is a formula that will strengthen and shape your pecs and glutes at any age. Yes, at any age!
  With lots of fitness noise out there, it’s easy to become distracted and lose your way. If you stray from the formula, your results will diminish or stall — despite what late-night televisi
  
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• Industry still chafed five years after end of Canadian Wheat Board monopoly

  05-08-2017 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The federal government eliminated the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly five years ago this week, but grain farmer Stewart Wells isn’t celebrating the anniversary.
  The board, set up in 1935, was the sole organization allowed to buy and export western Canadian wheat and barley until former prime minister Stephen Harper’s government eliminated the “single desk” and opened the system to competition on Aug. 1, 2012, a time Harper called “grain marketing freedom day.”
  
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• Saturday's letters: If it's on time, it can't be a city project

  05-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Funicular project on time for launch this fall: city official,” Aug. 1
  Quite obviously, the city had very little to do with the funicular if it’s on time and on budget.
  Oh, and while we are on the subject, what penalties did the contractors on the Stony Plain Road bridge fiasco end up paying? Bet they had extra costs which offset the penalties.
  Al Gill, Edmonton
  Respect brain injuries but don’t write off football
  Re. “CTE studies may be start of football’
  
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• Opinion: Likening illness to warfare can be dangerous

  05-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The recent news of U.S. Sen. John McCain’s brain cancer diagnosis and U.K. infant Charlie Gard’s death were discussed using the same metaphor — warfare.
  Former president Barack Obama tweeted, “John McCain is … one of the bravest fighters I’ve ever known” and Charlie Gard’s parents stated, “our son is an absolute warrior and we could not be prouder of him.”
  This metaphor of battling illness is common but pernicious. If brain cancer kill
  
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• Virtual reality business opens doors into new worlds

  05-08-2017 09:08
  A new business is using the power of technology to provide an all-immersive gaming experience.
  
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• Sales manager wants a seat on St. Albert city council

  05-08-2017 09:08
  Barry Zukewich wants to sit on St. Albert city council next term.
  
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• Presenting policy

  05-08-2017 09:08
  This week Jason Kenney faced some criticism as he announced he will not release a policy platform before the United Conservative Party leadership vote.
  
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• Pow-WOW!

  05-08-2017 09:08
  It’s a greater outdoor show than the Calgary Stampede and has more pageantry than the K-Days parade. If you’ve never been to the Poundmaker Powwow, it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before. It’s spectacular to be sure, and it plays a powerful and...
  
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• Peewees in provincial form

  05-08-2017 09:08
  Every team, including the St. Albert Cardinals, is a contender for provincial honours at the peewee AAA Tier I championship at Legion Memorial Park.
  
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• MacKay should have stayed away

  05-08-2017 09:08
  Political grandstanding comes out more during an election. Cam MacKay was doing just that when he sat outside the courtroom for Nolan Crouse’s hearing, then issued emails and statements on his reason for doing so. He claimed he was there in his...
  
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• Improving safety in Erin Ridge

  05-08-2017 09:08
  In response to Katherine Van Hoof’s published view (Gazette, July 22), I would like to clarify that I am in favour of the extension of Ebony Way as contained in the City of St. Albert's Erin Ridge North Area Structure Plan (ASP), not simply “as...
  
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• Home base for Cardinals at provincials

  05-08-2017 09:08
  The stage is set for a championship winning performance by the St. Albert Cardinals.
  
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• Hailey Benedict: an unstoppable force

  05-08-2017 09:08
  A new K-Days Talent Show winner has been crowned – St. Albert country-pop singer Hailey Benedict, 14.
  
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• Focus of pecuniary interest story was flawed

  05-08-2017 09:08
  In my opinion, the Gazette article on Saturday, July 29, entitled “Crouse calls court case a trophy hunt” should have focused more on the trial facts over sensationalizing irrelevant items. Who covered the trivial costs of transcribing what was...
  
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• Deputy mayor's actions not warranted

  05-08-2017 09:08
  As with presidential tweets, Saturday's front-pager (Gazette, July 29) describing Mayor Nolan Crouse's legal hearing more clearly demonstrates the nature of the man wishing to succeed him. Either Councillor Cam MacKay is not informed about...
  
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• Culture of fear

  05-08-2017 09:08
  Have you ever known anyone to be successful in a job interview by telling their potential employer that their current manager is terrible, that they are in trouble if they do not hire them immediately? The answer is most likely ‘no’, so why do our...
  
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• Craft beer and spirits tap way into farmers' market

  05-08-2017 09:08
  Farmers’ market customers will soon be able to pick up local beer and liquor with their fruit and vegetables.
  
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• Councillor MacKay questions Gazette coverage

  05-08-2017 09:08
  After reading the coverage of the hearing into allegations of pecuniary interest against Mayor Nolan Crouse (Gazette, July 29), I was surprised at the article’s direction, as pecuniary interest legislation is a serious matter and should not be taken...
  
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• Check borer damage on poplars

  05-08-2017 09:08
  There’s a pesky, not-so-little beetle-shaped bug making sawdust out of poplar trees this summer. The poplar borer is a native insect species that attacks aspen poplars. Poplars grow like weeds throughout Alberta, and for the most part the trees and...
  
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• Charlene Jelinski vying for council seat

  05-08-2017 09:08
  A local registered psychiatric nurse has her sights set on a St. Albert city council seat.
  
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• Census shows single households growing

  05-08-2017 09:08
  Single-person households are growing in Canada with over one quarter of dwellings housing just one person.
  
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• Around the World in Three Days

  05-08-2017 09:08
  The 42nd annual Edmonton Servus Heritage Festival promises something never before seen – a floating mini island pavilion.
  
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• Appalled by front page article

  05-08-2017 09:08
  Over the course of the last four years I have submitted numerous letters to the editor, all of which have been published. Along the way, I have become most appreciative of the editorial staff and have quite often come to their defence.
  
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• A pool party for the ages

  05-08-2017 09:08
  There will be a lot of happy dippers come Tuesday when the Grosvenor Outdoor Pool celebrates its 50th anniversary. The city is dropping the price of admission to about what it cost in 1967.
  
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• Pow-WOW! - St. Albert Gazette

  05-08-2017 08:09
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  Pow-WOW!
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  The annual Poundmaker Powwow returns to St. Albert next weekend. The cultural extravaganza has a special spiritual importance to Indigenous peoples, but non-Indigenous people are just as much a part of the inclusive festival. POUNDMAKER'S LODGE/ ...
  
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• Home base for Cardinals at provincials - St. Albert Gazette

  05-08-2017 08:06
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  Home base for Cardinals at provincials
  St. Albert Gazette
  St. Albert midget AAA team up to bat at Baseball Alberta Tier I championship starting Sunday at Legion Memorial Park. Saturday, Aug 05, 2017 06:00 am. By: Jeff Hansen. Comments |. A A. GLOVEMAN – Mike Brisson of the midget AAA St. Albert Cardinals ...and more »
  
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• Sales manager wants a seat on St. Albert city council - St. Albert Gazette

  05-08-2017 08:03
  St. Albert Gazette
  Sales manager wants a seat on St. Albert city council
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  Barry Zukewich, a resident of St. Albert for 33 years, wants to stop the infighting on council and bring professionalism back to the team. SUP. Barry Zukewich wants to sit on St. Albert city council next term. The 58-year-old sales manager has always ...
  
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• Charlene Jelinski vying for council seat - St. Albert Gazette

  05-08-2017 08:03
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  Charlene Jelinski vying for council seat
  St. Albert Gazette
  Charlene Jelinski, a lifelong St. Albert resident and registered psychiatric nurse is one of fourteen candidates running for city council. SUP. A local registered psychiatric nurse has her sights set on a St. Albert city council seat. Charlene Jelinski ...
  
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• Census shows single households growing - St. Albert Gazette

  05-08-2017 08:03
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  Census shows single households growing
  St. Albert Gazette
  Single-person households are growing in Canada with over one quarter of dwellings housing just one person. Across Canada 28.2 per cent of all households in 2016 were made up of a single person, while in St. Albert the number clocked in at 18.2 per cent.
  
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• O'Brien the only remaining member of Eskimos primary field-goal trio

  05-08-2017 07:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Danny O’Brien has gone from the new kid on the block to the most veteran member of the Edmonton Eskimos kicking trio in the span of one week.
  The third-string quarterback, who only joined the Eskimos in the off-season after spending his first three Canadian Football League seasons with the Ottawa RedBlacks, came in as the new guy to hold on field goals alongside long-snapper Ryan King and kicker Sean Whyte.
  But with both Whyte and King going down with leg injuries in last week’s rost
  
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• Terry Jones: Mike Reilly holding it all together for Eskimos

  05-08-2017 07:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  The last thing you want to do is credit one player for what the Edmonton Eskimos are doing here with 18 men on the six-game injured list.
  Players from two, three, and in one case, four deep on the depth chart, kept coming up with solid performances to keep Jason Maas’ team undefeated through the first third of their season.
  It was another gutsy, gritty, almost heroic, victory by those still standing – 33-29 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in a game that went down to the last second &hel
  
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• Newcomb maintains lead at Oil Country Championship

  05-08-2017 06:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The golfers definitely got their shots in, but the weather swung back hard Friday at the second round of the Syncrude Oil Country Championship.
  It ran interference all day long, beating up the morning groups with heavy rain and strong winds before unleashing a wave of lightning strikes that stopped the afternoon flight dead in its tracks.
  And then, in a final kick after the two-hour delay, the sun faded to black and they couldn’t finish the second round.
  At the end of a very long day, Patr
  
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• Willie Nelson and Colter Wall: Legitimate outlaw country at Big Valley Jamboree

  05-08-2017 05:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Camrose — It was a mud-clogged Friday that had the frozen-panic feel of waiting for medical test results. Breaking through all this soul-crushing rain, would Willie Nelson even get to play? Were all those weather apps showing giant lumpy weather monsters eking down from the north onto Big Valley Jamboree going to be wrong?
  Well, you know the answer, and 25,000 people in the bowl faced that affirmation with giant grins.
  Nelson, 84-year-old country music giant, right there live and in person
  
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• World Long Drive champ swinging for the PGA

  05-08-2017 05:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  The easier route for Jamie Sadlowski would have been to continue collecting paycheques and sponsorship money for busting 420 yard tee shots down a long-driving grid.
  He’s a natural, he has a well-earned reputation in the sport and swinging for the fences is waaaay easier than counting strokes.
  But the two time World Long Driving Champion is determined to make the jump to the PGA Tour.
  “It was a difficult decision,” said the 29-year-old from St. Paul, Alta. “I’ve bee
  
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• Press Gallery #191: The Here's My Number, Poll Me Maybe edition

  05-08-2017 04:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Before Alberta political polls came into our lives this week, we missed them so bad. We missed them so, so bad. Join weekly Press Gallery podcast host Emma Graney with guests Graham Thomson, Paula Simons and Janet French to talk about the latest polling numbers and what they mean.
  The team also looks at Jason Kenney’s official leadership race launch, Wildrose 2.0 and, briefly, the beer tax war. 
  You’ll also learn about Emma’s woeful grasp of Canadian indie music. For the r
  
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• 'We could have done more': LRT murder witness urges Edmontonians not to be bystanders

  05-08-2017 04:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Manwar Khan was off work a few minutes early when he boarded the LRT at Corona Station. It was the afternoon of Dec. 28, 2012, and Khan was on his way to pick up his twin son and daughter from daycare and take them to a doctor’s appointment.  
  Those few minutes changed his life. 
  Between the Corona and Stadium stops, Khan witnessed an altercation that resulted in the beating death of 29-year-old John Hollar. Khan tried to intervene, but couldn’t stop the violence. It’
  
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• Second World War B-25 Mitchell bomber brings history to life

  05-08-2017 04:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  The metal sheet lining the fuselage shuddered as both engines of the B-25J Mitchell bomber, nicknamed Maid in the Shade, roared to life Friday, just as it had when it flew 15 missions during the Second World War.
  “This thing wasn’t built for comfort; it was built for freedom,” said John Roberts, a member of the Arizona Commemorative Air Force who was operating as the flight load master for a fly-along at the Villeneuve Airport on Friday. “This was a business machine, this
  
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• Would Kenney follow Klein's lead on cuts to government?

  05-08-2017 03:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Forgive me.
  I am writing another column on the United Conservative Party. To be more specific, another column on the leadership race for the UCP.
  But, hey, it’s August, the political dog days of summer. And, hey, the UCP leadership race is the most entertaining political game in town.
  From time to time between now and leadership election day Oct. 28, I hope to sit down with the leadership candidates for a chat.
  My first was on Friday with former Progressive Conservative leader Jason Kenney
  
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• Ryan Strome looking forward to fresh start with Edmonton Oilers

  05-08-2017 03:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ryan Strome admits things did not always go to plan with the New York Islanders after being the fifth overall selection in the 2011 NHL Draft.
  But now as a member of the Edmonton Oilers, the versatile forward has a shot at a fresh start with a team on the rise, playing alongside a generational talent.
  It’s hard for Strome not to get excited about the upcoming season.
  “You definitely have an extra jump in your step, and when I get to tell people that I play for the Edmonton Oilers, it
  
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• One performance cancelled after thunderstorms approach Big Valley Jamboree

  05-08-2017 02:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Big Valley Jamboree appears to be on back track after a severe thunderstorm warning in central Alberta forced organizers to cancel one of their main stage performances Friday.
  Saskatchewan singer/songwriter Jess Moskaluke was to take to the stage at 5 p.m. but because of threatening weather conditions, her performance was nixed.
  She later performed at another venue on the festival grounds as to did George Fox who had his main stage performance cut short.
  Environment Canada issued the alert at 3
  
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• Break out your finery: Canadian Derby tickets now on sale

  05-08-2017 02:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s time to dust off your fascinator. Tickets for one of Edmonton’s beloved summer traditions, the Canadian Derby, are now on sale.
  The 88th edition of Western Canada’s largest horse-racing event will take place Aug, 19 at Edmonton’s Northlands Park Racetrack & Casino. More than 10 stakes races will be run at the derby as patrons sport traditional derby fashions such as hats and fascinators.
  While it’s free to watch the races from the tarmac, a v
  
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• FC Edmonton feeling positive heading into rematch with Indy Eleven

  05-08-2017 02:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  FC Edmonton lost the game but were still encouraged.
  Despite dropping the opening contest of the North American Soccer League Fall Season 2-1 to the Indy Eleven last weekend, head coach Colin Miller was happy with the second half.
  With a full complement of players available to him for the first time this year, Miller saw everything come together in the final 45 minutes. All that was missing was a goal.
  The two teams meet again Saturday (5:30 p.m.) in Indianapolis.
  “I’ve dissected our
  
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• Proper conditions crucial if you are storing wine for uncorking later

  05-08-2017 02:30 via edmontonjournal.com
   Wine merchants are often asked questions related to red and white wine’s shelf life and storage.
  Roughly 80 per cent of the wine we stock are bottled and ready to be consumed within the next six months to a year.
  If your wine purchases are consumed in a week or two, you likely don’t need storage solutions, but avoid putting them in a kitchen where heat and light will destroy the wine’s fresh fruit. If you take advantage of a case discount, it’s a good idea to store
  
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• How booze, gambling help fund communities: New exhibit launches at Heritage Fest

  05-08-2017 01:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC) launched a new, interactive exhibit Friday at Heritage Fest to show how $40 billion in gaming and liquor revenue has been going back to communities over the last 20 years.
   “AGLC is our bloodline; without them we would probably cease to exist,” Lily Le, president of the Edmonton Viets Association, said at the unveiling of the exhibit Friday. “It’s because of their funding that we’re able to host annual events and
  
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• Don't forget your cans at home: Food bank collecting donations at Heritage Fest

  05-08-2017 01:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Although entry to the upcoming Heritage Festival is free, the Edmonton Food Bank is in need of food donations during their largest fundraising drive.
  The food bank said in a release that their shelves are empty and are counting on monetary or non-perishable food donations from the festival running Aug 5-7.
  The number of people using the food bank reached a record high in 2016 and this year that number is even higher, the release said. 
  Unused food tickets can also be given to food bank volu
  
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• Paula Simons: "We love to be at a party"

  05-08-2017 00:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Gizzie Arku hasn’t been getting a lot of sleep lately.
  The co-ordinator of the Heritage Festival’s Liberian pavilion has been putting in a lot of 18-hour days this week, organizing dozens of Liberian community volunteers to build, to cook, to entertain. It’s a daunting task.
  “For me, the hours are uncountable,” he says. “It’s our first year undertaking a major project like this.”
  Last year, Liberia had a small tent as the festival where they sold s
  
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