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November 6, 2014

Heather Wright Photo

Veteran Bill Abbott pins a poppy on Plympton-Wyoming Mayor Lonny Napper at the beginning of the Wyoming Legion’s Poppy Campaign. Legion members will be out pinning poppies in the community this weekend.

 

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