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ALL THUMBS

Posted: August 15, 2009 at 4:12 a.m.

Appearing each Saturday, "All Thumbs" is The Benton County Daily Record's take on the people, events and issues deserving a "thumbs up" for a noteworthy accomplishment or good deed or a "thumbs down" for magnificent failure or just general stupidity. Thumbs up to the efforts of Benton County firefighters who battled a fire in Avoca on Monday afternoon.

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Opinion, Pages 3 on 08/15/2009

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