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Penn-Scipio Thanksgiving Luncheon Serves More Than 300 Meals to St. Thomas Community

The line for food was already winding around the bandstand in Emancipation Garden late Thursday morning when volunteers took a minute to hold hands, say grace and express their gratitude for life and the spread before them.

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