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  • Graffiti freedom

    By Jay Wheeler

    Ron stands with his completed Super Mario mural located in the cafeteria of the Lincoln Prairie Behavioral Health Center in Springfield. Spray-painted November 2019.

  • A generous community

    By Carey Smith

    This spring, Lynn Ehmen led an effort to start a community garden at Washington Middle School. The garden is free and open to the public to harvest; any leftover produce is used to stock micropantries throughout Springfield.

  • The show will go on

    By Carey Smith

    The show will go on

  • No fun and no funds

    By Karen Ackerman Witter

  • Building a butter cow

    By Lana Shovlin

    Grace (10), Cecelia (5) and Leo (2) display their finished creations. Bottom: Leo was excited to try his hand at sculpting with butter.

  • DIY fair food

    By Ashley Meyer

    DIY fair food

  • No fair

    By IT Staff

    No fair

  • For better or for worse

    By David Blanchette

    David and Kathy Blanchette at their daughter's wedding in 2006.
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