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March 13, 2001
Mary Jo Melone
Living, dying, losing, winning
Beyond the stands selling funnel cakes, pecan rolls and corn dogs, past the Ferris wheel, and the country fiddle music at Plant City's Strawberry Festival, stood two long white tents. Schoolchildren last week brought their steers and their blue-ribbon dreams to those tents, hoping for the best.
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