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Walking track at elementary school gets $10K facelift
By Tarryl Jackson The walking track at Vandercook Lake's Townsend Elementary School recently got a $10,000 facelift from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The school is hosting a public ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to celebrate the newly resurfaced, one-fifth-mile course.

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