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Tribune-Star/Jim Avelis
Counting the cost: Randy Welsh stands on the Blocksom-Jenckes levee that protects some 1,100 acres of farmland in northern Vigo County. United States Army Corp of Engineer regulations state all trees must be cleared away from the toe of the barrier to qualify for federal aid in levee repair.

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