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Tribune-Star/Joseph C. Garza
Chipping away the past to preserve history: Jim Niksch smooths the surface of a grave marker base with a chisel on Tuesday at the Medsker Cemetery in rural Clark County, Illinois. Niksch and fellow volunteers were lending their time and effort to restore tombstones in the cemetery on Tuesday.

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