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    1. Community Risk

    Officials: Arsonist May Have Set Club Fire

    Jan. 3, 2003
    State officials say arson is believed to be the cause of a Wednesday evening blaze that destroyed a closed-up bottle club on U.S. 27, about four miles south of S.R. 60.
    State officials say arson is believed to be the cause of a Wednesday evening blaze that destroyed a closed-up bottle club on U.S. 27, about four miles south of S.R. 60.

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