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Juneteenth: Crawfish and camaraderie

-Messenger photo by Olivia Hanson
Kymaree Wheat, son of Alex Leffler, is showing Niki Conrad and her newphews the crawfish brought by his grandpa, Webster County Supervisor, Merrill Leffler.
-Messenger photo by Olivia Hanson
Merrill Leffler, Webster County Supervisor, serves his crawfish gumbo to Odell Woodley of Fort Dodge at the Juneteenth Celebration in H.C. Meriwether Park Saturday.
-Messenger photo by Olivia Hanson
Officer Bryce Preswood cooks hotdogs for event-goers at the Juneteeth Celebration at H.C. Meriwhether Park early Saturday afternoon.
-Messenger photo by Olivia Hanson
The dodgeball game played at the Juneteenth Celebration at the H.C. Meriwether Park.
-Messenger photo by Olivia Hanson
Megan Srinivas, running for Iowa House District 9, embraces the coordinator of the event, Sherry Washington.
-Messenger photo by Olivia Hanson
Tyrayia Foy, daughter of Charles Moseley, plays on the new equipment at the H.C. Meriwether Park.
-Messenger photo by Olivia Hanson
Niki Conrad, District Supervisor, and her nephew Duke Conrad, son of Nevin Conrad, watch as Merrill Leffler and his grandson Kymaree play with a live crawfish brought from New Orleans by Leffler.
-Messenger photo by Olivia Hanson
Merrill Leffler, Webster County Supervisor, demonstrating how to eat a crawfish at the Juneteenth Celebration at the H.C. Meriwether Park.

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