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Brett W. Todd is the managing editor of Clinton County Today. Clinton County Today is a community-focused website to provide individuals of Clinton County Indiana and surrounding areas with information impacting their lives. Clinton County Today is a service of Progressive Partners of Indiana, LLC where Brett W. Todd is its managing member.

Five 2nd-Half TD’s Propels Hot Dogs Past Southmont, 40-22

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Frankfort – The Southmont Mounties looked to spoil Frankfort’s Senior Night as it took the field in a Sagamore Conference match-up Friday night, Sept 11th.

The Mounties received the kickoff to open the game and drove the ball 54-yards for a touchdown on a 2-yard touchdown pass from Nick Scott to Brady Boller. The extra point attempt was blocked by Hot Dogs’ junior defender Vlad Carreras Lantigua.

The Hot Dogs got on the board in the 2nd quarter after junior defensive back Bryce McDonald intercepted a Southmont pass in the end zone. Junior quarterback Sam Michael led an 80-yard touchdown drive capped off by junior running back Riley Goodnight’s 33-yard touchdown run. The two-point conversion failed. The game went into halftime at 6-6.

“Southmont is an incredibly physical team and they’re incredibly well-coached and we knew it was going to be a struggle,” said Frankfort Head Coach James Byers. “The first-half they kind of controlled the tempo of the game and they controlled the physicality of the game. But our guys stayed with it, they trusted the process.”

And the Hot Dogs demonstrated the trust in the process with the start of play in the second half when senior Jade Ayers took the kickoff 50-yards down to the 20-yard line.

With a 3rd down and 5, the Dogs avoided disaster when a low snap went between the legs of Michael and was quickly scooped-up by Goodnight. Goodnight broke free of a Southmont tackler and rambled 15-yards for his second touchdown of the night.

That opening drive would be the first of five touchdowns scored by the Dogs in the second half en route to a 40-22 victory and are now 2-2 on the season and 1-1 in the conference. The Mounties are now 1-2, 0-2.

Coach Byers shared the process his coaching staff used during halftime to make the offensive and defensive changes. “Coach Pickerell and the defensive staff made some terrific adjustments to get some more pressure. And, Coach Jewell and Coach Chris Keller and Blake Surber and Evan Hall came together and they talked to Sam and Jade and Riley about what they were seeing – what kind of plays they liked and they did a great job making those halftime adjustments and our offense really started clicking and really exploded there in the second half.”

With those adjustments in mind, Frankfort mixed-up its play call during the second half showcasing Michael’s passing ability. Michael connected on 8 of 17 attempts for 143-yards and 2 touchdowns, a 36-yard strike to Ayers, and an 8-yard toss to senior Cam Swinford. Ayers led the receivers with 8 catches for 118-yards, senior Kyle Earl added 2 catches for 9-yards, and Swinford finished with 3 catches for 16-yards.

Byers talked about his quarterback’s play: “Watching Sam mature as a quarterback has been so fun to watch. He looked so comfortable. That is the Sam we see every day in practice – where he is calm and cool and collected. He threw dimes all over the place – I got to sit back and watch him as a fan, it was awesome. He is a special player.”

With the success of the passing attack came more run opportunities for the Dogs.

Goodnight led the Hot Dogs rushing attack with 187-yards and 3 touchdowns (33-yards, 15-yards, 27-yards) on 22 carries. Michael added 102-yards on 7 carries including a 44-yard quarterback sweep for a touchdown.

Defensively Frankfort held Southmont scoreless after the first score until 4:39 left in the 4th quarter when Nolan Boyer scored on a 24-yard run. Boyer added another score on a 19-yard run with 56 seconds left in the game.

“Our defensive staff and our defensive players did a great job again this week of getting in there and learning their system, learning their responsibilities and they are doing what they are being coached to do,” Byers added. “Coach Pickrell, our defensive coordinator, and Coach Keller, Coach Shelly, Coach Dubree did a great job making adjustments in-game, coaching our kids up on the sideline – our defense settled in,” said Byers.

The Hot Dogs were led by senior Reese Mitchell with 18 tackles, Carreras Lantigua added 16 tackles while senior Gabe Chavez and McDonald each had 13 tackles and 1 interception.

Junior linebacker Layne Todd along with Swinford joined forces for a forced fumble and recovery. Todd had 7 tackles and the forced fumble while Swinford added 3 tackles and the fumble recovery.

Prior to the game, the seniors were recognized and Coach Byers talked about the lasting impact this group will have.

“This senior class you cannot say enough about them. We knew coming in, that when they were sophomores, that this group would be special – we knew about this group, this junior and senior group when they were seventh and eighth-graders. So, we told these guys if you stay together, keep working hard – great things are going to come. They suffered through the transition and all that craziness three years ago, the 0-20 [Frankfort’s record past two seasons], and they stayed with it, they stayed positive and kept working hard. My heart goes out to these seniors.

“We would not be in this position without those guys – without their leadership, without their determination, without their families. The reason why Frankfort football is turning around is because we have such great buy-ins from our upperclassmen.”

Frankfort is in action Friday, September 19, when they travel to 1A South Central Satellites (2-2) located in Union Mills. Game time is set for 8 p.m. Eastern – 7 p.m. Central. The Hot Dogs were previously scheduled to play longtime rival the Lebanon Tigers; however, the game was canceled due to COVID-19 protocol with the Lebanon football team.

At FRANKFORT

HOT DOGS 40, MOUNTIES 22
Southmont:6:0:0:16:-:22
Frankfort:0:6:20:14:-:40

Scoring Summary

1st Qtr (7:59) Southmont. Brady Boller 2-yard run pass from Nick Scott. Kick failed. 0-6.

2nd Qtr (7:19) Frankfort. Riley Goodnight 33-yard run. Two-point attempt failed. 6-6.

3rd Qtr (11:06) Frankfort. Riley Goodnight 15-yard run. Two-point attempt failed. 12-6.

3rd Qtr (8:10) Frankfort. Sam Michael 44-yard run. Two-point attempt failed. 18-6.

3rd Qtr () Frankfort. Jade Ayers 36-yard pass from Sam Michael. Jade Ayers pass from Sam Michael, two-point conversion good. 26-6.

4th Qtr (11:26) Frankfort. Riley Goodnight 27-yard run. Two-point attempt failed. 32-6.

4th Qtr (6:56) Frankfort. Cam Swinford 8-yard pass from Sam Michael. Cam Swinford pass from Sam Michael, two-point conversion good. 40-6.

4th Qtr (4:39) Southmont. Nolan Boyer 24-yard run. Kellan Kaelin two-point conversion run good. 40-14.

4th Qtr (0:56) Southmont. Nolan Boyer 19-yard run. Kellan Kaelin two-point conversion run good. 40-22.

County Commissioners Green Light Solar Project

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“Very significant” is how Clinton County Commissioners President Josh Uitts described the Hardy Hills solar project at Tuesday’s County Commissioners meeting held at the Courthouse prior to a series of unanimous votes in favor of advancing the project to its final step – the Area Plan Commission. The Clinton County Council had previously unanimously voted in favor of the project last Tuesday, September 8.

The favorable votes lead to the possible construction of a solar field that would primarily occupy land around Kilmore, extending as far west as N. Co. Road 130 W., as far east as N. Co. Road 100 E., north just beyond E. Co. Road 500 N., and as far south as E. Co. Road 250 N.

An attorney representing the County, Kostas Poulakidas of Taft Law, addressed the three-member board of commissioners to outline the key items contained within the project agreement of the $200 million investment.

• Tax abatement. 10-year abatement with the first eight years being 100% with the final two years at 75%.
• In exchange for the abatement, the County will receive $3.1 million in non-restricted economic development payments paid in equal installments over those 10-years.
• For every $10 million in additional investment over $200 million made by Hardy Hills, the County will receive an additional $155,000 in non-restricted economic development payments paid in equal installments over those 10-years.
• A $15,000 contribution to the EMS project

Poulakidas also explained the assessment methodology used in this project and why it was a challenge. “In the state of Indiana, there is not a defined assessment methodology for this type of project.

“It’s new, it’s unique. Clinton County is kind of leading the way. The Department of Local Government Finance, their guidance is we are going to defer to the locals to provide guidance. Indiana statute allows for what is called ‘Home Rule’ ordinance.”

Uitts asked Clinton County Council President Alan Dunn to speak to the financial impact this project will have on the County.

“From a council’s perspective when looking at this as an economic development project, first of all, we did put a lot of time and effort into this,” said Dunn. “Let me put this into context here to scale. This is a $200 million investment in Clinton County and put that into some context – that’s larger than the ConAgra investment, which was near $150 million investment, and that’s five times the NHK investment that is going on out at I-65 and State Road 28. This is a massive project.

“The land on which the project sits on is not abatable. So when we changed that from being farmland to being kind of a modified commercial – industrial, this new class … they’re still going to pay $2.1 million in taxes over that 10-year period that is not being paid currently.

“The County wins in form of the economic development payment of $3.1 million that’s paid at $310,000 per year during the 10-year abatement. We’re not getting nothing during that initial 10-year period.

“So over the course of the projected 35-year project, the project receives an $11 million cumulative tax abatement, but they’re going to pay tax bills that total $41 million for a net payment of $30 million to the County in property taxes paid.”

After the four votes were taken – approval of the project agreement, approval of the ordinance establishing an assessment methodology, approval of the road use agreement, and approval of the decommission agreement – Uitts explained the significance of the actions taken today.

“Today was a very important day for Clinton County,” said Uitts. “We were able to bring in the largest investment in the history of Clinton County in terms of a solar project from Invenergy, the Hardy Hills project. It represents a $200 million investment in Clinton County.

“At a high level what that represents to the folks of Clinton County, that is a lot of tax money they are not going to have to pay for the next 35-years. For the foreseeable future, we’re going to have economic development payments for the next 10-years that are going to be discretionary.

“A considerable amount of funds that are going to be over $300,000 plus per year that we are going to be able to spend on anything in our budget. Then beyond that from year eleven through the end of the project, they will pay approximately $2.1 million per year in tax. That is an incredible amount of money for the people of Clinton County.

“This is a project that respects property owner rights – that the farmers can use their land for what they wish to. It’s not really that big of an imposition on fellow property owners. The project itself includes a tremendous amount of planting of trees, natural grasses. It’s going to be very nice.”

Update (9/15/20): 4 New Clinton County Residents Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Tuesday, September 15, 2020, Clinton County had 4 new positive tests, 589 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. There are 11 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 7,941 unique tests have been administrated to residents of Clinton County as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 2.5% as of September 8, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 6.9%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 758 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 107,229 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 3,235 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,254,731 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 1,247,293 on Monday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of September 14, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 46
Emergency Visits: 111
ICU Admits: 10
Hospital Deaths: 5

Statewide Recovery: 83,279 (82%)
Statewide Deceased: 3,235 (3%)
Statewide Active: 14,144 (14%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Location:
Clinton County Fairgrounds in the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

Update (9/14/20): 1 New Clinton County Resident Has Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Monday, September 14, 2020, Clinton County had 1 new positive test, 585 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. There are 11 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 7,910 unique tests have been administrated to residents of Clinton County as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 3.2% as of September 7, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 7.0%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 755 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 106,540 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 3,215 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,247,293 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 1,238,984 on Sunday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of September 13, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 46
Emergency Visits: 110
ICU Admits: 10
Hospital Deaths: 5

Statewide Recovery: 82,311 (82%)
Statewide Deceased: 3,215 (3%)
Statewide Active: 14,623 (14%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Location:
Clinton County Fairgrounds in the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

Update (9/13/20): 1 New Clinton County Resident Has Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Sunday, September 13, 2020, Clinton County had 1 new positive test, 584 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. There are 11 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 7,862 unique tests have been administrated to residents of Clinton County as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 4.1% as of September 6, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 6.9%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 1,249 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 105,804 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 3,214 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,238,984 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 1,206,980 on Saturday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of September 12, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 46
Emergency Visits: 110
ICU Admits: 10
Hospital Deaths: 5

Statewide Recovery: 81,405 (82%)
Statewide Deceased: 3,214 (3%)
Statewide Active: 14,908 (14%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Location:
Clinton County Fairgrounds in the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

Update (9/12/20): 4 New Clinton County Residents Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Saturday, September 12, 2020, Clinton County had 2 new positive tests, 583 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. There are 11 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 7,633 unique tests have been administrated to residents of Clinton County as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 4.0% as of September 5, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 6.9%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 1,076 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 104,561 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 3,213 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,206,980 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 1,183,104 on Friday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of September 11, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 46
Emergency Visits: 109
ICU Admits: 10
Hospital Deaths: 5

Statewide Recovery: 81,809 (82%)
Statewide Deceased: 3,213 (3%)
Statewide Active: 14,552 (14%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Location:
Clinton County Fairgrounds in the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

Update (9/11/20): 2 New Clinton County Residents Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Friday, September 11, 2020, Clinton County had 2 new positive tests, 579 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. There are 11 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 7,633 unique tests have been administrated to residents of Clinton County as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 4.2% as of September 2, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 7.0%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 1,282 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 103,505 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 3,196 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,183,104 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 1,164,141 on Thursday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of September 10, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 46
Emergency Visits: 109
ICU Admits: 10
Hospital Deaths: 5

Statewide Recovery: 80,738 (82%)
Statewide Deceased: 3,196 (3%)
Statewide Active: 14,157 (14%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Location:
Clinton County Fairgrounds in the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

County High School Football Action For Week 4

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Frankfort (1-2) hosts the Southmont Mounties (1-1). Both teams lost their opening Sagamore Conference games last week – The Hot Dogs suffered a 50-14 loss at Tri-West, while Southmont lost to North Montgomery 28-6. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Friday, September 11.

Clinton Prairie (0-3) travels to take on the undefeated Tri-Central Trojans (3-0) in a Hoosier Heartland Conference match-up. The Gophers came up short last week against the Traders Point Christian Knights, 21-18. Tri-Central defeated conference foe Sheridan, 21-0. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Friday, September 11.

Clinton Central (1-0) is back on the gridiron on Saturday, September 12, after a two-week hiatus due to COVID-19 protocol. The Bulldogs play host to the undefeated Frontier Falcons (3-0). Last week, Frontier defeated Fountain Central, 32-18. While Clinton Central defeated Frankfort, 20-16, in week 1 action. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m.

Update (9/10/20): No New Clinton County Residents Tested Positive For COVID-19 As Reported By The ISDH

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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced today, Wednesday, September 10, 2020, Clinton County had no new positive tests, 577 residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. There are 11 deaths related to COVID-19 in Clinton County. At least 7,563 unique tests have been administrated to residents of Clinton County as reported by the ISDH.

The rolling 7-day positivity rate of unique individuals for Clinton County is 4.0% as of September 2, 2020. The State of Indiana as a whole is 7.2%.

Additionally, the ISDH announced that 764 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 102,243 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 3,186 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 1,164,141 unique tests have been administrated on Hoosiers and reported to ISDH, up from 1,158,018 on Wednesday.

The Regenstrief Institute released updated hospitalization data as of September 9, 2020, 11:59 p.m. for Clinton County. Data are unique individuals and cumulative.

Total Hospitalizations: 45
Emergency Visits: 109
ICU Admits: 10
Hospital Deaths: 5

Statewide Recovery: 79,859 (82%)
Statewide Deceased: 3,186 (3%)
Statewide Active: 13,890 (14%)

Free COVID-19 Test Center in Clinton County
Children age 3 and older can be tested as well as anyone who needs a test can get tested.

Location:
Clinton County Fairgrounds in the Edward Jones Building
1701 S Jackson St.
Frankfort, IN
8am – 6pm (Monday – Friday)

To schedule a test, use one of the following:
web: https://lhi.care/covidtesting
phone: (888) 634-1116

The COVID-19 testing clinic has tested an additional 4,000+ Clinton County residents since May 13th.

USB Sets Date For Water Rate Increase

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The Frankfort Utility Service Board (USB) took action at its Tuesday, September 8, 2020, meeting to set the effective date of the water rate increase. The water rate increase will be implemented over a three year period and when fully implemented will amount to a 53.6% increase.

Frankfort Municipal Utilities General Manager Todd Corrie addressed the 5-member board.

“I think our plan of right now if you guys are good with it, is to start it October 1st of this year – that way it starts right clean at the month, the 1st of the month,” said Corrie. “It will be the first one, then we will have it in our record for October 1st, 2021, then October 1st, 2022.”

The first increase will be 25%, the second increase is 15%, and the final increase is 13.6%.

According to a document prepared by a consulting firm hired by the USB, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc., the current rate for a city user of 4 units monthly is $10.28 per month. Under the new increase, that user will see the rate go to $12.85 per month in year 1, $14.39 per month in year 2, and $15.79 per month with the final increase.

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