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Ring those bells

Brenda Ahearn | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 3 months AGO
by Brenda Ahearn
| December 19, 2013 8:00 PM

Craig and Susan Witte of the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce ring bells for the Salvation Army Thursday at Super 1. Evergreen, Bigfork and Lakeside chambers of commerce and the cities of Columbia Falls, Kalispell and Whitefish had a bell-ringing competition Thursday to see which community could raise the most money for the Salvation Army’s red kettle campaign.

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