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Malta’s Napa Store Moves to New Location The Malta Napa Store conducted business at 202 First Street East in Malta since 1994, but as time always ensures, things change. Lloyd’s Auto Supply began construction of its new facility last fall, and officially opened doors for business on Feb. 4, 2019 at 19 Second Street East, just a few blocks away from its former location. According to President of the company, Lloyd Baeth, the old building was needing some repairs and modifications, and after a great deal of consideration the owners determined it was as cost effective to build a new structure as it was to upgrade the previous one. Baeth says the new building is roughly 3,600 sq. ft. smaller but is “set up better”. The move to the new location took over three weeks and ten people pitching in. “The trickiest part was keeping all the parts in order, so we didn’t lose anything,” Baeth iterates. He describes how he drew a map of all the Continued on page 2...

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Maltat's Napa Store Moves to New Location................................................... 1 Market Facilitation Program - Deadline Feb 14.................................... 8 Malta High School Seeks Business Professionals..........................................11

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Advertising/Subscriptions........................ 8 Bull Sale Calendar................................... 3 Conservative Cow Dr..............................10 Dave Says...............................................6 Joyce Meyer Ministries............................ 9 Laugh Lines............................................. 8 Market Update......................................... 5 Ranching For Profit.................................. 4 Realty Section......................................... 7 Sudoku.................................................... 8 Things To Know....................................... 3

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Continued from page 1... locations of the parts in the former location and installed them at the new store. Now that everything is in place, business is going along well for the folks at Lloyd’s Auto Supply. Lloyd's Auto Supply wishes to thank the following people: Mayor John Demarais for his enthusiastic support throughout the entire process; Kessel Construction & Bill Henry of Chinook and Havre for the professional work and beautiful building; Ed Peigneux and Sons for grading of the site; Malta Ready Mix for their preliminary work; Handley Construction for the exceptional carpentry and finish work; Davis Glassworks for the windows and doors; Spencer Electric for the wiring and lighting; Michelle Komis and Chris Sandvick for their outstanding abilities and making the move a success; Shey Williamson, Lewis Baeth, and Jim Ereaux for their excellent help and ideas; Frank Drabbs, Kori Bridle, Klayton Waters, James Waters, Zach Ulrich, Dave Rummel for helping move all of the products, shelving, supplies, and in assembling and putting it all away at the new location; and, a special thank you to our customers for their patience and understanding during this time.

The new Lloyd’s Auto Supply Building is open for business while it awaits signage.

The building on First Street East faithfully served Malta patrons for many years as Lloyd’s Auto Supply.

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THINGS TO KNOW: March 14-16: Montana Seed Show. Harlem Montana, at Harlem High School. 70th Anniversary! March 23:

2019 Hi-Line Winter Brew Fest. 4-9 pm at the Havre Ice Dome in Havre, MT. Enjoy Montana's handcrafted microbrews and live music!

March 29-30: Great Northern Bulldazzle. At the Bigger Better Barn in Havre. 29th starts at 4 pm and 30th starts at 5pm.

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HAY FOR SALE: Small square Custom Hay Hauling: using bales, grass/alfalfa mix. Good trains. Please call for a quote Montana Hay Company horse hay. Call 383-4343. 2-II today. 406-672-7558 or 670-6551. 2-I FOR SALE: F-250 4 wheel drive extended cab. 117,000 miles. Good shape and new tires. Call 265-7362 for more information or can be seen at the Lotton Construction shop in Havre. 2-II

FOR SALE: 2001 GMC Sierra 2500HD, 2nd Owner, 185k Miles, 6.0 Gas Engine, 4L80E Transmission; shifts perfectly (recently serviced), asking $7,200. Text 399-4022. 2-II

FOR SALE: 700 Ton alfalfa/grass mix hay, netwrapped round bales. Planning an event? Why Call 406-366-0422. 12-?? not give Rad's Deli a call? Help We can accommodate large Looking for Help? Wanted ads are FREE in groups. 406-357-3606. 2-I Tricia’s Trader. Call today! x

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SALE INFORMATION

Mar. 4

CLEAR CREEK ANGUS BULL SALE 1:00pm, Bear Paw Livestock, Lunch at noon Call 395-4962 or visit www.clearcreekangus.com.

Mar. 7

INFINITY ANGUS Glasgow Stockyards, Glasgow MT Darin & Ashley - 406-724-7169

Mar. 27

MASTER ANGUS Bear Paw Livestock, Chinook, MT www.masterangus.com, 357-2265 or 680-7483

Apr. 2

HINMAN ANGUS Hinman Ranch, Malta, MT Dave & Yvonne Hinman

Apr. 3

NISSEN ANGUS ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE Blaine County Fairgrounds, Chinook Jeff & Christie Nissen 357-2643 info@nissenangus.com

BOWLES J5 REDS 1:00pm, Glasgow Stockyards, Apr. 4 Glasgow, MT. For a catalog or more information call us at 357-3125 or Jim 539-3100 or Brady 353-7085 Apr. 11 NORTHERN PREMIER ANGUS SALE Bear Paw Livestock, Chinook www.montanasnorthernpremier.com, Kelly McCracken, 262-2347 Apr. 11

EAYRS ANGUS Glasgow, MT Dorothy - 367-5327 or Monte - 486-5684

Apr. 17

MILK RIVER ANGUS Bear Paw Livestock, Chinook For a catalog, call Clayton Hofeldt 945-0850

Apr. 18

BIG DRY ANGUS Glasgow, MT Brent 557-2777 or Jack 557-6266

Helping You Haul: is our business. See our selection of stock trailers, flatbeds, car haulers, utility trailers, toy haulers, and even the B&W Hitch to hook you up. Brands like Circle D, Travalong, Hillsboro, Look, Haulmark, Diamond C, Boss Plows and more. Triple T Sales in Chinook, 406-357-2166, www.ttt-sales.com. 2-II

FOR SALE: 27' Pines enclosed trailer. Completely refurbished, all new paint inside and out including the floor. All new alum. tread decking on front. Nearly new tiers. Two 7500# Dexter Torque Flex axles. Asking $10,500 obo. Call 390-4662. 2-II

FOR SALE: FOR SALE: 1,000 ton straight Eclipse, $3,000. dryland alfalfa in 3x4x8 square bales. Trucking avail. Call Montana Hay miles. Call 395-4433. Co. 406-672-7558 or 670-6551. 2-I

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Ranching For Profit Blog - Dave Pratt Healthy Land, Happy Families and Profitable Businesses www.ranchingforprofit.com

Two Mornings A Week

Several weeks ago I included a WOTB quiz in a ProfitTips column in which readers could score the extent to which they work ON their businesses. Click here to read that column. The column was picked up by some other publications and wound up generating conversations on several other popular blogs. Most of the people making comments said that they had pretty low scores. One person who said they scored a 10 out of 100, justified it by saying that, like with all courses, “…take what fits and leave the rest.” I wonder which thing on the WOTB test he felt he could leave…setting goals? Economic and financial analysis and planning? Succession planning? Drought planning? The marketing plan? I think a lot of the resistance to doing WOTB comes from our inflated notion of how much time is required to get the work done. Last month I met with a couple that exemplifies this tendency. Land prices in their area have sky rocketed and they were debating the wisdom of selling their place and moving to an area where land prices were relatively cheap. Apparently they’ve been debating this for several years. I suggested a process that would help them identify the outcomes they wanted and help them evaluate each option against those outcomes. They were appreciative of the suggestion but were concerned about the time it would take. They seemed to feel that it would take months to do the evaluation. I think it could probably be done in an hour or two. I wasn’t suggesting that they could find a new property in an hour, but they could evaluate and decide on the strategy that best supported their goals (e.g. stay put on the expensive land, or sell and move somewhere else). We probably inflate the time we think it’ll take to do WOTB because we aren’t clear on what WOTB is or how to do it. WOTB is not bookkeeping or accounting. It doesn’t always need to be done in an office. WOTB is the process of making important decisions. Some book work may be required to provide the data to make those decisions, but number crunching is not WOTB. Using those numbers to make decisions is. We also inflate the time we think it’ll take to do WOTB because of the amount of time we’ve spent worrying about the unresolved issues surrounding our businesses and our lives. It is not uncommon for people to waste weeks, months and even years putting off making important decisions. Perhaps they are afraid of conflicts that might surface if they wade into difficult conversations, or are afraid of making the wrong call. Regardless of the reason, when we spend months or even years worrying about something, it may be hard to believe that the issue could be resolved in an hour or two. I recommend applying the 80/20 rule to WOTB (spending 20% of our time on WOTB v. 80% on WITB). Assuming a five-day week (I realize that most of us put in more time than that), this comes to two mornings a week (about 200 hours/year). Why two mornings instead of one full day? Because most of us are freshest in the mornings. We have times when we are worth $100 per hour and other times when we aren’t worth even $10 per hour. Unfortunately, most of us are in the habit of doing our $100 per hour work (WOTB) in our $10 per hour time and our $10 per hour work (WITB) in our $100/hour time. As long as that’s the case we will never get meaningful results from the little WOTB that we do! Click here to listen to what an RFP alumnus has to say about the value of WOTB. I challenge you to take two mornings for the next 8 weeks to work ON your business. Please let me know how it goes and what you accomplish. If you don’t know how to work ON your business, isn’t it time you attended the Ranching For Profit School to learn?

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Grain markets were generally quiet as they traded mostly sideways, waiting for major crop reports to be released Feb 8. The USDA will release the January crop reports along with the regularly scheduled February reports as they get caught up with data releases following the re-opening of the government. Wheat found support from a steadily rising basis for hard red winter wheat at export facilities, led by sharply higher basis at the gulf, suggesting that cash activity has picked up even though we don’t have the actual reports, yet. The cattle complex was mixed with live cattle holding steady while feeders were slightly lower. Cash fed markets have stalled but are holding most of the late-year gains as feedlots continue to battle muddy conditions in the Midwest, and extreme cold affects conversions across the northern half of the country. Feeder cattle have struggled to get much traction on slow demand from feedlots, but cash auctions have shown good demand for lighter, grazing type of calves. The Dow was higher as the quarterly reporting season shows corporate earning mostly positive. The US dollar rebounded after selling-off following the Fed’s suggestion that they may hold interest rates steady for the near term. Energies were mixed following the weekly Energy Information Administration report showing record US crude oil production continues. THIS IS A SOLICITATION. Reproduction or rebroadcast of any portion of this information is strictly prohibited without written permission. The information reflected herein is derived from sources believed to be reliable; however, this information is not guaranteed as to its accuracy or completeness. Opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. Futures trading involves risk.

FOR SALE: 3 bed, 2 bath home at 515 Minn., Chinook, MT. Very clean, move-in ready, central a/c, storage, add'n w/ util. rm. New master bath, lots of upgrades. Huge 2-car garage, deck, quiet neighborhood near HS. Call 406357-2835 or 262-3910 to see. x

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DAVE SAYS: Who Is Dave Ramsey? Dave Ramsey is a personal money management expert, popular national radio personality and the author of three New York Times bestsellers – The Total Money Makeover, Financial Peace Revisited and More Than Enough. In them, Ramsey exemplifies his life’s work of teaching others how to be financially responsible, so they can acquire enough wealth to take care of loved ones, live prosperously into old age, and give generously to others.

DEAR DAVE, My mom is single, and she co-signed on my student loans for college. Would it affect her credit if I couldn’t or didn’t make the payments? -Terri

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DEAR TERRI, Yes, it would. The truth is, your mom shouldn’t have co-signed for you in the first place. There’s only one reason lenders want a co-signer, and that’s because they’re afraid the person taking out the loan won’t be able to pay back what’s owed. You’ll be trashing your and your mom’s credit if you don’t pay the bills on time. If she co-signed for you, and you don’t do the right thing and pay back the loans, she’ll start getting phone calls looking for the money, too. I don’t think you want to subject your mom to the stress and hassle of collector calls or bad marks on her credit, do you? Believe me, I understand what happened. Your mom loves you, and she wants the best for you. She’s willing to do whatever it takes to help her daughter succeed. What I want you both to understand going forward is that the idea you have to borrow money to attend college—or do anything else, really—is a myth. There are many ways to get a great education, and find excellent career opportunities, without borrowing a dime. Scholarships and grants are everywhere these days. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with working before and during college to help cash-flow an education, or you can begin your studies at a community college where the costs are much less. In addition to four-year schools and community colleges, anyone looking to further their education shouldn’t ignore the possibility of trade or technical schools. At these institutions, you can get valuable training that’s highly marketable. Not to mention completing a trade or technical school program usually takes less time and is cheaper than a bachelor’s degree. My goal here isn’t to fuss at you or beat you up, Terri. It’s just very important you understand what’s at stake—now and in the future. My hope is to give you and your mom some good information that will help each of you make smarter, more informed financial decisions down the road! -Dave * Dave Ramsey is CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored seven best-selling books, including The Total Money Makeover. The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 13 million listeners each week on 585 radio stations and multiple digital platforms. Follow Dave on the web at daveramsey.com and on Twitter at @DaveRamsey.

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C Bar Angus Ross & Bruce Christofferson 406-301-0887 or 406-390-3594 rc516@mtintouch.net

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HAY FOR SALE: All round/square bales available & we haul. Call 670-6551 7558.

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FOR SALE: Continuous fence panels, $95. HD 11ga. gates, clips/ holes, connectors, 2-7/8" steel posts. Call Bull Mtn Fencing, 406-3238688 ext.6, ask for Dan.. 2-I

Don't Go Empty-Handed: Need a last minute gift for a party or event? Stop by the Liquor Haven in Malta! 106 S 1st St E, Malta, or call 654-1638. 2-II FOR SALE: Fancy black heifer pairs for sale. Bred Black Angus bulls, due to start calving March 8th. Delivery before May 1st. For more info, contact Eddy Getten 406-945-0647. 2-I

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SUDOKU! The rules to the Japanese game of Sudoku are straightforward. Simply fill in the blanks so that each row, each column, and each of the nine 3x3 grids contain one instance of each of the numbers 1 through 9. SOLUTION:

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Funny, but untrue story:

Outside England's Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, its parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant... The fees for cars ($1.40), for buses (about $7). Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing a day of work, he just didn't show up; so the zoo management called the city council and asked it to send them another parking agent. The council did some research and replied that the parking lot was the zoo's own responsibility. The zoo advised the council that the attendant was a city employee. The city council responded that the lot attendant had never been on the city payroll. Meanwhile, sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain, or France, or Italy, is a man who'd apparently had a ticket booth installed completely on his own and then had simply begun to show up every day, commencing to collect and keep the parking fees, estimated at about $560 per day -- for 25 years. Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over $7 million dollars... and no one even knows his name.

The next issue publishes Wed., March. 6th, 2019. Ad DEADLINE Wed., Feb. 27th at 9am. Market Facilitation Program – Deadline Feb. 14 The last day to submit your Market Facilitation Program (MFP) application is Feb. 14, 2019. The final day to certify 2018 production is May 1, 2019. Producers of corn, cotton, sorghum, soybeans, wheat, dairy, hogs, fresh sweet cherries and shelled almonds may be eligible to sign up for an MFP payment. MFP is designed to help producers significantly impacted by actions of foreign governments resulting in the loss of traditional exports. Contact your local FSA county office for more details to apply or visit www.farmers.gov/MFP. - USDA Farm Service Agency - 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. - Washington, DC 20250 - 800-439-1420

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Enjoying Everyday Life Joyce Meyer

Take the “Do Not Disturb” Sign Off Your Life Jesus was a master storyteller. Many times when people asked Him questions, He responded with parables to help them understand the point He was trying to make. For example, in Luke 10:25-28, a lawyer, who is described in The Amplified Bible as “an expert in Mosaic Law,” asked Jesus, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” When Jesus asked him what the Law said, the lawyer’s response was, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself ” (v. 27). When Jesus told him he was correct, the man then asked, “Who is my neighbor?” and Jesus responded by telling him the story of The Good Samaritan. In this parable, we read about a man who was going from Jerusalem to Jericho when he encountered robbers who stripped him and beat him, leaving him half dead. After this, a priest came along, but when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. Then a Levite (a very religious man) came by and did the same thing. Verses 33-35 (ESV) say, “But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’” I love how Jesus said the Samaritan “had compassion” for this man, so he stopped his journey to care for him and then take him to a place where he could safely rest and receive the help he needed until he was better. It wasn’t a quick, easy job, either. And this Samaritan was going somewhere, just like the priest and the Levite, but he was willing to be interrupted to take care of someone in need. Make Allowances for Divine Interruptions We all have moments when something comes along that can interrupt our plan, and sometimes they are “divine interruptions” we should take. We shouldn’t be so focused on doing what we want, or planned, to do all the time that we limit God when He wants to use us to help someone else. That’s like walking around with a “Do Not Disturb” sign hanging around our necks. I often hang this sign on my door at hotels when I don’t want to be bothered, and that’s okay. But it’s not okay to have this attitude when God wants to interrupt our plan. If we’re really going to love people the way Jesus loves us—following the example He showed us of how to walk in love—then we can’t have a selfish, selfcentered mindset that says, “Don’t bother me. I don’t want you in my space!” A Day in the Life of Jesus Matthew chapter 8 gives us some insight about Jesus’ life on Earth. Verse 1 says, “When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him” (ESV). Notice that Jesus “came down from the mountain.” He spent time alone with His Father before He went about His day, reaching out to others. If He needed to do this, then we need time alone with God even more! In verse 2, a leper came to Jesus and asked Him to heal him. “And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, ‘I will; be clean.’ And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.” Jesus made Himself available to people in need as He followed God’s plan each day. He was willing to go to people who had needs. When we see people in need but it’s not convenient for us to help them, it’s easy to say, “God bless you! I can’t stop what I’m doing to help you but I’ll pray for you!” And there will be times when distractions and interruptions are not part of God’s plan. But I’ve found that many times, God wants me to allow Him to change the course of my day so He can use me to bless someone else. It could be a small act of kindness that only takes a few minutes or it could be something that totally changes my day. Either way, when I’m following Jesus, I never have regrets! I want to encourage you to pray every day, “God, what can I do for YOU today?” You’ll be amazed at the ways He works in and through your life when you do—even when it interrupts your plan.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more on this topic, order Joyce’s four-CD series Sit, Stand, Walk, Run. You can also contact us to receive our free magazine, Enjoying Everyday Life, by calling (800) 727-9673 or visiting www.joycemeyer.org. Joyce Meyer is a New York Times bestselling author and founder of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc. She has authored more than 100 books, including Battlefield of the Mind and Unshakeable Trust: Find the Joy of Trusting God at All Times, in All Things (Hachette). She hosts the Enjoying Everyday Life radio and TV programs, which air on hundreds of stations worldwide. For more information, visit www.joycemeyer.orgPlease note: The views and opinions expressed throughout this publication and/or website are those of the respective authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Joyce Meyer Ministtries.

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Ramblings of a Conservative Cow Doctor by Krayton Kerns, DVM, former State Rep. HD 58

Dead After 243 Years Few under-forty folks faithfully follow the obituary column because youngsters are blind to their mortality. Afterall, death only afflicts the worn and wrinkled, does it not? The decades pass with little notice until the morning a 50year old spots stray gray hairs sprouting from the crest of their ears. Suddenly, the pale and pasty man in the mirror has crossed life’s hump to enter his sunset years. After this hairy-ear reckoning, mid-lifers begin religiously reading the obituary column to console themselves. If the deceased are decades their senior, logic dictates their deadline must be decades away. When their contemporaries die, over-the-hillers search the cause of death to safely separate themselves from the deceased. If the dead guy was a heavy drinking, Type II diabetic, readers can find solace knowing they are a skinny teetotaler. Such is the function of the obituary column and this brings me to my point. A great American institution has died yet you will not read it in the obituary column because the deceased refuses to accept its demise. The credible, fair and independent mainstream media has passed. After 243 years, it wasn’t old age which placed them in the grave, it was suicide—they sacrificed their credibility on the altar of socialism. Here is how: Marx and Engels published their Communist Manifesto in London in 1848 and European immigrants brought this philosophy of covetousness to America. Marxism was not immediately embraced so concealed itself in college faculty cloakrooms where it incubated for generations. Over the last century, collectivists re-billed this ideology of envy as liberalism and progressivism before latching onto democratic-socialism. Today, leftists openly champion government as the great equalizer for the lazy, the ignorant, the timid and the talentless by promising them the bounty produced by the ambitious, the smart, the bold and the talented. Because journalism is a product of these institutes of higher indoctrination, the mainstream news has become socialist propaganda and here is proof. This past weekend, two completely fabricated news stories were billed as truth. The first lie was President Trump advising counsel Cohen to perjure himself before Congress. In the second, the media launched an all-out character assassination on a polite, smiling, Covington Catholic High School teenager from Kentucky. The once honorable profession of journalism is dead and beside a handful of outliers, you can believe nothing they say, write or broadcast. I may pen a weekly op-ed column, but I am not a journalist, I am a veterinarian. Trust me, I’m a doctor.

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Malta High School Seeks Business Professionals Malta High School staff are looking for businesses or working professionals to aid in the upcoming Career and College Readiness day, set for April 2nd, by volunteering their time during a session to talk with our students about their career, how they go there, what they do, what students can do to get there, and where possible, include a hands on experience for Malta's students. Once such professional volunteers are identified, the organizers will establish a more exact itinerary. According to Kate Webb, the middle and high school counselor for MHS, the more interest the better, and there is some flexibility allowed with these sessions. Any advice or suggestions are welcome, and if anyone would like to help in this endeavor, please reach out by phone or email: School phone: 654-2002 Kate Webb (MS/HS counselor) email: kwebb@maltaschools. org Becky Bruce (FCS) email: bbruce@maltaschools.org The school looks forward to providing a great opportunity for students to get geared towards post-high school plans, and look forward to working with the local community to provide these valuable opportunities for Malta students. ITEMS FOR SALE: 3 hunting stands—two 6x6x30’h, one 8x8x40’h. 1975 Intl. Loadstar semi w/ 40’ hopper bottom. John Deere 830 diesel tractor w/ 10’ Leon hydr. Dozer. 2000 Dodge Caravan Sport. 1995 Toyota 4-Runner, loaded. Call 390-0455. 10-II:4-I

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