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Guyana President Visits Spanish Lookout

  

   Several police vehicles along with the Spanish Lookout patrol truck announced the fact that an extremely important event was occurring today.  Sections of Route 20 East were closed to traffic for part of the day. Two helicopters with the President and his entourage arrived to visit grain processing facilities in the Mennonite community of Spanish Lookout.

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