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From left to right: David Boone, Blue Ridge Energy Ashe Board Member; April Blevins, Ashe District Manager; Lauren Church and Mason Armentrout, Scholarship Recipients; Cindy Price, Blue Ridge Energy Ashe Board Member.
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