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        <DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt>Line 28) At the Fair exhibitors and their parents</DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt>
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        <DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt>Line 30) Desoto-Charlotte County Farm Bureau</DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt>
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