| 116th Year, 45th Issue | Thursday, June 16, 2005 | Sparta, North Carolina |
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At right, Librarian Debbie Brewer (far left in red) gets help from local residents holding “Penelope the python” during a presentation by Ron Cromer of Snakes Alive Inc. at the Emerson Black Exhibition Building on Tuesday. Cromer said the snake is 32 years old and 15 feet long and weighs in at more than 200 pounds.
In the photo at left,
Cromer holds two western hog nose snakes that he later let some of the
people in the audience hold.
Photos by Coby LaRue
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