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Grade 6 student and Mayor for a Day Mackenzi Beaver poses with Mayor Melodie Stol

Mayor for a day

Mayor for a day

Grade 6 student and Mayor for a Day Mackenzi Beaver poses with Mayor Melodie Stol at a Blackfalds Town council meeting.

As Mayor for a Day, Beaver participated in the Blackfalds Days parade in the float alongside Stol last weekend.

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