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While most folks were hibernating in their air conditioning to beat the heat, Chance Ward dunks a shot in a game with his brother Anthony Ward at the newly-resurfaced basketball courts on 14th Street off Crill Avenue on Monday afternoon. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
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While most folks were hibernating in their air conditioning to beat the heat, Chance Ward dunks a shot in a game with his brother Anthony Ward at the newly-resurfaced basketball courts on 14th Street off Crill Avenue on Monday afternoon. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News

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  • A crew started ripping up the roadway on S. 9th St. between St. Johns Ave. and Oak St. on Wednesday morning for the continuing construction on State Road 20. The work in that area is expected to last 6-8 weeks barring any weather delays. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • A crew started ripping up the roadway on S. 9th St. between St. Johns Ave. and Oak St. on Wednesday morning for the continuing construction on State Road 20. The work in that area is expected to last 6-8 weeks barring any weather delays. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • A crew started ripping up the roadway on S. 9th St. between St. Johns Ave. and Oak St. on Wednesday morning for the continuing construction on State Road 20. The work in that area is expected to last 6-8 weeks barring any weather delays. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • While most folks were hibernating in their air conditioning to beat the heat, Chance Ward dunks a shot in a game with his brother Anthony Ward at the newly-resurfaced basketball courts on 14th Street off Crill Avenue on Monday afternoon. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • While most folks were hibernating in their air conditioning to beat the heat, Chance Ward pops a shot in a game with his brother Anthony Ward at the newly-resurfaced basketball courts on 14th Street off Crill Avenue on Monday afternoon. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • One of the hatchery's eastern indigo snakes in its home before it is put away until feeding time. The snakes can grow to a length of 8 feet. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News.
  • The snakes live in these trays and burrow into the layers of newspaper. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • Project Leader Ken Blick stands by a refrigerator in the snake room filled with frozen baby mice and quail which will be thawed and fed to the snake. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • The blue eyelids of the eastern indigo snakes close just before they shed them when they're shedding their skin. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • Project Leader Ken Blick holds one of the thirty eastern indigo snakes that are being raised at the Welaka Fish Hatchery. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
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  • Children hop up and down as they compete in the sack race during the Interlachen Independence Day Celebration. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • Nine-year-old Blake McKinney scales the rock-climbing wall at the Independence Day Celebration in Interlachen. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • Three-year-old Finley McCall celebrates with Riley McCall after he teed off at miniature golf at the Interlachen Independence Day Celebration. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
  • Nova Shover, 6, of Interlachen gets her face airbrushed with a patriotic theme at the July 4 celebration in Interlachen Thursday. Fred Broschart, Palatka Daily News
  • Mya Creel, 9, cools off by splashing in the water slide at the Interlachen Independence Day Celebration. The Rotary provided three different water slides for kids of all ages. Fran Ruchalski/Palatka Daily News
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