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Fred Brooks Garden Club selects July Yards of the Month

The Fred Brooks Garden Club awarded the Red, White, and Blue YOTM to Rev. David and Dawn Smith at 40 Hart Avenue. / Submitted photos

BUCKHANNON — The Fred Brooks Garden Club proudly announces its July Yard of the Month winners, including its special Fourth of July-themed Yard of the Month.

The Fred Brooks Garden Club awarded the Red, White and Blue Yard of the Month to the Rev. David and Dawn Smith at 40 Hart Avenue in Buckhannon (Pictured above).

The July 2023 YOTM winners are as follows:

District 1: Connie and Dean Everett, 34 Arnold Avenue
District 2: Sharon Wright, 9 College Avenue
District 3: Richard and Wilma Bassel,130 Barbour Street
District 4: Bertha and Densel Crouso, 223 Camden
District 5: Mary and Richard Dillon, 11 Gate Street
Business: Lockwood Law Office, 72 E. Main Street

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