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Saturday, March 2, 2002

LEBANON, Mo. -- While hundreds of anglers cast their lines to open Missouri's trout season Friday, the absence of one avid fisherman -- a state trooper killed in the line of duty -- was emotionally noted with honors from his young sons.

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