Braxtyn Plymell, 6, plays with a juice box and toys at the auction for Cordonnierís Place, a locally-owned restaurant that closed after 35 years of service. ìI wonít miss (the business),î the owner David Cordonnier said. ìBut the people, I will miss the people.î The deer head and the beehives in the background were sold at the auction. (AP Photo/The St. Joseph News-Press, Sait Serkan Gurbuz)
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