UPDATE: Paquin residents rally against proposed rec program cuts

Friday, July 11, 2008 | 9:57 p.m. CDT; updated 3:29 p.m. CDT, Friday, August 1, 2008

COLUMBIA — Helen Sherrod pulled her Buddha statue out of the kiln Friday morning. But instead of displaying it on a coffee table or shelf in her house, Sherrod walked with the statue nestled in the crook of her arm, imploring the people she passed to rub the belly for luck.

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