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The Beat: A look at who's running for school board

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 | 8:28 a.m. CDT; updated 9:18 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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BY Sean Powers

COLUMBIA — With just a month to go until the Columbia Public School Board race, Columbia Missourian reporters Ben Magnuson and Taylor Barney talk about each of the candidates and the issues that are shaping this race.

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  Top row, left to right: Marc Bledsoe, Jeannine Craig, Greg Flippin, Dan Holt
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