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Kelsey Landis | Post-Dispatch
FLORISSANT — Melonie Boutte wheels a grocery cart full of beans, strawberries, lettuce and other groceries out of the food pantry off St. Ferdinand Street. The food should help get her and the seven children and grandchildren who live with her through the week.
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