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Published August 24, 2010, 12:00 AM


More than a score of Patriot Guard riders left their motorcycles parked while they stood at attention in front of Blackduck High School awaiting completion of the memorial service for Maj. Michael Freyholtz. The Hines native and three others were killed in a C-17 plane crash in Alaska July 28. The bikers were part of the motorcade from Blackduck to the Hines Cemetery where Freyholtz was interred.
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