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    PHOTO: ELLA SCOTT-FLEMING
    PHOTO: ELLA SCOTT-FLEMING
    A gussied-up Andy Muir hosts the Miss Balfour Drag Show, a charity event run by the Balfour Young Farmers club, in Balfour Hall on Saturday night.

    The event raised about $8000 to go towards the club and renovations on the hall.

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