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Participants gathered at the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex and walked to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park.

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St. Mary’s Academy and St. Martha’s Catholic School rolled out the red carpet for their Kentucky Derby themed father daughter dance.

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