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Tool Volunteer Fire Department holds a Back to School Bash Aug. 17. Samuel Dumith (from left) Lt. Randall Newkirk, Mayor Mike Dumont and Chief Rodney McClain distribute school supplies to students for the 2024-25 school year. 

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Grace Posey (from left), Dorothea Miller and Reggie Posey select a backpack filled with school supplies donated by the Tool Volunteer Fire Department Aug. 17.Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Colton Polhans an entering seventh grader in Malakoff shows off his new backpack from the Tool Volunteer Fire Department Back to School Bash Aug. 17.

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Grace Posey (from left), Dorothea Miller and Reggie Posey select a backpack filled with school supplies donated by the Tool Volunteer Fire Department Aug. 17.