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‘It’s absolutely amazing every time’

by CHERYL SCHWEIZER
Staff Writer | June 7, 2024 3:05 AM

EPHRATA — The children chosen as Chief(s) for a Day get to do some pretty cool things. They get a ride in a fire truck or police vehicle, they get a badge, they get a uniform representing their agency in just their size — which in the case of Candace Shearer, chief for the Washington State Patrol, means she got one of those really cool hats. 

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