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COVID-19 forces a local family to find a unique way to celebrate a birthday

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A Lebanon family did not let the threat of COVID-19 prevent a birthday surprise for a 90-year-old woman. Billie Kaffenburger celebrated 90 years last Wednesday watching a parade of family members passing by her home. Her neighbors explained that the parade was a birthday surprise. “They are surprising her with a parade in front of her house seeing as how they can’t come in and celebrate in close contact,” her neighbor Linda York said. “For the duration of the coronavirus epidemic quarantine in Lebanon I’ve been bringing meals to her door, others have pitched in as well. For more on this story see Wednesday's LCR.