Livestock show opens Thursday in Jacksonville

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Steve Mott, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice guard, shudders as inmate Gary Hopkins drives a re-bar into the ground for the swine enclosure at the Will A. Lewis Exposition Center in Jacksonville. The work squad spent approximately 625-man-hours in preparation of the annual livestock show, which opens Thursday. PHOTO: ROBERT GONZALEZ


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