VOLUNTEERING FROM ACROSS THE BORDER About a dozen employees of Novartis Animal Health US Inc., of Larchwood, Iowa, spruced up Brandon on Friday. Employee Mike Parker, of Brandon, helped paint the new concession stand/bathroom building at the Brandon Soccer Complex. Employees also picked up garbage at Aspen Park. This is the fifth year Novartis has brought their "People for People" program to Brandon. The company also sent employees to several other area communities, including Larchwood, Alvord, Inwood and Rock Rapids, Iowa, Hills, Minn., the zoo in Sioux Falls, Harrisburg and Brandon.

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