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Local clubs adjusting to smoking ban 

Like counterparts in the bar business, fraternal and veterans club managers say the statewide smoking ban that began a year ago has had varied effects on their business.

"We probably went down initially 60 percent and we're probably still off 40 percent from where we were," said American Veterans Post 21 Canteen Manager Pat Enck.

Bingo tickets are the only things keeping the doors open, he said.

But at American Legion Post 3, Canteen Manager Kelley Zehender said, "We're starting to adjust."

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