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Hector council postpones smoking ban for city park 

The Hector City Council decided against adopting a smoke-free ordinance for an area of its park at Thursday’s regularly scheduled meeting.

Mayor Martha Owens said several citizens expressed opposition following the council’s May meeting, where representatives from Community Service Inc. made a presentation detailing the benefits of the ordinance.

“We are going to wait a little bit further in time before we adopt it – probably the end of summer,” Owens said. “We’ll wait and give it some more discussion.”

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