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Tulare County’s Lake Success spillway expansion completed, celebrated

A ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday marked the completion of a massive construction project expanding water storage at Lake Success and paid tribute to the legacy of longtime Tule River Watermaster Richard L. Schafer.  The event gave more than 60 people who braved a blazing sun and whipping winds a birds’ eye view of the expanded dam. […]

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