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Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year
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FILE - Hundreds of people gather to watch the 3rd Annual Sharpening of the Lake of the Isles Pencil in Minneapolis on June 15, 2024. - photo by Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Residents will gather Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-foot-tall (6-meter-tall) pencil was sculpted out of a mammoth oak tree at the home of John and Amy Higgins.