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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - The opening of the New York State Fair would have to wait. For 15-year-old Amanda Jones, there were more important matters to attend to on Thursday. She was among a dozen 4-H members stuffing writing supplies, disposable cameras and others gifts into "hero packs" for children whose parents will soon be deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq with Reserve or National Guard units.
"I feel good about doing this. I know it will make someone else feel good, too," said Jones, a 10th-grader from Dexter, N.Y., not far from the U.S. Army's Fort Drum, home of the busy 10th Mountain Division. While none of her family members are in the military, she said she knew classmates who had a parent deployed to a combat zone.
"Giving up your mom or dad to go fight the war and help protect our country is a pretty big deal," she said.
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