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U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Lindberg, center, a member of the North Dakota National Guard's 817th Engineer Company, tosses a sandbag from one soldier to another in Valley City, N.D., April 8, 2009. The soldiers are positioning the sandbags to create a temporary levee along the rising flood water of the Sheyenne River.

SHEYENNE SANDBAGS

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Lindberg, center, a member of the North Dakota National Guard's 817th Engineer Company, tosses a sandbag from one soldier to another in Valley City, N.D., April 8, 2009. The soldiers are positioning the sandbags to create a temporary levee along the rising flood water of the Sheyenne River.

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