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Dawn Melhert of Springfield worked with her father, a master woodworker, to create positive signs during the pandemic.
SPRINGFIELD – At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dawn Melhert began making signs to help herself cope, but mainly to spread encouragement to others. Her master woodworker dad, Jesse Barnhart, furnished wood that had been stacked in the family’s backyard for over 20 years. Over the course of the pandemic, the pair went…
