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Deere donation helps start welding program at Arrowhead Ranch

By: Dave Thompson|February 16, 2023
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    • Anthony Campbell gives a welding demonstration Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Arrowhead Ranch during a ceremony to thank John Deere for donating money to buy welding equipment at Arrowhead. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    Anthony Campbell is blunt about his life and some of the bad decisions he has made.

    “I was headed down the wrong path. … If it wasn’t for this place, I would probably be in prison or something else,” the 20-year-old said during a Wednesday, Feb. 15, celebration at Arrowhead Ranch. The facility located near Coal Valley, Illinois. is also known as Arrowhead Youth & Family…

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