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Celebrating Juneteenth with family, food, fun


Quatrice Williams, left, serves up hot links and chicken that mother Estelle Counts, right, cooked for more than 60 family and friends during the Juneteenth Celebration at Mellis Park in Modesto on Saturday.
Quatrice Williams, left, serves up hot links and chicken that mother Estelle Counts, right, cooked for more than 60 family and friends during the Juneteenth Celebration at Mellis Park in Modesto on Saturday. aalfaro@modbee.com

Families shared food, music and fun Saturday at the Juneteenth Celebration at Mellis Park in Modesto. Estelle Counts cooked hot links and chicken for more than 60 family and friends at the event. The music included Deanna La Tour performing with the Cradle of Sound band.

This story was originally published June 21, 2015 at 4:31 PM with the headline "Celebrating Juneteenth with family, food, fun."

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