Rapid City resident objects to water park statue

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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City woman is trying to stop a company from erecting a towering replica of the Statue of Liberty at a water park complex it is building.

Lesa Walter, who lives about half a mile from the site of the proposed 26-foot-tall statue on a 19-foot-high base, said the statue that would be lit up at night would be an eyesore.

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