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WAITSBURG - It was an unusually full house at last week's City Council meeting, at least through the first item on the agenda: discussion and action on the new public art selection finalists. Members of the Waitsburg Art Commission, community members and artists alike were on hand to offer input on the final Council approval of the two bronze sculptures -- to reside on Main Street -- selected by the Commission earlier this month.

On August 13 artists Jeffrey Hill and Squire Broel presented their visions for "The Founding Fathers," a piece depicting Waitsburg founders Sylvester Wait, William...