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The Timber Rattler Run Only a Percentage of Participants Attempt It, and Even Fewer Finish 14 Contracting Kitchen Services | 34 Upgrading Your Website JULY/AUGUST 2018 THE TIMBER RAttLER RUN ONLY A PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPANTS ATTEMPT IT, AND EVEN FEWER FINISH CampBusiness.com Connection Reimagined - Forty-seven. 47. That’s the number of times the average person checks their phone in one day. Fostering true connections means stepping away and creating time to engage, renew and truly interact. It means face-to-face connections. It means Burke’s Konnection™ Swing. Step away #3 and take time to be moved by the power of connectedness. It’s Play That Moves You. CE VI ER S bciburke.com ER D A RE PATENT PENDING | Trademark(s) are the property of BCI Burke Company. © BCI Burke Company 2018. All Rights Reserved. 800-356-2070 OutdOOr wOrkOut equipment that peOple actually want tO use. 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