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In a July 21, 2017 photo, Spring Lake Village President Joyce Verplank Hatton discusses the possibility of disincorporating the Village of Spring Lake inside her village condo in Spring Lake, Mich. An advocate for smaller local government, Hatton wants to disband the village through disincorporation. A "yes" vote on Aug. 8 would not put the official process of disincorporation into motion, but rather amend the charter to allow the village to create a mechanism to do so. Should the August proposal be accepted by voters, a second vote to begin the legal process of disincorporation would be required on the Nov. 8 ballot in both the village and township. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

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Dan Fogelman participates in the "This Is Us" panel during the NBC Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton hotel on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

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Sterling K. Brown speaks at the "This Is Us" panel during the NBC Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton hotel on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

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Milo Ventimiglia participates in the 'This Is Us' panel during the NBC Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton hotel on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

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The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is shown in this undated file photo. (Photographs courtesy of the National Museum of Natural History) **FILE**

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This July 31, 2017 photo shows a beachgoer sitting atop a newly built sand dune in Margate N.J,, days after heavy rains created large ponds of standing water on the beach. On Thursday Aug. 3, 2017, a judge ordered the immediate shutdown of the sand dune construction project that caused the water to collect on the beach, and gave the federal, state and local governments a week to come up with an engineering solution. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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This July 31, 2017 photo shows floodwaters on the beach up against an oceanfront house in Margate N.J. days after heavy rains created large ponds of standing water on the beach. On Thursday Aug. 3, 2017, a judge ordered the immediate shutdown of the sand dune construction project that caused the water to collect on the beach, and gave the federal, state and local governments a week to come up with an engineering solution. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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This July 31, 2017 photo shows beachgoers crossing over large ponds of water on the beach in Margate N.J., days after heavy rains created large ponds of standing water on the beach. On Thursday Aug. 3, 2017, a judge ordered the immediate shutdown of the sand dune construction project that caused the water to collect on the beach, and gave the federal, state and local governments a week to come up with an engineering solution. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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Highway 12 on Hatteras Island, N.C., is quiet on the morning of Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, as tourists have been evacuated from Hatteras and neighboring Ocracoke Island in North Carolina. The outage caused by a construction accident forced an estimated 50,000 visitors to leave Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, and others never made it to the popular vacation spots because of evacuation orders that are still in place. (Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2015, file photo, visitors view the Statue of Liberty during a ferry ride to Liberty Island in New York. Senior White House aide Stephen Miller told reporters Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, that the poem written by Emma Lazarus about the "huddled masses" is not part of the original Statue of Liberty. Miller says the Statue of Liberty is a "symbol of American liberty lighting the world" and suggested the statue had little to do with immigrants. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT.- Lola Smith was finally able to move back into her apartment at First Baptist homes in Lumberton, N.C, after spending months living in a hotel. (Andrew Craft /The Fayetteville Observer via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT.-Lola Smith was finally able to move back into her apartment at First Baptist homes in Lumberton, N.C, after spending months living in a hotel. (Andrew Craft /The Fayetteville Observer via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT.-Harold Showalter has worked in this 23-terrace garden behind his home in Etowah, N.C., for the last 19 years. He spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. - A view of Harold Showalter's garden from the back porch. He spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. - Flowers in Harold Showalter's garden in Etowah, N.C. He spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)

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One of several staircases Harold Showalter has constructed in his garden in Etowah, N.C. Harold spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home in Etowah, N.C. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. - Harold Showalter with the crank-operated storage container he constructed from an old planter bed. Showalter spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home in Etowah, N.C. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. - Harold Showalter, 81, and his wife Linda are the people featured in the photos, in the half-acre backyard garden he's worked on for the last 19 years that has 23 terraces, all built by Showalter. He spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home in Etowah, N.C. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. Harold and Linda Showalter in their garden. Showalter spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home in Etowah, N.C. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)

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In this Thursday, July 13, 2017 photo, Guy Hansen controls his balance as he rides his mountain unicycle along Mount Timpanogos Trail in American Fork Canyon near Provo, Utah. (Isaac Hale/The Daily Herald via AP)