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In a tranquil village in Arkansas, the friendly neighborhood druggist was opening his shop on a Friday morning. Then a man, masked and armed, came out of nowhere and changed his life.
If you have ever been to Eastern Arkansas, opposite of the Mississippi river, you know how calm and quiet the area is once you get away from the big cities. The town of Dumas, in Desha county, whose population is but 4700, is one of the calmest. If you saw the 2011 film Mud, in which Matthew McConaughey stars in a retelling of the Huck Finn tale, then you have been to Dumas.
You see, the film was shot on location there and many of the local buildings and residents made cameos.
In this hamlet is a pharmacy, Meadors, located on Waterman Street downtown. It’s the kind of place that small towns live around.
Where gruff old timers gather to talk and relive war stories over a cup of coffee. Where everyone passes through at least once a
month. Stand still and you will see the whole town from Meador’s counter, one person at a time. The pharmacist’s name is Bill
Canada and on Friday October 18, 2013, the harsh reality of the world reached out and shook him…
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