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Patrons share how high price of fuel is affecting their lives
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Marquette resident Kim Archer fills up her tank at the Aurora Mall. Prices at gas stations have caused her and some other residents to delay visiting family or taking vacations.
Gas prices climbed at the same rate as the temperature this summer all over the country. According to Nebraska Energy Statistics, what was around $3 a gallon this time last year in the Grand Island area has jumped over a dollar, to about $4.80 a gallon this July.
With this national story hitting everyone in the pocketbooks, the News-Register talked to four people at the local pumps at Casey…
