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"The weekend before I turned down 16 families that I couldn't do services for," said owner Candy Boyd. 
"It's sad. But that's pretty much how it is now." (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

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