Officials find gold coin in kettle for third year

CHAMPAIGN – Maj. John Turner uses one word to describe the unknown donor who put a gold coin in a Salvation Army kettle: "generous."

The carefully wrapped coin deposited in a kettle at Urbana's County Market store is, for the third year in a row, a very expensive one, Turner said.

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