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A good crowd congregated on Sand Island Oct. 11 to observe the fifth anniversary of the 2018 flood. See more photos on Page 3. Martelle Luedecke/ Luedecke Photography -
Joe Woolsey jumps from a pontoon onto Sand Island Oct. 11 to celebrate the Five-Year Flood Memorial. Martelle Luedecke/ Luedecke Photography -
Randy Aslin pours a glass of champagne for Lorean Sindelar while being shuttled to Sand Island Oct. 11 for the Five-Flood Year Memorial. -
Teri Aslin and Carrie Stryker depart from WakePoint and head to Sand Island for the Five-Year Flood Memorial held Oct. 11. -
Photos by Martelle Luedecke/ Luedecke Photography Attendees of the Five Year Flood Memorial on Oct. 11 on Sand Island listen to speeches given by representatives of organizations that were pivotal in the rebuilding of the Kingsland community after disaster struck Oct. 16, 2018.
commemorated the fiveyear anniversary of the October 2018 flood that devastated the Highland Lakes from a site that has become symbolic of how the event impacted the community.
On Oct. 11, dozens of community members and local officials traveled to a sand bar, also known as “Sand Island,” near the base of Scenic Overlook (Lookout Mountain) for the commemoration. The site was created after the…