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Fireworks Sales Fizzle in Manatee County, Fla., in Contrast to National Trend.

By Rochelle Jones, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 4--BRADENTON, Fla. -- Sales of fireworks weren't booming at the tent on Cortez Road on Thursday afternoon but the Rev. Andrew Gritt hadn't lost hope or faith.

"I'm praying for good sales," said Gritt, the children's pastor at The Tabernacle, an interdenominational church in Sarasota. "People always procrastinate and then there's a rush in the end."

For the past five years, the church has sold fireworks at stands in Manatee County to raise money for its you

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