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Letters: Fireflies? Try another insect for minor league team

MCT

Columbia Fireflies just doesn’t roll off my tongue too well, so I would like to propose another possible name before it’s too late: Columbia Fire Ants.

Now that’s something we all deal with, and they’re mean and nasty, and workers. Who wants to get stung by a Fire Ant?

Al Burts

Columbia

This story was originally published October 8, 2015 at 3:08 PM with the headline "Letters: Fireflies? Try another insect for minor league team."

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