We might be jumping the gun a little, but you need to know that Smokey Bear turns 75 this year. His birthday is usually celebrated on August 9, but there will be additional festivities this year — because 75 is evenly divisible by 25 and is three-quarters of the way toward 100.
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He’s just like the rest of the volunteer firefighters around western South Dakota: 75 and still fighting fires.