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The hearty and hardy take plunge for Special Olympics

(MCT) — Wearing a pink tutu, gray leggings, pink T-shirt, Cubs gym shorts and camouflage party hat, Craig Neth wasn't worried about plunging into slushy Lake Michigan on Sunday.

"I'm more scared of the costume than I am the water," said the federal government worker from Oak Lawn. "This is what happens when you have females design your costume."

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