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Show Friday, July 4, DAILY HERALD 2008 Death penally possible in Man gets one last shot' sex-kidn-ap Dave Gram THE ASSOCIATED A5 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PRESS INDI ANAPOUS BURLINGTON, Vt. One of the fireworks bursting above the city this year will contain a bit of cremated remains a fitting tribute, organizers say, to the man who ran the annual event for 40 years. Fed- eral prosecutors have filed kidnapping charges that carry the death penalty against a Vermont man whose niece was found dead near his home. Meredith Smith died in Authorities accused Michael Jacques, 42, of carefully orchestrating events and GLENN RUSSELL Associated PressBurlington Free to make it appear that Brooke Bennett had gone on June 25 Pastor Tom Harty leads a crowd in prayer at the s tart of to see someone she had met a vigil in Randolph Vt. in memory of Brooke Bennett on online, according to an affidaWednesday. vit accompanying the charges. Citing statements from another underage February at age 74. About a half teaspoon of his ashes will be in a fireworks shell that will create a white burst in the sky for the finale of the show, set -- Press for Thursday night. "I can't think of a better them the opportunity," she said. The release of the ashes shouldn't harm public health, said John Althardt of the Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County. "I think that whatever a family can do to remember their loved one ... is great," he said. The fireworks will be shot over the White River. According to Indiana law, cremated remains may be disposed of on the property of a consenting owner, uninhabited public land or in a waterway. way," said family friend Kevin Moss. He also will be memorialized through hundreds of referring to the tribute as "the last shot." Smith, a school maintenance worker, was a trained pyro technician. His widow, Charlotte, said they started the fireworks shows as a community service and sometimes paid for them themselves. 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