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Spring Valley Ranch is a story of a Texas pension fund that invested poorly, spent tens of millions of dollars without turning a shovelful of dirt, and left residents of Ada County to wonder:
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Safety netting surrounded a large live oak on the property, not far from where Stimpson and others tossed their ceremonial shovelfuls of dirt.
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SHOVELFUL Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of shovelful for English Language Learners
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: the amount that a shovel will hold
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