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Workers at Hornady Manufacturing in Grand Island got something interesting in their pay envelope Friday.

According to Jason Hornady, vice president at Hornady Manufacturing, the company handed out $61,000 worth of $2 bills to its employees as part of the company’s annual bonus pay.

Hornady Manufacturing is one of Grand Island’s leading employers with more than 300 people on its payroll.

Hornady said this is the third year the company has given its employees a portion of their annual bonuses in an unusual manner.

“Two years ago, we caught a lot of flack from the city council and some people in the city of Grand Island for how we don’t support the community and we don’t do things around here, which we disagreed with,” Hornady said.

He said those comments about the company not being supportive of the community “kind of hurt our feelings.”

“We give out a pretty substantial bonus to all of our employees every year on or around June 15,” Hornady said.

He said a couple of years ago, his father, Steve Hornady, president of the company, decided to give part of their employees’ bonuses in the form of $1 coins and ask them to spend it in Grand Island.