Take advantage of library's summer program
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NORMA E. BLAKE
      With the summer recess from school just a few weeks away, many parents are thinking of ways to keep their children's minds and bodies active after those first weeks of euphoric freedom erode to boredom. Let me suggest that before you become frazzled, your local library may offer a solution.
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With Chinese food, it's often lost in translation
Coda
GREG BEAN
      My grandmother on my father's side was born in 1895 and lived most of her life close to the spot where the Golden Spike was driven on the transcontinental railroad. Her town was a true melting pot on account of the fact that it drew laborers from all over the world who worked on the Union Pacific ...
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