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Checking up on the ex-mayor
Meet Noel Gibb
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Creative Crossings unlocks secrets of pre-teen years
I remember talking to a friend of mine a decade ago about her pre-teen daughter, and about the difficulty in their relationship. I also remember looking at my toddler daughter, so closely bonded to me, and not saying what was really in my mind at that moment. How did you let your relationship get this way? What happened to you? Why aren't you closer to your daughter? And, of course, the smug thought that came closely on the heels of those internal questions: Wow, I bet this won't ever happen to me.
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She'll try again to reach summit
"Go tell it on the mountain," those old-time-religion gospel lyrics sermonize, and Lyn Robinson is practically on her way. Only she's not about saving souls with preaching - she's about saving lives by climbing Mount Rainier.
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