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❚ ✁ ✂✄☎✆✁✝ ✞✝✁✁✟ ✠✄✝✁ ✐✡✝☛✄☛☞ ✄☛ ✌ ✝✁✍✎✏✁ ✌✝✁✌ ✎✑ ✂✄☎✆✁✝
✠✌☎☎❛ ✂✏✌✏✁ ✒✌✝✟ ✄❛☛✓✏ ✌ ✔✌✝✏✄✕✡☎✌✝☎✖ ✐✄☞ ✗✝✁ ✘ ✁❛✏✄✍✌✏✁❛
✌✆✁ ✔☎✌✕✁✈ ✄✏ ✌✏ ✌✐✎✡✏ ✙✚ ✌✕✝✁❛✳
❇✡✏ ✁✆✁☛ ✏ ✎✡☞ ✏ ✁ ✗✝✁ ✄❛ ☎✎✕✌✏✁✈ ✄☛ ✌ ❛✔✎✏ ✄☛ ✛✌✝✄✎☛
✞✎✡☛✏✖ ✏ ✌✏✓❛ ✌ ✕✎✡✔☎✁ ✎✑ ✎✡✝❛ ✑✝✎✍ s✄☛☛ ✞✎✡☛✏✖✱ ✏ ✄❛ ✗✝✁
✘ ✄☛ ✌ ✔☎✌✕✁ ✏ ✌✏ ✄❛ ➋✁☎☎✜☎✎✆✁✈ ✐✖ ✍✄✈✜✆✌☎☎✁✖ ✝✁❛✄✈✁☛✏❛ ✘
❛✏✄☎☎ ✑✁✁☎❛ ✏✎✎ ✕☎✎❛✁ ✏✎ ✎✍✁✳
s✌❛✏ ➋✁✁✟✱ ✌❛ ✄✑ ✏✎ ✈✝✄✆✁ ✏ ✁ ✔✎✄☛✏ ✎✍✁✱ ✏ ✁ ✂✡✐❛✏✌✏✄✎☛
✠✄✝✁ ✁✝✡✔✏✁✈ ❛✎✡✏ ✁✌❛✏ ✎✑ ❚ ✁ ✢✌☎☎✁❛✱ ✌☛✈ ✘ ✄☛ ✌ ✍✌✏✏✁✝ ✎✑
✎✡✝❛ ✘ ☞✝✁➋ ✏✎ ❤✣✱✣✣✣ ✌✕✝✁❛✱ ✟✄☎☎✄☛☞ ✎☛✁ ✔✁✝❛✎☛✱ ✈✁❛✏✝✎✖✜
✄☛☞ ✌ ☛✡✍✐✁✝ ✎✑ ✐✡✄☎✈✄☛☞❛ ✤✄☛✕☎✡✈✄☛☞ ✏ ✁ ✄❛✏✎✝✄✕ ✞ ✌✝☎✁❛
❊✳ ✥✁☎❛✎☛ ✑✌✝✍ ✎✡❛✁✦ ✌☛✈ ✑✎✝✕✄☛☞ ✝✁❛✄✈✁☛✏❛ ✏✎ ✁✆✌✕✡✌✏✁✳
■✏✓❛ ☛✎➋ ✐✡✝☛❛ ✕☎✎❛✁ ✏✎ ❧✣✱✣✣✣ ✌✕✝✁❛✳
✂✎✱ ➋✁☎✕✎✍✁ ✏✎ ✏ ✁ ✙✣✧❧ ✗✝✁ ❛✁✌❛✎☛✳
s✄☛☛ ✞✎✡☛✏✖ ✌❛ ✐✁✁☛ ✝✁✌❛✎☛✌✐☎✖ ✑✎✝✏✡☛✌✏✁ ✎✆✁✝ ✏ ✁
☎✌❛✏ ✑✁➋ ✗✝✁ ❛✁✌❛✎☛❛✳❆☎✏ ✎✡☞ ✗✝✁❛ ✌✆✁ ✝✌☞✁✈ ✄☛ ✏ ✁
✕✎✡☛✏✖✓❛ ✁✌❛✏✁✝☛ ✔✎✝✏✄✎☛✱ ✌☛✈ ✁✆✁☛ ✏ ✎✡☞ ✏ ✁ ✍✄✈✜✆✌☎☎✁✖
✌❛ ✗☎☎✁✈ ➋✄✏ ❛✍✎✟✁ ✑✝✎✍ ✗✝✁❛ ✁☎❛✁➋ ✁✝✁✱ ✍✎❛✏ ✎✑ ✏ ✁
✕✎✡☛✏✖ ✌❛ ✐✁✁☛ ☞✁☛✁✝✌☎☎✖ ❛✔✌✝✁✈ ✑✝✎✍ ✏ ✁ ☎✌✝☞✁✱ ✈✁❛✏✝✡✕✜
✏✄✆✁ ✗✝✁❛ ✏ ✌✏ ✌✆✁ ✝✌✆✌☞✁✈ ✎✏ ✁✝ ✔✌✝✏❛ ✎✑ ✏ ✁ ❛✏✌✏✁✳
■☛ ✔✌✝✏✱ ✏ ✄❛ ✄❛ ✏ ✌☛✟❛ ✏✎ ✌✝✈➋✎✝✟✄☛☞ ✌☛✈ ❛✟✄☎☎✁✈
✗✝✁✗☞ ✏✁✝❛ ➋ ✎ ✈✎ ✁✆✁✝✖✏ ✄☛☞ ✔✎❛❛✄✐☎✁ ✏✎ ❛✏✎✔ ❛✍✌☎☎ ✗✝✁❛
✐✁✑✎✝✁ ✏ ✁✖ ✕✌☛ ☞✝✎➋ ✐✄☞☞✁✝✳
❇✡✏✱ ☎✁✏✓❛ ✐✁ ✎☛✁❛✏ ✘ ✔✌✝✏ ✎✑ ✏ ✄❛ ✄❛ ☎✡✕✟✳❆☛✈✱ ❛✎✎☛✁✝ ✎✝
☎✌✏✁✝✱ ✎✡✝ ☎✡✕✟ ✄❛ ☎✄✟✁☎✖ ✏✎ ✝✡☛ ✎✡✏✳
❚ ✁ ✂✄☎✆✁✝ ✞✝✁✁✟ ✠✄✝✁ ✄❛ ✌☛ ✁★✕✁☎☎✁☛✏ ✁★✌✍✔☎✁ ✎✑ ✏ ✁ ❛✎✝✏
✎✑ ✐☎✌♦✁ ✏ ✌✏ ✍✄☞ ✏ ❛✏✝✄✟✁ ✄☛ ❛✎✍✁ ✔✎✝✏✄✎☛❛ ✎✑ s✄☛☛ ✞✎✡☛✏✖✳
❚ ✁ ✗✝✁ ❛✏✌✝✏✁✈ ✄☛ ✏ ✁ ✩✎➋✌✝✈ ✞✝✁✁✟ ✈✝✌✄☛✌☞✁✱✌ ✝✁✍✎✏✁✱
❛✏✁✁✔✱ ✏✄✍✐✁✝✁✈ ✌✝✁✌ ✍✎✝✁ ✏ ✌☛ ✌ ✍✄☎✁ ✑✝✎✍ ✏ ✁ ✔✌✝✟✓❛
✐✎✡☛✈✌✝✖✳❊✌✝☎✖ ✁❛✏✄✍✌✏✁❛ ✎✑ ✏ ✁ ✗✝✁✓❛ ❛✄♦✁ ➋✁✝✁ ✌✍✔✁✝✁✈
✐✁✕✌✡❛✁ ✎✑ ✈✁☛❛✁ ✕✌☛✎✔✖✱ ✁★✏✁☛❛✄✆✁ ✡☛✈✁✝❛✏✎✝✖ ✌☛✈ ☎✄✍✄✏✁✈
✆✄❛✄✐✄☎✄✏✖ ✈✡✁ ✏✎ ❛✍✎✟✁✪✄✍✔✝✎✆✁✈ ✍✌✔✔✄☛☞ ✎✆✁✝ ✏ ✁ ➋✁✁✟✁☛✈
✌☎☎✎➋✁✈ ✗✝✁ ✍✌☛✌☞✁✝❛ ✏✎ ✍✎✝✁ ✌✕✕✡✝✌✏✁☎✖ ☞✌✡☞✁ ✄✏❛ ❛✄♦✁✳
❚ ✁ ✌✝✁✌ ➋ ✁✝✁ ✏ ✁ ✗✝✁ ✄❛ ✐✡✝☛✄☛☞ ✄❛ ✔✌✝✏✄✕✡☎✌✝☎✖ ✕ ✌☎✜
☎✁☛☞✄☛☞ ✑✎✝ ✗✝✁✗☞ ✏✁✝❛✱ ✈✡✁ ✏✎ ✄✏❛ ✝✁✍✎✏✁ ☎✎✕✌✏✄✎☛ ✌☛✈
❛✏✁✁✔ ❛☎✎✔✁❛✳ ❚ ✁ ✑✌✕✏ ✏ ✌✏ ✏ ✁ ✗✝✁ ✄❛ ✐✡✝☛✄☛☞ ✄☛ ✌ ✍✌✏✡✝✁
✑✎✝✁❛✏ ➋✄✏ ✏ ✄✕✟ ✡☛✈✁✝☞✝✎➋✏ ✌✈✈❛ ✏✎ ✏ ✁ ✕ ✌☎☎✁☛☞✁❛✱ ✌☛✈
✏✎ ✏ ✁ ✔✎✏✁☛✏✄✌☎ ✌♦✌✝✈❛t ✠✌☎☎✄☛☞ ❛☛✌☞❛ ✌✆✁ ✐✁✁☛ ✟☛✎➋☛
✏✎ ❛✁✆✁✝✁☎✖ ✄☛✫✡✝✁ ✎✝ ✟✄☎☎ ✗✝✁✗☞ ✏✁✝❛✳
❚ ✁ ✗✝✁ ✌❛ ☛✎✏ ✌✈ ✌ ✐✄☞ ✄✍✔✌✕✏ ✎☛ ✌✕✏✄✆✄✏✄✁❛ ✌✏ ✂✄☎✆✁✝
✠✌☎☎❛ ✂✏✌✏✁ ✒✌✝✟✳ ✤■✑ ✖✎✡✓✝✁ ✔☎✌☛☛✄☛☞ ✌ ✏✝✄✔ ✏✎ ✏ ✁ ✔✌✝✟✱
✏ ✎✡☞ ✱ ✝✁✍✁✍✐✁✝ ✏✎ ✕ ✁✕✟ ✑✝✁❦✡✁☛✏☎✖ ✑✎✝ ✡✔✈✌✏✁❛✱ ❛✄☛✕✁
✕✎☛✈✄✏✄✎☛❛ ✕✌☛ ✕ ✌☛☞✁ ❦✡✄✕✟☎✖✳✦
❚ ✁ ❛✏✎✝✖ ✄❛ ✈✄✑✑✁✝✁☛✏ ✎☛ ✏ ✁ ✂✡✐❛✏✌✏✄✎☛ ✠✄✝✁✱ ➋ ✄✕ ✏✝✄☞✜
☞✁✝✁✈ ✁✆✌✕✡✌✏✄✎☛ ✎✑ ✏ ✁ ✏✎➋☛❛ ✎✑ ✛✎✝✎ ✌☛✈ ❣✝✌❛❛ ❱✌☎☎✁✖✱
✌☛✈ ✏ ✁ ✕☎✎❛✡✝✁ ✎✑ ✬✳✂✳ ✩✄☞ ➋✌✖ ②✚ ✑✝✎✍ ❇✄☞☞❛ ✭✡☛✕✏✄✎☛
✏✎ ☛✁✌✝ ✏ ✁ ✄☞ ➋✌✖✓❛ ✫✡☛✕✏✄✎☛ ➋✄✏ ✬✳✂✳ ✧②✚✳❚ ✁ ✔✁✝❛✎☛
✟✄☎☎✁✈ ➋✌❛ ✝✁✔✎✝✏✁✈☎✖ ✑✎✡☛✈ ✄☛ ✌ ✐✡✝☛✁✈ ✏✝✌✕✏✎✝ ✌☛✈
✌✔✔✌✝✁☛✏☎✖ ➋✌❛ ✏✝✖✄☛☞ ✏✎ ✐✡✄☎✈ ✌ ✗✝✁ ☎✄☛✁ ✏✎ ✔✝✎✏✁✕✏ ✌
☛✁✌✝✐✖ ✎✍✁✳ ❚ ✁ ✗✝✁ ✌☎❛✎ ✔✝✎✍✔✏✁✈ ❣✎✆✳ ✮✌✏✁ ❇✝✎➋☛
✏✎ ✈✁✕☎✌✝✁ ✌ ❛✏✌✏✁➋✄✈✁ ➋✄☎✈✗✝✁ ✁✍✁✝☞✁☛✕✖✳
❚ ✁ ✕✌✡❛✁ ✎✑ ✏ ✁ ✂✡✐❛✏✌✏✄✎☛ ✠✄✝✁ ✄❛ ☛✎✏ ✖✁✏ ✟☛✎➋☛✳
❖✑✗✕✄✌☎❛ ✎☛ ✏ ✁ ✂✄☎✆✁✝ ✞✝✁✁✟ ✠✄✝✁ ✗☛✌☎☎✖ ✈✁✏✁✝✍✄☛✁✈ ✏ ✌✏
✌ ☎✄☞ ✏☛✄☛☞ ❛✏✝✄✟✁ ✘ ✍✎❛✏ ☎✄✟✁☎✖ ✑✝✎✍ ✌ ❛✏✎✝✍ ✏ ✌✏ ✔✌❛❛✁✈
✎✆✁✝ ✏ ✁ ✌✝✁✌ ☛✁✌✝☎✖ ✌ ✍✎☛✏ ✌☞✎ ✘ ✄☞☛✄✏✁✈ ✏ ✌✏ ✐☎✌♦✁✳
❆☎✏ ✎✡☞ ☎✄☞ ✏☛✄☛☞ ✕✌☛ ✐✁ ✌ ✗✁✝✕✁ ✁☛✁✍✖ ✎✑ ✗✝✁✗☞ ✏✜
✁✝❛ ✤✌☛✈ ✌ ☎✄☞ ✏☛✄☛☞ ❛✏✝✄✟✁ ✕✌☛ ❛✍✎☎✈✁✝ ✑✎✝ ➋✁✁✟❛ ✐✁✑✎✝✁
✐✡✝❛✏✄☛☞ ✄☛✏✎ ❜✌✍✁❛✦✱ ✏ ✁ ✑✌✕✏ ✄❛ ✏ ✌✏ ✍✎❛✏ ➋✄☎✈✗✝✁❛ ✌✝✁
✕✌✡❛✁✈ ✐✖ ✡✍✌☛❛✳ ✢✌✏✌ ✑✝✎✍ ✏ ✁ ❖✝✁☞✎☛ ✢✁✔✌✝✏✍✁☛✏ ✎✑
✠✎✝✁❛✏✝✖ ❛✡☞☞✁❛✏ ✏ ✌✏ ✍✎✝✁ ✏ ✌☛ ✚❤ ✔✁✝✕✁☛✏ ✎✑ ➋✄☎✈✗✝✁❛
✌✝✁ ✡✍✌☛✜✕✌✡❛✁✈✳
❇☎✌♦✁❛ ✌✕✝✎❛❛ ❖✝✁☞✎☛ ✌☛✈ ✏ ✁ ❲✁❛✏ ➋✄☎☎ ☎✄✟✁☎✖ ✟✁✁✔ ✗✝✁✜
✗☞ ✏✁✝❛ ✐✡❛✖ ✎✆✁✝ ✏ ✁ ☛✁★✏ ✁✄☞ ✏ ➋✁✁✟❛ ✎✝ ❛✎✳ ❚ ✁✝✁ ❛✁✁✍❛
☎✄✏✏☎✁ ✕ ✌☛✕✁ ✏ ✌✏ ✏ ✁ ➋✁✌✏ ✁✝ ➋✄☎☎ ✎✑✑✁✝ ✍✡✕ ✎✑ ✌ ✐✝✁✌✟✳
❘✁❛✏✝✄✕✏✄✎☛❛ ✌☎✝✁✌✈✖ ✌✝✁ ✄☛ ✔☎✌✕✁ ✑✎✝ ❛✏✌✏✁ ✌☛✈ ✑✁✈✁✝✌☎
✑✎✝✁❛✏ ☎✌☛✈❛✪ ✐✁ ✕✁✝✏✌✄☛ ✖✎✡ ✟☛✎➋ ➋ ✄✕ ✝✁❛✏✝✄✕✏✄✎☛❛ ✌✝✁ ✄☛
✁✑✑✁✕✏ ➋ ✁☛✁✆✁✝ ✖✎✡ ☞✎ ✎✡✏ ✄☛✏✎ ✏ ✁ ➋✎✎✈❛✳
✮✁✁✔ ✏ ✄❛ ✄☛ ✍✄☛✈ ✌❛ ➋✁☎☎t ✞✌✝✁☎✁❛❛ ✌✕✏✄✎☛❛ ✐✖ ✡✍✌☛❛
✕✌☛ ✕✌✡❛✁ ✗✝✁❛✳ ■✏✓❛ ✌✔✔✁☛✁✈ ☛✁✌✝☎✖ ✏➋✄✕✁ ✌ ✈✌✖ ✄☛ ❖✝✁☞✎☛
❛✄☛✕✁ ✏ ✁ ❛✏✌✝✏ ✎✑ ✏ ✄❛ ✖✁✌✝✳ ❚ ✎❛✁ ✗✝✁❛ ✁☛✈✌☛☞✁✝ ❛✏✝✡✕✜
✏✡✝✁❛ ✌☛✈ ✔✡✏❛ ☎✄✆✁❛ ✌✏ ✝✄❛✟✳ ✢✎☛✓✏ ✌✈✈ ✏✎ ✏ ✌✏ ✝✄❛✟✳
Cruson: Happy to
see the Hammonds
pardoned
✥✪❃✧ ✭✽✩ ■ ✭❃ ✾✤ ✦✭✮✮❈ ✥✤
✥✦✧ ✥✫✭✪✼✧✫✶ ■ ✦✭✩ ✥✤ ✼✧✭❀✧
✾✧✧ ✥✦✪✾ ✫✪✩✪✯❁✼✤❁✾ ✩✧✯✪✾✪✤✽
✥✤✰✽◆ ✭✽✩ ❢✴♥✯✧✫ ❘✤✺✧✫✾
✤❀✧✫✫❁✼✧✩ ✭✽✩ ✥✦✧
✭✾✱✧✩ ❃✧ ✥✤ ✺✧✥ ✪✽ ✥✤❁✯✦
❍✭❃❃✤✽✩✾ ✮✭✫✩✤✽✧✩✶
✰✪✥✦ ✦✪❃ ✤✽ ❃❈ ✫✧✥❁✫✽ ✾✤
✣✤ ✥✦✧ ★✩✪✥✤✫✬
✰✧ ✯✤❁✼✩ ✩✪✾✯❁✾✾ ✥✦✧ ✪✽✯✪✿
■ ✭✮✮✫✧✯✪✭✥✧ ✥✦✧ ✰✤✫✱ ✤✴
❯❱❳❨❩❬ ❯❨❭❪❫❴
❘✧✮✶ ✹✫✧✺ ✻✭✼✩✧✽ ✮✧✫✾✧✿
❀✧✫✪✽✺ ❁✽✥✪✼ ❂❁✾✥✪✯✧ ✰✭✾
✭✯✯✤❃✮✼✪✾✦✧✩ ✪✽ ✥✦✧ ✯✭✾✧
✤✴ ❄✰✪✺✦✥ ✭✽✩ ❅✥✧❀✧✽
❍✭❃❃✤✽✩✶ ■ ✭❃ ✺✫✭✥✧✴❁✼
❵❴❜❝❨❞❫
McClellan: La Grande
cops are there when
you need them
✥✤ ❇✫✧✾✪✩✧✽✥ ✣✫❁❃✮ ✴✤✫
✣✤ ✥✦✧ ★✩✪✥✤✫✬
✾✧✧✪✽✺ ✦✪✾ ✰✭❈ ✯✼✧✭✫ ✥✤ ✫✪✺✦✥
❍✤✰ ❃✭✽❈ ✥✪❃✧✾ ✦✭❀✧
A division of
❢✴♥✯✧✫ ❘✤✺✧✫✾ ✾✭✪✩ ✦✧
✦✭✩ ✭ ✴✧✰ ✪✩✧✭✾ ✤✴ ✰✦✤ ❃✭❈
❊✧ ✪✽❀✤✼❀✧✩ ✪✽ ✥✦✧ ✥✦✧✴✥ ✭✾
✰✦✧✽ ❈✤❁ ✽✧✧✩ ✤✽✧✐➈ ✉❈
✭✽✾✰✧✫ ✪✾✬ ➇❘✪✺✦✥ ✦✧✫✧ ✪✽
✤✥✦✧✫ ✯✫✪❃✧✾ ✦✭✩ ❊✧✧✽ ✯✤❃✿
❊✭✯✱ ✥✤✺✧✥✦✧✫ ✭✽✩ ✤✽✯✧
✥✦✧ ❥✪✥❈ ✤✴ ❦✭ ✹✫✭✽✩✧✶➈
❃✪✥✥✧✩ ✪✽ ❃❈ ✽✧✪✺✦❊✤✫✦✤✤✩✶
✭✺✭✪✽ ✧✽❂✤❈ ✥✦✧ ❁✽✪❑❁✧ ✼✪✴✧
❧ ✯✤❁✮✼✧ ✤✴ ✰✧✧✱✾ ✭✺✤◆ ■
❍✧ ✰✤❁✼✩ ✴✤✼✼✤✰ ❁✮ ✤✽ ❃❈
✤✴ ✥✦✧ ✦✪✺✦ ✩✧✾✧✫✥✶ ■ ✥✫❁✾✥
✦✭✩ ✭ ❁✥✪✼✪✥❈ ✥✫✭✪✼✧✫ ✾✥✤✼✧✽
✥✦✧✪✫ ✧▲✮✧✫✪✧✽✯✧ ✰✪✼✼ ✽✤✥ ❊✧
✴✫✤❃ ❃❈ ✮✫✤✮✧✫✥❈ ✰✦✪✼✧ ■
✪✽ ❀✭✪✽ ✭✽✩ ✭✼✼ ✪✽❀✤✼❀✧✩ ✰✪✼✼
✰✭✾ ✺✤✽✧ ✴✤✫ ✭ ✴✧✰ ✩✭❈✾✶
✥✦✭✥ ✭✴✥✧✫✽✤✤✽ ❢✴♥✯✧✫ ❘✤✺✿
✯✭✾✧ ✭✽✩ ✱✧✧✮ ❃✧ ✪✽✴✤✫❃✧✩✶
✉❁✯✦ ✥✤ ❃❈ ✾❁✫✮✫✪✾✧◆
❒❒ ②✟ ø❒ ❖ ❒ ✔②
➮ ❒
ÑÒÓ ❡☎ ÚÓ ãÓ
ôÓâòØóÓÚ âÓÖÖÓ Ú ÖØ
ÖÒÓ ÓñÕÖØ æ ✠ ÓÖÖÓ Ú
ä Ó âÕóÕÖÓñ ÖØ ✸ ëÞ
ôØ ñÚ äàñ óÙÚÖ ☎ Ó
ÚÕçàÓñ äàñ òä á ÖÒÓ
äÙÖÒØ ➆ Ú äññ ÓÚÚ äàñ
✵ ÒØàÓ àÙó ☎ Ó ⑥ ïØ
ãÓ ÕþòäÖÕØà ✵ Ù ✵ ØÚÓÚ
Øàâá ⑦ æ
✈ óäÕâ áØÙ
âÓÖÖÓ Ú ÖØ àÓôÚ ❤
âäç äàñÓØ ☎ ÚÓ ãÓ æ
òØó Ø óäÕâ ÖÒÓó ÖØ
✠ ä ✡ äàñÓ ❡☎ ÚÓ ãÓ Û
ÜîÞÝ ëÖÒ t ÖæÛ ✠ ä
✡ äàñÓÛ ❡ ÓæÛ ✄✷❛ ëÞæ
✚②
② ⑤ ❖✟
✦✭❀✧ ✼✧✭✫✽✧✩ ✴✫✤❃ ✰✦✭✥ ✦✭✾
❧✾ ✾✤✤✽ ✭✾ ■ ✽✤✥✪✯✧✩ ✪✥ ✰✭✾
✧✫✾ ✯✭✼✼✧✩ ✥✤ ✫✧✮✤✫✥ ✦✧ ✰✭✾
✥✫✭✽✾✮✪✫✧✩ ✭✽✩ ✾✭❀✧ ✤✥✦✧✫
✺✤✽✧◆ ■ ✯✦✧✯✱✧✩ ✰✪✥✦ ✭ ✴✧✰
✮✫✧✥✥❈ ✾❁✫✧ ✦✧ ✦✭✩ ✴✤❁✽✩
✰✤✫✱ ❊❈ ❢✴♥✯✧✫ ❘✤✺✧✫✾ ✭✽✩
✫✭✽✯✦✧✫✾ ✴✫✤❃ ✾❁✯✦ ✭ ✴✭✥✧✶
✴✫✪✧✽✩✾◆ ✭✽✩ ✽✤ ✤✽✧ ✦✭✩
❃❈ ❃✪✾✾✪✽✺ ✥✫✭✪✼✧✫◆ ✭✽✩
✤✥✦✧✫✾ ✴✫✤❃ ✥✦✧ ❦✹❇❄◆ ✥✦✧
✥✦✪✧❀✧✾ ✰✧✫✧ ✤❁✥✾❃✭✫✥✧✩✶
✹✤❀✧✫✽❃✧✽✥ ✦✭✾ ✪✥✾ ✮✼✭✯✧
❊✤✫✫✤✰✧✩ ✪✥✶ ■ ✯✭✼✼✧✩ ✥✦✧
✰✭✽✥✧✩ ❃✧ ✥✤ ❃✧✧✥ ✦✪❃ ✭✥
❊❁✥ ✽✤✥ ✰✦✧✽ ✪✥ ✤❀✧✫✫✧✭✯✦✧✾
❦✭ ✹✫✭✽✩✧ ❇✤✼✪✯✧ ❄✧✮✭✫✥✿
✥✦✧ ✯✫✪❃✧ ✾✯✧✽✧ ✥✤ ✪✩✧✽✿
✥✤ ➇✾✦✤✯✱ ✥✦✧ ✯✤✽✾✯✪✧✽✯✧◆➈
❃✧✽✥ ✥✤ ✫✧✮✤✫✥ ✥✦✧ ❃✪✾✾✪✽✺
✥✪✴❈ ✥✦✧ ✥✫✭✪✼✧✫ ✦✧ ✴✤❁✽✩✶ ■✥
✭✾ ✰✭✾ ✾✥✭✥✧✩ ❊❈ P✧✩✧✫✭✼
✥✫✭✪✼✧✫✶
◗❁✩✺✧ ✉✪✯✦✭✧✼ ❍✤✺✭✽◆ ✰✦✤
❄✪✾✮✭✥✯✦ ✮❁✥ ❃✧ ✪✽
✉✭✽❈ ✱❁✩✤✾ ✥✤ ❢✴♥✯✧✫
❘✤✺✧✫✾ ✭✽✩ ✭✼✼ ✥✦✧ ❃✧✽ ✭✽✩
✰✭✾ ❃✪✽✧✶ ✣✦✧ ✩✧✾✯✫✪✮✥✪✤✽
✰✤❃✧✽ ✤✴ ✥✦✧ ❦✭ ✹✫✭✽✩✧ ❇✤✿
❃✭✥✯✦✧✩ ✮✧✫✴✧✯✥✼❈✶ ✣✦✧
✼✪✯✧ ❄✧✮✭✫✥❃✧✽✥ ✴✤✫ ✮✫✤✥✧✯✥✿
✪✽✺ ❁✾ ✭✼✼ ✴✫✤❃ ✥✦✧ ❊✭✩ ✺❁❈✾✶
✮✫✧✾✪✩✧✩ ✤❀✧✫ ✥✦✧ ✯✭✾✧ ✭✽✩
✯✤✽✥✭✯✥ ✰✪✥✦ ❢✴♥✯✧✫ ❘✤✺✧✫✾◆
✥✦✪✧❀✧✾ ✦✭✩ ✥✫✪✧✩ ✥✤ ✦✪✩✧ ✪✥
❁✾✧✩ ✦✪✾ ✩✪✾✯✫✧✥✪✤✽ ✪✽ ✾✧✽✿
✰✦✤ ✭✾✱✧✩ ❃✧ ✪✴ ✥✦✧ ✥✫✭✪✼✧✫
❁✽✩✧✫ ✭ ✯✤❀✧✫◆ ✧❀✧✽ ✮✭✪✽✥✧✩
✥✧✽✯✪✽✺✶ ✣✦✧✾✧ ❃✧✽ ✦✭❀✧
✦✭✩ ✭ ✼✪✯✧✽✾✧✶ ■✥ ✩✪✩ ✽✤✥◆ ❊❁✥
✥✦✧ ✧▲✮✤✾✧✩ ✥✤✽✺❁✧✶ ❄❁✧ ✥✤
❃✤✫✧ ✥✦✭✽ ✾✧✫❀✧✩ ✥✦✧✪✫
■ ✺✭❀✧ ✦✪❃ ✭ ✩✧✾✯✫✪✮✥✪✤✽ ✤✴
✾✤❃✧ ❀✧✫❈ ✩✪✼✪✺✧✽✥ ✮✤✼✪✯✧
♣❞qr sq❯❬❳❬❬❝❴
①❝ ③❨❝❴④❳
➨➩➫➭➯➨➭ ➲➩➳➵ ➸➳➺➻➼➨ ➩➽➽➼➨➼➯➻➾
➚➪➶➹➘➴➶➷➬ ➮➱➷✃❐➴❒➪❮❰ÏÐ ÑÒÓ
ÔÒÕÖÓ ×ØÙÚÓÛ ÜÝÞÞ ßÓààÚáâãäàÕä åãÓæÛ
ÔäÚÒÕàçÖØàÛ èæéæ êÞëÞÞì êÞêíîëÝíÜîÜîì
ïäð êÞêíîëÝíêîÝÜì ÖØ ÚÓàñ òØóóÓàÖÚÛ
çØ ÖØ ôôôæôÒÕÖÓÒØÙÚÓæçØãõòØàÖäòÖæ
ö÷ø÷ ø➶➷÷ ù➶úú û➶➪ü❐➶ýÐ èæéæ ØïþòÓÿ
✸ Ü ✸ ×ä Ö t ÓàäÖÓ ❡ ïþòÓ ✁ ÙÕâñÕàçÛ
ÔäÚÒÕàçÖØàÛ èæéæ êÞëÜÞæ ßÒØàÓÿ êÞêí
êêîí ✸✷ ë ✸ æ ✂ äðÿ êÞêíêê ❛ í ✸✄✄✷ æÔÓ ☎ ÚÕÖÓÿ
óÓ ♠ âÓáæÚÓàäÖÓæçØãõæ ✈ óäÕâÿ óÓ ♠ âÓáæ
ÚÓàäÖÓæçØãõòØàÖäòÖõæ ßØ Öâäàñ ØïþòÓÿ ❡ àÓ
ÔØ âñÑ äñÓ éÓàÖÓ Û ÜêÜ t æÔæ t äâóØà
t Öæ t ÙÕÖÓ ÜêëÞÛ ßØ ÖâäàñÛ ❡✆ ✄✷ êÞîì ëÞ ✸ í
✸ êÝí ✸✸❛ Ýì ïäð ëÞ ✸ í ✸ êÝíê ✄ ÞÞæ ßÓàñâÓÖØà
ØïþòÓÿ ✸ ÜÞ t æ ✈ æ t ÓòØàñ t Öæ t ÙÕÖÓ ÜÞëÛ
ßÓàñâÓÖØà ✄✷❛ ÞÜì ëîÜíê ✷❛ íÜÜê ✄ ì ÓóäÕâ
ÓâÕ ✝ ä ☎ ÓÖÒ ✞ ÚòÒÓÓâÓ ❤ óÓ ♠ âÓáæÚÓàäÖÓæ
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ö÷ø÷ ø➶➷÷ ✟ ➱➷ ❲ ý➴➶➷Ð èæéæ ØïþòÓÿ
êêÜ èÕ ♠ ÚÓà t ÓàäÖÓ ❡ ïþòÓ ✁ ÙÕâñÕàçÛ
ÔäÚÒÕàçÖØàÛ èæéæ êÞëÜÞí ✸✷ Þ ✸ ì ✵ ÒØàÓÿ
êÞêíêêîíëêîîì ïäð êÞêíêê ❛ íê ✷ Ü ✷ æÔÓ ☎ ÚÕÖÓÿ
ôáñÓàæÚÓàäÖÓæçØãæ ✈ óäÕâÿ ôáñÓàæÚÓàäÖÓæ
çØãõòØàÖäòÖõæ ✠ ä ✡ äàñÓ ØïþòÓÿ ÜÞë
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