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The St. Johns Review * #20 OCT. 2, 2015 * Page 3 Email: reviewnewspaper@gmail.com * Mail: PO Box 83068, Port. OR 97283 * Web: www.stjohnsreview.com * Phone: 503-283-5086 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR More downtown St. Johns development concerns (Letters are welcome and encouraged on all subjects. To share your ideas, concerns, and/or thoughts, send letters to the addresses listed above.) 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