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6A THE DA ILY ASTOR IAN • WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 14 , 2015 F ound ed in 1 8 7 3 STEPHEN A . FORRE STER , Ed i t o r & Pu b l i s h e r LAURA SELLER S , M an a g in g Ed i t o r BETTY SM ITH , A d v e r t i s in g M an a g e r CARL EARL , S y s t em s M an a g e r JOHN D . BRU I JN , P r odu c t i on M an a g e r DEBRA BLOOM , Bu s in e s s M an a g e r HEATHER RAM SDELL , C i r cu l a t i on M an a g e r W a t e r u n d e r t h e b r i d g e Comp i l ed by Bob Duk e F r om th e pag e s o f A s to r ia ’ s da i l y n ew spap e r s 1 0 y e a r s a g o t h i s w e e k — 2 0 0 5 N a t ion a l W i ld l i f e R e fug e W e ek , wh i ch b eg an Sund ay , i s a good t im e to a cknow l edg e how fo r tun a t e w e a r e to l iv e in c lo s e p rox im i ty to som e o f Am e r i c a ’ s ou t s t and ing r e fug e s . 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