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Newspaper Page Text7:2+HSSQHU*D]HWWH7LPHV+HSSQHU2UHJRQWednesday, April 10, 2024 7KH2൶FLDO1HZVSDSHU RIWKH&LW\RI+HSSQHUDQGWKH&RXQW\RI0RUURZ Good News Only by Doris Brosnan Heppner Cherry Clark has a great interest in relics from the SDVWDVHYLGHQFHGE\KHUZRUNDWWKHORFDOPXVHXPDQG KHUDQWLTXHVEXVLQHVVDQGVKHKDVEHHQDEVRUEHGODWH- O\LQUHVHDUFKLQJ6HDUVKRXVHV<HVIURPWKURXJK DFRPSOHWHSUHFXWKRXVHFRXOGEHRUGHUHGWKURXJK WKH 6HDUV FDWDORJ WR EH FRQVWUXFWHG RQ RQH¶V ORFDWLRQ 6RIDU&KHUU\KDVLGHQWL¿HGDWOHDVWIRXU6HDUVKRXVHV LQ+HSSQHUDQGVKHVXVSHFWVPRUHDUHVWLOOEHLQJOLYHG LQ+HSSQHUPD\EH/H[LQJWRQDQG,RQH",I\RXUKRXVH ZDVEXLOWZLWKLQWKHVH\HDUVVKHZRXOGOLNHWRKHDUIURP \RXDVVKHZRUNVRQDQDUWLFOHIRUWKH0RUURZ&RXQW\ Chronicles. 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