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PARENT BULLETIN
February 16, 2017
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DAN'S BLOG
This is your final reminder that the re-enrollment paperwork and the electronic-part of the enrollment process both need to be completed, and a $75 check returned, by tomorrow's early-admissions-period deadline. The re-enrollment fee increases dramatically - to $200 - if you miss tomorrow's deadline. Note that with school closed tomorrow, you will need to have your paperwork and enclosed check either dropped off at our office by 4PM today, or postmarked by tomorrow if you are mailing to us. The electronic portion needs to be completed by tomorrow also. (Note: thanks to our parish receptionists, Michael and Nila, the parish office will be open tomorrow from 9-3 to accept any last-minute enrollment paperwork.)
With no school tomorrow or Monday, as we commemorate George Washington's birthday, the students and teachers will return on Tuesday, realizing there is just one week remaining in ordinary time before the Lenten Season arrives! Yes, Ash Wednesday will be here before you know it - March 1 - and we plan on having some special events that day and throughout Lent. I'll go into more detail in next week's Parent Bulletin about how Lent is experienced in our school, and you'll see an article below about our Ash Wednesday Soup Lunch. Please save March 1, 1:45PM on your calendar - as we'll have an all-school liturgy with distribution of ashes that afternoon, and we'd love to have all you parents there.
Sincerely,
Mr. FITZ
p.s.
Speaking of the George Washington Birthday holiday, our teachers presented information to their students this week regarding why his birthday commemoration is so important. Here's a 5-minute video you can watch as a family to learn more about the "Father of our Country" and the namesake of our own state.
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Today
- Grade 3-5 Reconciliation Service, 10:30
- Bake Sale
Tomorrow
- No School - both the school office and Kids' Club are closed; the 4-day weekend continues on Monday, Feb. 20, with no school for George Washington's Birthday
- Today Is the Early Admissions Deadline for Re-Enrolling Current Students & Enrolling New Students; Re-Enrollment Fee Increases to $200 after Today
- Note: with the school office closed today, if you have any hard-copy enrollment paperwork to turn in at the last minute or have your re-enrollment check to turn in today, the parish office will be open from 9AM-3PM.
COMING UP NEXT WEEK
Monday, February 20
- No School - both the school office and Kids' Club are closed in commemoration of George Washington's Birthday
Saturday, February 25
- Father/Daughter Dance in the parish hall, 6:30-9:00PM
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Volunteers Needed for Ash Wednesday Soup Lunch
Wednesday, March 1, begins our Lenten Season, and at St. Louise School that means all students and staff partake in the Lenten traditions of fasting, almsgiving, and prayer. 
First, we forego our usual hearty lunches and partake in a simple lunch consisting of a cup of soup, a dinner roll, and a 1/2 pint of milk. Then, the money which would normally be spent on creating or purchasing a hearty lunch is donated to Catholic Relief Services. We recommend a $5 cash donation. Catholic Relief Services has programs locally, nationally, and internationally which help feed the hungry. After lunch, the school attends a prayer service where everyone receives ashes on their foreheads as symbols of penance and as reminders of Jesus's suffering and our own mortality. The soup lunch choices this year will be Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup and Kirkland Signature Broccoli Cheddar Soup. (Click on soups for a list of ingredients.) Students have placed their orders in class this week with their teachers as to what they will be eating, realizing that Catholics 14 years old and older are required to not eat meat on Ash Wednesday (and Fridays during Lent). Th us, many of our 8th grade students and all of our staff have pre-ordered the broccoli cheddar. We realize that a cup of soup, or these particular flavors of soup, may not be "liked" by some of the students. That's okay with us. The idea of fasting isn't to enjoy it; it's a spiritual discipline in which even Christ himself took part. If your child complains after school on Ash Wednesday that his/her stomach is growling, that's a GOOD thing! We do realize that some children cannot eat either of these soups due to dietary/allergy conditions, so we ask that as the parent you pack in a thermos that day a cup of soup that he/she can eat, such as one of these.
Finally, we could use some parents helping us on Ash Wednesday with preparing the soups and serving the students as they enter the parish hall to pick up their cups. It's quite an uplifting scene - as your children enter in silence, leave in silence, and walk back to their classrooms to eat in silence. This helps them understand the importance of the fasting, almsgiving, and prayer components of the Lenten Season that we have begun. If you can volunteer in the kitchen from approximately 10:30-1:30 on March 1, please email Mr. Fuerte.
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 CYO News
Unfortunately, the CYO baseball program did not get enough grade 5-6 students to sign up this year, so there will not be a St. Louise team.
CYO track registration will be coming up soon. Be watching for a registration link in an upcoming bulletin.
Save the date for an upcoming
"Coaches' Appreciation Dinner" - on March 25th at 6:30pm in the parish hall. This will be for anyone (and his/her spouse) who has coached a St. Louise CYO team this year or in the past. Our guest speaker will be the baseball coach from Seattle University.
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Speech Team Wraps Up Season with Outstanding Performance
Congratulations to our grade 6-8 St. Louise Speech Team, who competed with 16 other schools at the Archbishop Murphy High School Speech Tournament last Saturday, and came away with the following awards:
Katie Bruce -
Most Inspirational Award recipient and Finalist in Senior Expository
Frances Kowal -
1st Place in Junior Dramatic and 1st Place in Junior Impromptu earning an Academic Tuition Award to Archbishop Murphy High School!
Savannah Wallis -
Finalist in Senior Expository and 1st Place in Senior Humorous earning an Academic Tuition Award to Archbishop Murphy High School!
Erin Tylutki -
2nd Place in Junior Expository
Mark Vanris -
3rd Place in Junior Humorous
Elsa Kammereck -
Finalist in Junior Humorous and Finalist in Junior Impromptu
Gaby Zambrano -
Finalist in Senior Duo and Finalist in Senior Editorial Commentary
Raizel Lagunero -
Finalist in Junior Duo and Finalist in Junior Expository
Bella Wiswall -
Finalist in Senior Duo
Madeline Clinton -
Finalist in Junior Expository
Ashley Santiago -
Finalist in Junior Duo
Speech Team moderators Mrs. Patterson and Mr. Gallant want to thank the parents who served as coaches and to the following people who judged at the tournament: Margie Clinton, Andreas Kammereck, Tami Kowal, Maria Zambrano, Shannon Wallis.
The Speech Team will celebrate their accomplishments and present some encore performances of their top speeches at an assembly next Thursday at 2:00 in the Parish Hall. All the grade 5-8 students will be there, and besides applauding the accomplishments of this year's Speech Team, another objective is to stir up interest for more students to consider joining the team next fall.
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Looking for Volunteer Hours Now or Next Year?
School nurse Jane Reynolds need 14 volunteers to help her with the annual vision and hearing screenings on Tuesday, March 7, from 9am-3pm (with a break for lunch). This is a great opportunity to earn volunteer hours, and no experience is needed. Contact Jane if interested.
There are a few committee/programs who will have outgoing chairs/leaders this spring and will need fellow parents to step up and take over. Please consider being a chair/leader or co-chair/co-leader for one of the following in 2017-18.
- The CHARGER CARDS' current co-chairs, Darlene Kraft and Kathy Hueffed, are ready to train their replacements to run the program in 2017-18. Charger Cards requires a commitment of a few hours for one day a week to lead an established committee of volunteers in filling orders and distributing cards. Much work may be done on your own time and from your own computer at home. Contact Darlene and Kathy to learn more, including to hear about how partial tuition-stipends come along with the job!
- The ST. NICHOLAS BREAKFAST is looking for a sub-committee co-chair for the BAZAAR-portion of the event. Regina Aiello, current chair, is looking for a co-chair to learn the craft-vendor-organization ropes with her in 2017, and then taking over the year following. Please email Regina if interested.
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Time Running Out to RSVP for the Annual Father/Daughter Dance
This year's Father/Daughter Dance is Saturday, February 25, and the theme will be "Dancing through the Decades." So get your Flapper Dress, Poodle Skirt, Go-Go Boots, Tie-Dye Jumpsuits, or Parachute Pants ready, as you dads and your girls will come dressed in your favorite dancing attire from the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, or 90's! Our DJ will be spinning all the top hits from the past & present as we dance our way through the decades! Prizes will be awarded for the Best Dressed & Best Dance Style from each decade! Food will be provided by J&J BBQ Company.
The dance is from 6:30-9:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall, and you may register online
HERE.
The cost is $65 per family if you register by TODAY, February 16. Late registrations will be accepted but must include a late fee of $10.
If you have any questions or are interested in helping with the planning for this fun event, please contact Teresa Brosche or Rebecca Ort.
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Reconciliation Service and Individual Confessions for Students Today and Next Month
This morning at 10:30, grades 3-5 have a Reconciliation Service in the church, and our 5B class will be responsible for leading the introduction, readings, and prayer-responses. As with all our liturgies, parents are welcome to attend, but please note the uniqueness of this service - and of the one next month in which our grade 6-8 students will be participating.
Prior to 2016, we used "Form III" for our school's Reconciliation Services. This is the typ of service where there is a celebration of the Liturgy of the Word with a large group and then General Absolution is used to absolve Catholics of their sins. With the Bishops' emphasis that this form is to be used only in cases of emergency, Father Gary has had us move away from using it at school. Thus, "Form II" - what we are doing this morning and again in March - is when we have a Liturgy of the Word with everyone together, and then there are several priests present to hear individual confessions in the confessionals and other private areas around the church. (By the way, "Form I" is what we offer every Saturday afternoon at St. Louise Church - where the penitent comes individually to the priest and there is not group Liturgy of the Word preceding.)
Because we'll have about 150 students attending today's service, it will take quite some time for everyone to go to individual confession. (Even our non-Catholic students will be invited by the priests to sit down for an individual visit, simply to say a prayer together.) Because of this, today's second part of the liturgy - individual confessions - will ONLY be made available to the grade 3-5 STUDENTS. No parents/adults will be able to approach one of the priests for confession on this day. (But you adults are welcome to return any Saturday at 3:00 for confessions with Father Gary or Father Fabian.)
Parents who can break away from work to attend today's 10:30 Reconciliation Service, please be prepared for your "early dismissal" after our first part of the Liturgy of the Word concludes and before the grade 3-5 students begin individual confessions.
Save the date for our grade 5-8 Reconciliation Service - at 10:30 on Thursday, March 30, to be led by the 7B homeroom and to follow this same format.
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January Had a Winner; Will You Be February's Winner?
The winner of our January "Gas and Grocery Raffle" is Angeleigh & Emerson Gregorios! Thanks to all who purchased gas and groceries and supported St. Louise at the same time!
Now that we're into February, we have a new contest - the "Reload Contest." Reload any Charger Card during this month and be entered for a chance to win a $25 card of your choice! You will be able to choose a $25 Nordstrom card, a $25 Safeway card, a $25 Amazon card, or any other of the dozens of stores who have $25-value cards. Each time you reload a card in February your name will be entered in the contest. Enter as many times as you like! Once you set it up, you'll see how easy it is to reload. Basically, you purchase a plastic gift card from the Charger Card office, and then add funds ("reload") to that same card as the funds are used up, and reuse it over and over.
Example of a Family's Monthly Purchases Using Reloadable Cards
We all buy groceries and gas and other basics each month. Perhaps you can follow a plan like this school family's plan - that uses all reloadable cards...
Store Rebate Rebate Earned
Shell 2% x $100 = $2.00
Safeway 4% x $200 = $8.00
Starbucks 7% x $25 = $1.75
Subway 6% x $20 = $1.20
PCC 5% x $50 = $2.50
Target 2.5% x $50 = $1.25
$16.70 Rebate earned in 1 month
Many Charger Cards are reloadable. Cards can be used in the same fashion as a prepaid credit card. Using gift cards online is a great way to be able to purchase online with the security of knowing your personal bank or credit card information is never used.
20% Rebate Sale!
Do you need to catch up on rebates? Are you working towards tuition credit for next year? Charger Cards has a number of cards available at 20% rebate! These cards are limited while supplies last so get yours now!
- LL Bean
- Levue Nails
- Menchie's
- Purple
- Red Robin
- Regis Hair Salons
- See's Candy
- Tutta Bella
Contact Us
The Charger Card office is open every school Friday from 8:15-8:45AM for over-the-counter purchases. You can also purchase Cards online 24/7 at www.shopwithscrip.com. For more information on Charger Cards, please email co-chairs Kathy & Darlene or visit the school website.
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Count the number of scary animals at this Pacific Science Center exhibit. If you said "18," you are correct. The Pre-K students loved pretending to be dinosaurs at their recent fieldtrip.
If you have a photo of your kids in a school or community event and/or at a CYO game, send it to Dan Fitzpatrick for possible publishing in an upcoming Parent Bulletin and/or to Catherine Saffel for possible inclusion in the end-of-year School Yearbook.
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Kids' Lunch Approaching
Thanks so much for your support of the Auction this past November. One Auction item was a Kidd Valley Lunch for students during the school day. For $15, the kiddos would receive a hamburger, fries, apple slices, and milkshake lunch.
We wanted to remind you that Tuesday, February 28th is Kidd Valley lunch day! Please take a moment to check to see if your name is on our list below, as this is our list of record for supplying the lunches. If you are NOT listed and you believe you should be, please email
auction@stlouiseschool.org
and note whether you signed up during preview week, or purchased online.
If you didn't purchase, but would like to, please let us know by no later than Feb. 21, and we'll coordinate payment with you.
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Family Name
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# of lunches purchased
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Alyssa & Jim Darragh
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1
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Andrew & Arlene Isaksen
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1
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Andria Kelly
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2
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Angela & Ronaldo Fernandez
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1
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Ann Marie Sweeney
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2
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Annabelle Gegus
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2
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Anne Lilly Theresa Dominic
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1
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Brendan & Erika Mervin
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1
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Brian & Nancy Tribolet
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2
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Brian & Rena Piercy
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1
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Cesar Flores & Claudia Tejeda
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2
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Charlie & Edna Hewett
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2
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Cherie & Michael McIntosh
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2
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Chris & Catherine Saffel
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2
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Chris & Julianne Read
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2
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Chris & Julie Kennedy
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1
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Chris & Shawna Shaules
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2
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Christie & Chris Allemand
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1
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Christopher & Ingrid Flaat
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2
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Christopher & Sarah Pierce
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1
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Dana Greenlay
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1
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Daryl & Rebecca Chu
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1
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Dave & Kristy Charles
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2
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David & Sheri Halling
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1
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Ed & Rayme Teders
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2
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Edmund & Rebecca Nightingale
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2
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Eric & Kathleen Lund
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2
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Eric & Verene Woelfl
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2
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Erik & Paula Hollerbach
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1
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Frank & Maria Vanris
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1
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Glen Doggett & Maria Kelly-Doggett
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1
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Graham & Danielle Condit
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1
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James & Teresa Brosche
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2
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Jeff & Clarity MacNichols
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1
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Jeff & Laura Dark
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2
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Jeff Fontanilla
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1
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Jennifer & Greg Magnusen
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1
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Jennifer & Thomas Lester
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2
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Jim & Susie Goett
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1
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Joel & Diane Sloss
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1
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John & Jennifer Curran
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1
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John & Renee Craddock
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3
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John D'Costa
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2
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Jon & Jennifer Sharp
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3
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Jose Pragash & Anne Dominic Maria Susai
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1
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Joy & Peter Tran
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1
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Katherine McCaslin
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1
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Kathy & Daniel Kirby
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2
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Katie & John Rempe
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2
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Keith & Lori VanderZanden
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1
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Kevin & Katy Blair
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1
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Lamin & Sarah Darboe
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2
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Laura Bonner & Robert St. Pierre
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2
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Le Roy Munar
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1
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Leanne Arsenian
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1
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Luis Aviles & Maria Baquero
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1
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Maria Lei
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1
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Mark & Suzanne Sollars
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1
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Mary & David Herridge
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1
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Mary Black
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2
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Matthew & Erin Aitken
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3
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Michael & Ning Grisaffi
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2
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Modesto & Theresa Estrada
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3
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Nate & Margie Clinton
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2
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Olga Rodriguez
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2
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Oscar Antezana & Karen Garvizu
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1
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Patrick & Mari Sullivan
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3
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Paul & Teresita O'Beirne
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1
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Peter & Marinell Zevenbergen
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1
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Rey Valeros & Rochelle Valersos
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2
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Rick & Kate Gratzer
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1
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Ron & Holly Bange
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2
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Rory Carolan & Ruth Kerschbaumer
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1
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Ross Gooding
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2
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Sasha Lindgren & Brian Hale
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1
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Shelton & Joanne Tang
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2
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Shiloh & John Gillespie
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1
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SM Stonecipher-Sollars
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1
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Toby & Sue Richards
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1
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Tom & Jessica Loutsis
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1
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Tom & Kathy Brennan
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1
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Vernon & Jennifer Yarnell
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1
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Vimal Stephen John Britto
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2
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Vince & Janey Rabon
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1
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