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"One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood." Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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"Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community." Anthony D'Angelo
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In 1956, Ed Schuck was deployed to Panama with the United States Army, working in communications. “We got the messages in from the White House”[...]
"What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?" George Eliot
It was a quiet reunion over lunch. Well, then there was the photo shoot, and a couple interviews, and some media attention. Nancy McLain was[...]