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TABLE OF CONTENTS Community Calendar, 4 Milestones, 5 Veteran’s Spotlight, 7 Outdoor Living, 8 Connecting to Nature through 4-H Fair Projects Middlebury Parks Department, 9
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Linda Pieri, the artist behind the Faces of Middlebury, 10 - 12 SOAR 5K Road Race, 13 Civic Theatre Hightlights, 15 Middlebury Summerfest Schedule, 16-17 Summerfest Parade Marshals, 18 Middlebury Rocks, 20 - 21 Quilt Gardens, 23 Athletic pictures, 24 - 25
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AMERICAN LEGION DINNERS 5:30 - 7 p.m., Public welcome 1st Friday: All-You-Can-Eat Fish by the Legion 2nd Friday: Varied menu by Legion Riders 3rd Friday: Chicken Fried Steak by Auxiliary 4th Friday: Sandwich Baskets by SAL 5th Friday: Lasagna dinner by Boy Scout Troop 7 Last Saturday: Steak Grill – Call 825-5121 for more info.
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1ST & 3RD MONDAYS: Town Council Meetings at Town Hall – 6 p.m. 1ST & 3RD WEDNESDAYS: Middlebury Men’s Club Meetings at the American Legion – 7 p.m.
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On the Cover: Meghan Bontrager was excited to start another inning during a spring softball game in our cover photo by Russ Draper. See some of Russ’ favorite shots from the past year on pages 24-25.
CONTRIBUTORS PUBLISHER: William Connelly EDITOR: Guy Thompson GRAPHIC DESIGNERS: Cori Vilardo & Magdalena Franke Advertising: Scott Faust CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Dr. Carla Gull, Stephanie Salisbury, April Givens STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS: Russ Draper, Kris Mueller & Gloria Salavarria 4 inMiddlebury Magazine | AUGUST 2018
2ND AND 4TH MONDAYS Middlebury Lions Club - 7 p.m., American Legion Hall
Editor’s Note: Have you been around town this summer and seen the wonderful Faces of Middlebury? The art installation is the result of the Middlebury Then and Now Committee coming up with an idea to follow the hugely popular statues that graced Middlebury last year. And the cutouts standing around town appear to be just as popular. Linda Pieri is the talented artist behind the Faces, and April Givens takes us into Linda’s studio and her passion for art. Coming up very soon is the Middlebury Summer Festival, with Steve and Jeannine George set to be the parade grand marshals. Don’t miss all the fun August 10-11. And Gloria Salavarria returns to inMiddlebury Magazine, sharing her observations on how much stonework there is on buildings and homes in the area. It’s something you’ll notice the next time you drive around the area. Guy Thompson, Editor
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Jumping over hot coals and fire was all just a part of the Spartan Sprint Race held near Chicago in late June, with Middlebury runner Kaitlyn Breniser, above, finishing second in the 14-17 age group.
Kaitlyn Breniser takes on one of the 20 obstacles thrown in the way of competitors during the Spartan Sprint Race held near Chicago in June. The course of three to five miles included a variety of challenges for runners. Breniser took second place in the 14-17 age group.
Kaitlyn Breniser, left, of Middlebury took second place in the Sprint 14-17 age group in the Chicago Spartan Race held in late June. The sprint race was three to five miles, filled with more than 20 obstacles. Breniser completed the course in a time of 1:59:05. Claire Lueking was first (1:40:42) and Anna Bolger third (2:08:57.)
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American Legion
Veteran Spotlight
by Guy Thompson When looking for a job out of high school, Dave Kozlowski was simply told to fulfill his military obligation, or they wouldn’t hire him. He choose to enlist in the U.S. Army in 1959 and would serve until August 1962. He went to Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri for basic infantry training before he was assigned to the missile outfit. He was stationed at Selfridge AFB in Mt. Clemons, Mich. While there, he was asked to work in the office and handled sensitive, classified material at the base. Due to his classified work, “when vacation came around, they didn’t want us out of the country,” Kozlowski said. Like many who served, Kozlowski feels “I got more than I gave.” Over the three years, “I matured. Learned I can do a job and be counted on. That helped me for the rest of my life.”
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After his military service, he worked for the U.S. Postal Service, first in LaPorte for 13 years. However, to continue to advance he would need a college degree, so he went back to school, earning two degrees in five years from Purdue North Central. “I was horrible in high school,” he said, but finished his college studies just shy of graduating with honors. “That was the difference service made in my life.” He would go on to become the Postmaster at Mill Creek, Ind., the Officer in Charge at Chesterton, Ind., and finally serving as the Middlebury Postmaster from 1982 until his retirement in 1997. He served as Middlebury American Legion Post 210 Commander in 1987-1988, and has been involved in setting up the Memorial Day services, as well as serving on funeral details for veterans. Currently, he is working on a special project to provide special markers for WWI veterans’ gravesites. He also served on the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Dept. for over 21 years.
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Outdoor LIVING
by Dr. Carla Gull
Carson Gull welcomes a visit to a state park for his 4-H forestry project.
As Elkhart County Fair time ends, my children are often already thinking on 4-H projects for the following year. They’ve seen countless examples of projects and are starting to think they might like to do shooting sports again, try a model, or work on photography. Many of the 4-H projects can help connect to nature, such as entomology, soil and water science, geology, weather and climate sciences, photography, animals, forestry, wildlife, recycling, scrapbooking, miscellaneous crafts, fine arts, ceramics, fishing, and beekeeping. Many other projects connect to nature tangentially as well, such as woodworking, the many animal projects, and veterinary science. Completed projects are shown at the Elkhart County Fair in July. This year I watched my children learn about mammal comparisons, state forests and parks, the fire triangle, wildlife photography, and bird beaks through their projects. We had a great time visiting Pokagon State Park, exploring trees, going on bird hikes, and practicing photography outside. For the younger crowd (grades K-2), Mini 4-H is free and offers opportunities with various projects. Nature connected options include bugs, collections, farm animals, flower and garden, forestry, pets, and wildlife. I still use my son’s Mini 4-H poster on the Great Horned Owl with my nature education programs. He shared where they live, food requirements, and special facts.
A forestry project in progress.
Some projects require membership in a specific club, but there are also local Middlebury area clubs such as the Crystal Valley Clovers, Middlebury 4-H, Jefferson Trailblazers, and LYNC/Jefferson Brethren. Our boys found a home at Jefferson Trailblazers and enjoy meeting with other members, playing games, sharing snacks, and helping with group leadership. If your child is in 4-H, why not complete a project that might get them outside to learn about the natural world as well? The cost to participate in 4-H is $15 per child, with a discount for more than three children. Sign your child up from October 1 through January 15 at the Extension website. As 4-H is powered by volunteers, there are many opportunities for adults to help! Volunteers with the projects, clubs, and at the fair are always needed. Find out more about 4-H in Elkhart County at the website, with links to clubs, projects, sign up, newsletters and more: https://extension. purdue.edu/Elkhart/Pages/article.aspx?intItemID=5065.
Carson Gull works on a photography project. 8 inMiddlebury Magazine | AUGUST 2018
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The ninth annual Riverfest celebration will be held at Riverbend Park. At 11 a.m. there will be a river walk along the Little Elkhart River to Olde Mill Park and then along the new boardwalk. You will learn how the river, fresh water, and water power were the reasons for first the Native Americans and then pioneers coming here. We will discuss the Upper Mill, its role in Middlebury’s history, and the development of Olde Mill Park. It’s a short and easy walk on relatively flat surfaces. Riverfest offers something for everyone. Some highlights include Daragh Deegan electro-fish sampling the Little Elkhart River at 10 a.m., followed by the “Fantastic Fish Finale” live animal program at 1 p.m. The 2018 version of the popular Swamp Stomp takes you into the wooded wetland on the upgraded trails to learn about the critters and plants of our community. Free kayak rides will be available on the beautiful Little Elkhart River. The only cost at Riverfest is if you enjoy great food offered by Clinton Christian School. Come and enjoy! Pictured to the right: Fish shocking demonstration at last year’s Riverfest. Photo by Gloria Salavarria
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The last Movie in the Park for this year is “Hotel for Dogs” at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 17, in Riverbend Park. Free popcorn will be available.
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by April Givens Photos by Russ Draper There is such a colorful entrance when entering Linda Pieri’s studio. What used to be her living room is now vibrant with color, canvas stations, finished works of art, and a lovely fairy village, along with relaxing music. Pieri is a skilled and masterful professional artist from Northern Indiana. She developed a love for art at an early age and was mentored by an accomplished artist for many years. After studying art at North Texas State University and illustration at the Art Institute of Dallas, Pieri became empowered to share her passion and unique talents with others by offering an outlet for creative expression. Pieri’s artwork has been heavily influenced from her time living abroad in Northern Ireland and extensive travels through England, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France and South Africa. Her most recent pieces of art are inspired by the maestros who spearheaded the Impressionism art movement, such as Claude Monet. During her travels to France,
she had the opportunity to study Monet’s prolific practices and artistic techniques, which further cultivated her mastery as an Impressionist artist. Over the last decade, Pieri has instructed more than 1,200 students ranging in ages from 5-87 in acrylic painting and graphite drawing. In addition to giving private lessons, she shares her profound expressive abilities by teaching at various home school groups and large gatherings. She also hosts numerous events at prominent locations across Northern Indiana. Pieri was asked to paint the Faces of Middlebury in the fall of 2017. She assumed she would complete the paintings over the holidays. “It turned out to be a lot more than expected, a lot of fun, and a lot of work.” The process consisted of the Then and Now Committee having businesses commit to providing a themed statue for their business. Pieri traced specific dimensions onto plywood and that was followed by a group of men from Greencroft cutting out the statue from the plywood. Pieri then began
Middlebury artist Linda Pieri’s home is filled with art in various stages of ongoing work, creating a colorful display of her talents.
the painting process. “At first there were six or seven statues, then more businesses wanted statues and we completed 20 statues from Christmas through the third week of April,” she explained. What made it so fun, according to Pieri, was that every statue was so different. Pieri began her career as a graphic designer, so having all the software, she could bring a picture to life size to get measurements and that made it a lot easier planning for what to trace onto the 4x8 inch sheets of one-inch thick plywood. Pieri created a whole catalog of pictures that the businesses could work with, spanning the years from 1860 to present. “The further along we got, the more complicated they became. At one time, I had an 11 ft. pickup truck statue here in my studio. I was able to paint every statue in my studio, except the Amish buggy. It was too tall and was painted in the garage,” she said. “With the vehicles, I would have to design them, get the plywood, and then draw them out in proportion on the computer so I would know exact measurements. I had so many pieces to the vehicle. We had to piece them all together, and to find where the steering wheel would go. I had tarps on the floor. Usually I’m a very neat painter, but when you’re painting plywood at so many different angles, I picked up a doctor’s coat at Goodwill because I was ruining all my clothes.” “’Honey, I have to paint. It’s got to be done by tomorrow’ was a phrase my husband heard a lot!” Pieri laughingly said. “The gentlemen at Greencroft would pick up the statue, swap them out because they would need time to build the boxes and varnish them and screw them together before I could go and draw the next one.” In between all the painting classes that Pieri teaches is where she could fit in the time to paint the statues. “I could only dedicate 10-12 hours per painting. It was a challenge and now they’re saying they have at least three more businesses signed up for next year and they want to continue it so next winter I’ll be doing some more painting!” she stated. Find out more about Pieri and the project on her web page at www.Lindapieristudio.com. 12 inMiddlebury Magazine | AUGUST 2018
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Elkhart Civic Theatre at the Bristol Opera House has announced its six-show mainstage season as well as its youth productions for the 2018-2019 season. The mainstage season includes three musicals and three nonmusicals, in a season that offers a great deal of variety and diversity. All shows will be performed at the Bristol Opera House, with the exception of “Fiddler on the Roof” which will be performed at the Umble Center on the campus of Goshen College. Ripcord Just when you thought it was time to enjoy the “golden years,” your roommate is the senior citizen from you-know-where. When glass-full Marilyn meets glass-empty Abby, competition for the bed by the window begins slowly in this “you can’t help laughing” play by David Lindsay-Abaire and escalates into – well, you’ll have to see it to believe it. Directed by Demarée Dufour-Noneman. Performances: September 7-9, 14-16 Auditions: July 16 and 18 at 7 p.m. Disaster! Nothing sells movie tickets like a good disaster flick. So tickets to a theatrical musical that offers not one but an entire lineup of everybody’s favorite disasters – earthquakes, tidal waves, killer bees and infernos – and sets them to the unforgettable songs of the 1970s has got to make for the hottest ticket in town. Set on a floating casino/ disco, this musical parody pays tribute to those cinematic disasters everybody loves! Directed by Brock Butler. Performances: November 2-3, 9-11, 16-17 Auditions: August 19 at 3 p.m. and August 21 at 7 p.m. Little Shop of Horrors Poor Seymour Krelborn. All he wanted was a steady job and a steady girlfriend. What he got was a job dependent on a bloodsucking plant and a girl dependent on a masochistic dentist. Seymour solves his problems (or does he?) with the help of two Audreys, one alive and one – well, just don’t feed the plant! Directed by Geoff Trowbridge. Performances: February 22-23, 2019, March 1-3, 8-9, 2019 Auditions: December 2 at 3 p.m. and December 4 at 7 p.m. Proposals Neil Simon’s 30th play is a nostalgic memory play recalling one idyllic afternoon in the summer of 1953, the last time the Hines family gathers at its retreat in the Poconos. It is not, however, without the Simon trademark of finding laughter in seemingly dire situations, especially those hidden in family dynamics. Join us for one Neil Simon play that may hold surprises for everyone. Directed by Karen Johnston. Performances: April 5-7, 12-14, 2019 Auditions: February 3 at 3 p.m. and February 5 at 7 p.m.
The Clean House The Clean House is by one of brightest young playwrights of the last decade, Sarah Ruhl. Its central character is a Brazilian cleaning woman who would rather be a comedienne and spends most of her time making up jokes. In the homes she cleans (or doesn’t) are four adults whose lives become seriously intertwined in this lovely romantic comedy that was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. Directed by John Hutchings. Performances: May 10-12, 17-19, 2019 Auditions: March 10 at 3 p.m. and March 12 at 7 p.m. Fiddler on the Roof If you have never seen this Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick/Joseph Stein theatrical classic (difficult to believe), now is the time! It’s the funny, sad, heartwarming, and inspiring story of Tevye, the dairyman, who struggles between his devotion to God, his wife Golda, and his five daughters as the world changes around them all. Expanded to a larger performance space at Goshen College, “Fiddler on the Roof” and its timeless melodies offer proof that the best things never die as long as you carry them in your heart. Directed by Steve and Stephanie Salisbury. Performances: July 12-14, 2019 Auditions: May 5 at 3 p.m. and May 7 at 7 p.m. ECT Youth Productions in the coming season are: Madagascar, Jr. (musical) Join Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip hip Hippo and, of course, those hilarious, plotting penguins as they bound onto the stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime. Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar – A Musical Adventure, Jr., follows all of your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar. Directed by Dave Kempher. Performances: October 5, 6, 7, 2018 Auditions: August 5 at 3 p.m. and August 7 at 6:30 p.m. The Ransom of Miss Elverna Dower If somebody kidnapped your least favorite teacher, would you want her back? In an award-winning comedic tale loosely based on O. Henry’s classic story, The Ransom of Red Chief, Casey and Tim nab their demanding English teacher to avoid having to take a test, but they find that no one wants her back! This is a great comedy with wonderful characters and a whole lot of fun. Performances: Jan 18, 19, 20, 2019 Auditions: November 10 at 9:30 a.m. and November 12 at 6:30 p.m. NOTE: All auditions take place at St. Mary of the Annunciation Catholic Church, 411 W. Vistula St. (SR 120) in Bristol, Ind.
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Steve and Jeannine George Steve and Jeannine George have been named the 2018 Middlebury Summer Festival Parade Grand Marshals. The Georges have been married since 1988 and have three sons and four grandchildren. Both have taught in the Middlebury School Corporation, teaching a variety of classes, as well as being involved in a wealth of community activities. Jeannine taught for 40 years, including the junior high, Heritage Middle School, and Northridge Middle School. She taught social studies, health and physical education, and CPR training. The CPR training included all students, teachers, administrators, and bus drivers. She also helped start the National Junior Honor Society, coached basketball, and started the girls’ gymnastics and the co-ed tennis team at the middle school. She was head coach of the varsity volleyball team at Northridge for 10 years. She also coached girls basketball and track at Northridge. She started the girls varsity programs for the golf team and the tennis team and helped coach in the t-ball baseball program. Steve taught for 38 years at the junior high, Heritage Middle School, and Northridge High School, teaching physical education and health at Middlebury Junior High and Heritage Middle School. He also served as athletic director at Heritage Middle School, assistant athletic director and athletic director at Northridge High School. During his tenure, Steve coached 18 inMiddlebury Magazine | AUGUST 2018
Photo by Kris Mueller football, basketball, and track at Middlebury Junior High and Heritage Middle School, coached 9th grade and junior varsity, and was varsity assistant for basketball at Northridge. He also helped start the Carmon Cripe Track Relays. He also taught driver’s education at Northridge High School and privately for over 30 years. After his retirement, Steve helped with the football clock, BBB book and clock, B and G track timing system, and hosting the girls tennis sectional and regional. He drives a bus for the Middlebury School System, primarily for sports teams and field trips. He has been active with the Exchange Club of Middlebury for over 30 years, serving as past president and vice president, and is a current board member. He also helped organize the Halloween Parade, volunteers for Salvation Army bell ringing, Book of Golden Deeds, and the taco stand at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair. He helps with Student of The Month and Year at Northridge, ACE Award, Dr. Teter’s Memorial Academic/ Athletic Award, and the Senior Female and Male Athlete of the Year. He is a member of the Elkhart County Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee. The Georges have attend St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Bristol, Ind., for almost 30 years.
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by Gloria Salavarria I grew up in a small, northern Michigan town called Leland on the eastern shores of Lake Michigan in an area where the soil was so sandy that you could not help but realize this area once had been underwater and once underneath a mile-high glacier that came down out of Canada, delivering rocks that weren’t sedimentary but were pink granite from the eastern shores of Lake Superior – where pink granite rock like that is to be clearly seen in the hills surrounding Agawa Canyon. As a child, I wondered about that because granite meant volcanos and plate tectonic activity but there was nothing I could find in our school library about that and our local library only carried Nancy Drew novels and other easy reading summertime books that had been donated by wealthy summer resort folk from Indiana, Grosse Pointe (Michigan) and Chicago. Our fields were not only sandy soil but filled with lots of rocks that were deposited there during the glacial eras. Glaciers came down out of Canada quite often over the billions of years this planet has been in existence, but
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the most recent retreat of these Ice Age glaciers occurred around 12,000 years ago. Thus folks in this formerly glacial region spend a fair amount of time hauling rocks out of their field or garden. What they did with these rocks from time to time was use them as bricks to build houses and so we kids were accustomed to seeing granite stone houses throughout the countryside. When Joe and I arrived in Middlebury from California and I first saw a stone house just like the ones back home in Leelanau County, I was surprised but then I realized that yes, the glaciers did cover northern Indiana and so I felt quite at home in this move back to the Midwest. Still, I was surprised to see so many granite rocks so far south even though this region is largely made up of sedimentary rocks. There was no volcanic activity either in Michigan or Indiana to my knowledge. Further on down Mill Street, I saw that the foundation of a local church also was made up of fieldstone but in this case, the church builders went to the bother of splitting the rock to provide a more upscale look about this House of God, below.
Still, although I knew the Canadian region north of here was full of red granite, I wondered how we ended up with such a diversity of granite rock colors in this region and the answer might lie in tectonic plate activity further north and far back in time during the breaking up of the super-continent Pangea and the collision of plates that formed new continents and thus made volcanic activity possible. This dance with time has resulted in our having quite a lot of variety in what can be found on the ground out in this middle of this continent. We may be Midwesterners but we live with a lot more variety than most folks realize. What got me thinking more seriously about this was my visit to Rome City, Ind., and the Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site. While taking a tour of the main floor of StrattonPorter’s elegant “Cabin in Wildflower Woods,” I noticed that the stones that were used in the building of the home’s foundation and chimneys were split rocks similar to the ones that I saw in the foundation of the Roselawn
Conservative Mennonite Church in Middlebury. The stones that went into building Stratton-Porter’s favorite fireplace within this home were called pudding stone, a stone that she loved above all other local stone and these, too, were a product of this Great Lakes region’s glacial period. Pudding stone, pictured above, is a sedimentary rock made up of small pebbles of granite, jasper and other stones that were embedded in the sands common throughout the Great Lakes region and thus were compacted into rock by the weight of those mile-high glaciers. This rock, which doesn’t look like much on casual glance, becomes a thing of beauty when put in the hands of a jeweler for polishing. Pudding stone can be turned into some lovely pieces used for jewelry and other eyecatching items. As you can see, there’s a lot to be gained by getting out of one’s comfort zone to go “poking around” in the countryside around us. inMiddlebury inMiddlebury Magazine Magazine || AUGUST AUGUST 2018 2018 21 21
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Every spring the Alpha Rho Chapter of Tri Kappa donates money they’ve raised to non-profit organizations in Elkhart County and awards scholarships to graduating seniors from Elkhart Central, Memorial and Concord high schools. This year Tri Kappa was able to help 15 local charities and award 10 scholarships. In June, some Tri Kappa members toured LoveWay’s therapeutic riding facility and the opportunity to present LoveWay Executive Director Shelley Becker with a $4,000 check, above. This money will be used to purchase a much needed arena drag to help maintain a safe environment for both riders and horses for years to come. Additional charities benefiting from Tri Kappa’s fundraising efforts included Lifeline, Susanna’s Kitchen, ETHOS, Riverview Adult Day Center, Ryan’s Place, SPA Women’s Ministries, Boys and Girls Club, and Church Community Services, among others.
The Crystal Valley Exchange Club of Middlebury held its officer induction ceremony recently. The members of the club and their position in the club are (left to right): Front - Ryan Mayden (vice president), Jerry Drake, Rosie Long, and Dana Snider. Back - Rich Utley (past president), Steve George, Dave Hawkins, Mitch Miller (president), Craig Yoder (secretary), and Don Weirich. Not pictured is Jerry Kindy (treasurer) and Ron Russell. The Crystal Valley Exchange Club has been voted the #1 service club in Middlebury.
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Thursday, August 16
11:30 a.m. Meadow Valley Golf Club Mary Cripe, Town Manager will present updates on Middlebury projects. Deadline for reservations August 13. Cost $12
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