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Home maintenance comes first

Thu., May 20, 2010

The Spokesman-Review

I cannot believe in this day and age that we can send a man to the moon, explore other planets and more, yet we don’t have the technology to fix an oil leak? I think our country should spend more money learning how to fix things “at home” before we continue spending money on places that don’t affect our environment.

Kathy Altieri

Nine Mile Falls

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