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Ok this was 40 years ago but it's a great story.

My mom and her best friend had been camping for several weeks and were playing tourists in the city. They stopped a young man on the street and asked if he knew someplace they could get a shower. Having an apartment nearby, he offered it.

The young man was my dad. They dated long distance for 2 years and then were happily married for 20 yrs, until my mom passed away.

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I use the library constantly. I ride public transit and read while commuting, so I go through books fast. I could never afford to buy everything I read. Also, I am middle income, but I still can't afford to buy a Kindle or an iphone or a laptop computer; there are many with fewer resources than me, and the library is an essential access for us.

I think a community that does not value its libraries has only poverty and despair in its future.

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I'm on a dragonboat team that paddles in the Willamette. We have several nurses on our team, and after a heavy rain, when people are concerned about the water, they tell us not to worry. They tell us not drink it and to wash our hands before eating, and no one has gotten sick. The debris in the marina is kind of gross though.
I have a friend who swims in the Willamette, and no one on her team has gotten sick either. I suppose it's not great for folks with weak immune systems, but it doesn't seem to be a problem for most of us.

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