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(Issue #18. October 28, 2008. Below is the complete 1-page newsletter. Also available as a pdf file.)
Love & Enabling (Kilroy Café #18)

This is a 1-page printable flyer (Issue #18) published electronically on October 28, 2008. The full issue is shown above. It is also available here as a PDF File. (For authenticity, should be printed on 8½x11" buff-colored paper.)

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