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Thursday, July 2, 2009 8:42 PM AKDT
PALMER — Growing vegetables can be more profitable than Rachel Kenley ever imagined.

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Animal attraction

WASILLA — Dr. Paul Bailey is one of seven veterinarians at All Creatures Veterinary Clinic marking 25 years of helping Valley animals.

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Art on Fire

WASILLA — Glowing bright orange, molten metal oozes from the blast furnace while flames shoot from a vent in its top. Covered head to toe in heavy, heat-resistant wear, workers catch the 3,000-degree iron in a heated bucket and pour the metal into molds.

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Lessons of being a big brother and a mentor

One of the clichés about volunteerism is the fact that you often get more than you give. In my case, it was in ways and means I least expected. I’ve just become a Big Brother, again, to a 7-year-old boy and a Mentor to a 22-year-old young man. As these relationships are new, I don’t yet know what lessons I will learn. But, I know well the lessons I learned the first time around.

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