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	Missing Lighthouse Took a Walk

DanaGarrett

6-5-2008 9:05 AM

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DanaGarrett says:

A lighthouse, long thought dead, took a walk & turns up in California. Except for it being a lighthouse, who hasn't heard of others starting anew in sunny CA?

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