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      <image:caption>Ruth Fairchild, outreach coordinator for Zion Lutheran Church, poses for a photo on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017, at Zion Lutheran Chuch in Rockford. [KAYLI PLOTNER/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pastor TroyAnn Poulopoulos delivers her message on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Rockford. Poulopoulos spoke about the anniversary of the Reformation and said members of Emmanuel Lutheran should take the word of God into the community. [KAYLI PLOTNER/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Alonso Bingham, 6, hugs his mother Precious Henderson after thanking her for his new bedroom on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, in their townhouse at The Grove. For the first time, Bingham will have a bedroom separate from his little brother Kameran, 1, but he says he expects his brother will still want to sleep in his bed. [KAYLI PLOTNER/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Children play on the playground at The Grove on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Residents began moving from Fairgrounds Valley to The Grove on Aug. 2. [KAYLI PLOTNER/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Anita Henderson (left) and Yatte Moore meet at the Buddy House on Oct. 25, 2016. Moore is the garden manager for Blackhawk Gardens and Henderson is incoming president of Blackhawk Resident Council. "I thank God for the buddy house," Henderson said. "Because when you're here they show that they're concerned and they care about each other." KAYLI PLOTNER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/RRSTAR.COM</image:caption>
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