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The Lifestyle Magazine on the Great Gulf Coast
Volume 27 Issue 2 • July 2018
Senior Editor
Phil Stewart, (deceased 1992-2006)
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Bobbie Weaver, (deceased 1995-2012)
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FEATURES
20 Keeping Your Kids Connected: The Importance of Digital Literacy
06 Mentoring Improves Educational Outcomes
22 “ Learning is a continuous process”
30 Kindergarten Readiness
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