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Jul 26, 2025
Jul 26, 2025

Jim Woster

Associate Editor

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Jim Woster

It is not all that often that I receive a comment or question regarding one of my columns. I do, however, always enjoy hearing from or visiting in person with one of our readers, and a couple weeks ago was an example.

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Jim is associate editor of Tri-State Neighbor and also works with the SDSU Alumni Foundation.