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Finding Weekend Fun In The Front Yard

Monday, May 29, 2006

With the end of a long weekend comes the polite questions of how it was spent. For WKSU Commentator Brennan Lafferty, it's something he's going to welcome as he found some unexpected joy in his own front yard.

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Brennan Lafferty lives in Kent. He's the managing editor of Crain Communications' Waste News.

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