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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
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Mercer County Educational Service Center special education preschool teacher Angie Rolfes helps Maverick Meier and Wade Kremer, right, write their letters Monday afternoon at Chapel Hill Preschool in Maria Stein. The ESC provides shared services, such as preschool, gifted education and aides for disabled students, to local school districts.

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