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Well done with your new article Cheryl Wagner. I have added some clean-up tagging as it could do with a lead section (One to two paragraphs before the first heading) and the external links would benefit from formatting. You might think about using the tempate {{cite web}} Feel free to ask for help on my talk page. v/r - TP 03:17, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
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