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hands often.
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ing their hands. Some are even still zipping up their pants on the way out. Have you thought of
correct just one thing in our lives during Lent, the season will be a huge success.
mith - a father’s legacy
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'acy, and currently jnds much of his time ing to catalog and doc-lent what he finds.
"I didn't touch any-ng in his art studio er my dad died," sneer said. "My dream s to go through every-ng layer-by-laycr like archaeologist, explor-my dad's artistic con-ousness. The storm ibed me of that. The room has become a ! place for me." iVhen Hurricane trina struck on Aug.
2005, flooding the t floor of the house, tead of running for er or trying to rescue TV, Spencer raced to
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move all of his father's art to a dry place upstairs.
Today, he's working with photographers and art historians to preserve Laurent's legacy: "You think your parents are going to live forever," Smith said, "that their history is always going to be accessible, but reality frustrates expectations.
"My dad was a recluse - being a recluse, there aren't many people who kept up with his history. My half-sister, Laurie Tampkin, didn't keep up with it much. I've lived in Texas most of my life. I wasn't able to keep up with it much, cither.
"I know bits and pieces about his life going back to his twenties. ... I know a lot of his history, but never feel
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like I know enough."
One thing Spencer does know is that the lessons of his father's life, and the fruits of his artistic labor, should be passed on to future generations.
Again referring to his father's eulogy, Spencer
said, "During the course of his life, he repeatedly proved that one can have craftsmanship without technical	training,
knowledge without formal education, proper conduct without laws or police and faith without religion."
Trinity Nursery School coming back after Katrina
Trinity	Nursery
School was one of the many casualties of Hurricane Katrina.the entire	Education
Building of Trinity Episcopal Church of Pass Christian was wiped out, leaving the school with nothing.
Thanks to the generosity and support of The United	Methodist
Kid Corps.
"This is exciting. We have need of everything so these books are a great start. They will help our staff continue the same quality of education in a happy loving environment that has been the history of this preschool since I‘>73," said teacher and director Phyllis Brack.
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