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The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who passed away on Feb. 23, 2015. Some text has been updated to reflect changes since ication and any images used may not be the same as those that accompanied the original publication. Over the past years, this column has…/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wa-profile.png300300