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Volume 1, Issue 8 September 2007News For the Residents of Coles Crossing

CONNECTIONThe Coles

SEPTEMBER3 Labor Day Picnic25 Texas Hold 'em

20 Garage Sale26 Halloween Carnival26 Fall Gift market

22 Turkey Trot24 Breakfast with Santa

24 Carriage Rides

2007 Event Calendar

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290 Cypress Business Networking Group

New Meeting Location Beginning Sept 1 The 290 Cypress Business Networking Group meets every Thursday morning at 7:30 am at Newk’s Express Café located at Hwy 290 and Spring Cypress in the Kroger Shopping Center near the Cinemark Theater. The group is open to all business owners and professionals who want to increase their exposure to the residents of Cypress and the surrounding areas. There is no cost to attend the meeting. If you would like more information, please call Ken Parker at 281-894-1957. Visit our new website at 290Cypress.com

Cypress Christian School announces Blood Drive

The Student Council of Cypress Christian School asks you to help save a life by giving blood! The Blood Mobile will be on campus from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Monday, September 10. Please stop by the school at 11123 Cypress N. Houston Road at Jones Road to donate. If you have questions about donating blood, visit www.giveblood.org. If you need directions to the school, please call 281-469-8829.

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THE COLES CONNECTION It’s fi nally here--senior year!!! There will be so much going on in the lives of seniors this year, and two of those exciting events will be Prom and Project Prom, May 2-3, 2008.What exactly is Project Prom? It’s a fun-fi lled after-the-prom event that provides a safe, chaperoned, drug-free and alcohol-free environment with games, prizes, and refreshments. The senior parents provide this all-night party.Who attends Project Prom? All Cy-Fair High School seniors and their dates are welcomed at Project Prom, whether they attend the prom or not. Historically, CFHS Project Prom has had approximately 90% of seniors attending and prizes including TVs and other popular items.How can you get involved? Fundraising and donations are vital to the success of Project Prom. We are a non-profi t 501C3 organization, a booster club, and we plan enjoyable ways of raising the funds to cover the cost of venue rental, entertainment, refreshments, and prizes. In return for your donations and participation, your designated senior will earn points that are redeemed for play money, also known as Project Prom Bucks (PP$), which become chances to win prizes during

Announcing Cy-Fair High School Project Prom 2008the Project Prom evening. The more time or money that you contribute, the more chances your senior has to win exciting prizes. Grandparents and other relatives can make donations as well. Our meetings are on the third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Cy-Fair High School cafeteria and are open to all parents. Save the date for our fi rst fundraising event, the Annual Cy-Fair Project Prom Charity Golf Tournament on November 2, 2007, at the Houston National Golf Club. Call or email Robert Calloway for more information about the tournament: (281) 744-9476 / [email protected]. Check your newsletter or our web site monthly for information about upcoming fundraising activities and events. We will be hosting two evening events for adults during the school year, Denim and Diamonds and Casino Night. These are events provide great food and entertainment while supporting a worthy tax-deductible cause.Contact information: Karen Fitzgerald, CFHS Project Prom 2008 President: 281-304-8272, acfi [email protected]. Project Prom Web site: www.cyfairprojectprom.com to sign up for the e-mail newsletter and also to fi nd printable forms and make donations through Pay Pal.

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Cy-Fair College PerspectiveGallery Season Opens With Faculty Art The Faculty Art Exhibition kicks off the Cy-Fair College Bosque Gallery’s 2007-2008 season. On display Sept. 11 through Sept. 27 is this annual exhibition where Cy-Fair College’s full-time and adjunct art faculty show their work. Meet the art faculty at the opening reception from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 13. Light refreshments will be served. For exhibition information, go online to www.cyfaircollege.com/goto/bosquegallery.Blues Meets Motown at Cy-Fair College Sept. 12 Don’t miss the hand clapping, thigh slapping live performance of Blues meets Motown in “Rockin’ on the Prairie Live” at Cy-Fair College. Maestro Thomas Meloncon directs this Precinct One musical extravaganza from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12 in the Recital Hall, room 102 in the Center for the Arts Building on the Cy-Fair College Barker Cypress campus. Refreshments will be served. For information, call 281-290-5246.“Anna in the Tropics” Kicks Off Theatre Season Ron Jones will direct “Anna in the Tropics” in the Main Stage Theater Sept. 27 through Oct. 7 with a reception set following the Sept. 28 show. Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this poignant and poetic play is set in Florida in 1929 in a Cuban-American family owned cigar factory in which cigars are rolled by hand and “lectors” are employed to educate and entertain the workers. This play is recommended for high school age and above. For tickets and information, call 281-290-5201 or go online to www.cy-faircollege.com/goto/cfcboxoffi ce.Mark Your Calendars for Third Annual Cy-Fest Cy-Fair College will host the third annual community day for all ages in the Cy-Fair community Saturday, Oct. 13. Cy-Fest, the college’s gift to the community, is a day of free food, festivities and family fun! For information go online to www.cy-faircollege.com.Check Out Fall Classes for Active Adults Age 50 and Better The Academy for Lifelong Learning (A.L.L.) at Cy-Fair College is an organization for active adults, age 50 and better, offering classes and social activities for continued intellectual and personal growth. An annual membership fee of $10 entitles you to take the Academy for Lifelong Learning courses free of charge or at a reduced fee. Fall classes begin Sept. 7 and will include 58 new classes in health and fi tness, history, art, music, fi lms, personal growth, government, day trips, and many other subjects. Schedules and registration forms will be available in the Center of the Arts Building on the Barker Cypress campus from 9:30 a.m. – noon Sept. 4 through Sept. 6. For information, e-mail Twana York at [email protected] or call 281-290-5246.Start Enjoying L.I.F.E. in September The Learning, Inspiration, Fellowship and Enrichment (L.I.F.E.) programs are free and held Wednesdays at 10 a.m. in the Cy-Fair College Branch Library (Room 131.) September programs include survival, musical extravaganza with Maestro Thomas Meloncon, genealogical research tips and history lesson on presidential assassins and funerals. Call the library at 281-290-3213 for L.I.F.E. program information or check the library web page online at http://cfclibrary.nhmccd.edu.


THE COLES CONNECTIONCypress Christian School

Celebrates 30 Yearswith Special Events

Let the Celebration begin….Friday, October 26, 2007 – Special 30th Year Homecoming ActivitiesSaturday, January 26, 2008 – Winter Banquet at Downtown Aquarium featuring Christian Comedian, David Ferrell and KSBJ Radio Personality, Susan O’Donnell Saturday, April 19, 2008 –Community Carnival and Family Fun Day Monday, May 5, 2008 – Community Golf Tournament

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Deaf, Hard of Hearing CEU Workshop Conference

Saturday, September 15, 2007 Cypress United Methodist Church

Mark Mitchum, Christian Concert Artist

Cypress United Methodist Church Access Deaf Ministry is proud to host this year’s FallFest 2007 Spirit Raiser Deaf, Hard Hearing Conference with featured artist Mark Mitchum, nationally and internationally known Christian Concert Artist, has been deaf since birth. Thousands upon thousands of people have been touched by his ministry of reaching out to hurting Christians through music, personal testimony, and teaching. A truly gifted performer, God uses Mark to take some of the best loved Christian music and transform it into a breath-taking visual ministry, called “Sign Art”. God has used Mark’s life and ministry of “three dimensional music” to touch the lives of deaf and hearing audiences alike. Mark has been featured on the TBN network, and has also appeared with a number of other artists, such as the Gaither Vocal Band, Twila Paris, Babbie Mason, Jonathan Pierce, the Martins, and the Hoppers, to name a few. Access Deaf Ministry seeks to provide information, education, enlightenment, empowerment and encouragement for Deaf, Hard of Hearing persons, their family members, friends, interpreters and other people interested in working with, serving or ministering with Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. CEU workshops for interpreters with Mark Mitchum and others will conduct workshop classes throughout the day starting at 9:00AM. Prayer breakfast, and silent lunch available. Special evening concert at 7:00 PM, with Mark Mitchum. Vendors, equipment & hearing devices information available with hearing loss. Please visit http://www.cypress-umc-org/deafministries.asp for registration and workshop-conference information.Cypress United Methodist Church 13403 Cypress North Houston Rd.Cypress, Texas 77429www.cypress-umc.org281-469-0730

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Backpacks come in all sizes, colors, fabrics, and shapes and help kids of all ages express their own personal sense of style. And if they’re used properly, they can be a useful tool for kids. Many packs come with multiple compartments that help students stay organized while they tote their books and papers from home to school and back again. Compared to shoulder bags or purses, backpacks are better because the strongest muscles in the body - the back and the abdominal muscles - support the weight of the packs. When worn correctly, the weight is evenly distributed across the child’s body, and shoulder and neck injuries are less common than if the child carried a briefcase or purse. As practical as backpacks are, though, they can strain muscles and joints and may cause back pain if they’re too heavy or are used incorrectly. However, there are steps you can take to help your child avoid back pain and other problems associated with improperly used packs.What Problems Can Backpacks Pose? Although many factors may lead to back pain - increased participation in sports or exercise, poor posture while sitting, and long periods of inactivity - some children have backaches because they’re lugging around their entire locker’s worth of books, school supplies, and assorted personal items all day long. But most doctors and physical therapists recommend that kids carry no more than 10% to 15% of their body weight in their packs. To help understand how heavy backpacks can affect your child’s body, it helps to understand how the back works. Your child’s spine is made of 33 bones called vertebrae, and between the vertebrae are discs that act as natural shock absorbers. When a heavy weight, such as a backpack fi lled with books, is incorrectly placed on your child’s shoulders, the weight’s force can pull your child backward. To compensate, your child may bend forward at the hips or arch his or her back, which can cause your child’s spine to compress unnaturally. Because of the heavy weight, your child might begin to develop shoulder, neck, and back pain. Kids who wear their backpacks over just one shoulder - as many kids do, because they think it looks better - may end up leaning to one side to offset the extra weight. They might develop lower and upper back pain and strain their shoulders and neck. Improper backpack use can also lead to poor posture. Girls and younger children may be especially

Backpack Safetyat risk for backpack-related injuries because they’re smaller and may carry loads that are heavier in proportion to their body weight. Also, backpacks with tight, narrow straps that dig into the shoulders can interfere with a child’s circulation and nerves. These types of straps can contribute to tingling, numbness, and weakness in the child’s arms and hands. And bulky or heavy backpacks don’t just cause back injuries. Here are some other safety issues to consider:• People who carry large packs often aren't aware of how much space the packs take up and can hit others with their packs when turning around or moving through tight spaces, such as the aisles of the school bus. • Students are often injured when they trip over large packs or the packs fall on them. • Carrying a heavy pack changes the way a person walks and increases the risk of falling, particularly on stairs or other places where the backpack puts the student off balance. Purchasing a Safe Pack Despite their potential problems, backpacks are an excellent tool for children when used properly. But before you buy that trendy new backpack your kid or teen has been begging you for, consider the backpack’s construction. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that parents look for the following when choosing the right backpack:• a lightweight pack that doesn’t add a lot of weight to your child’s load (for example, even though leather packs look cool, they weigh more than traditional canvas backpacks) • two wide, padded shoulder straps - straps that are too narrow can dig into shoulders • a padded back, which not only provides increased comfort, but also protects your child from being poked by sharp edges on objects (pencils, rulers, notebooks, etc.) inside the pack • a waist belt, which helps to distribute the weight more evenly across the body



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THE COLES CONNECTION• multiple compartments, which can also help distribute the weight more evenly Although packs on wheels (which look like small, overhead luggage bags) may be good options for students who have to lug around really heavy loads, they may be less practical than traditional backpacks because they’re extremely diffi cult to pull up stairs and to roll through snow. Check with your child’s school before buying your child a rolling pack; many schools don’t allow them because they can pose a tripping hazard in the hallways.Using Backpacks Wisely Here are some easy steps your child can take to prevent injury when using a backpack: Lighten the load. No matter how well-designed the backpack, doctors and physical therapists recommend that children carry packs of no more than 10% to 15% of their body weight - but less is always better. If your child doesn’t know what 10% to 15% of his or her body weight feels like, use the bathroom scale to get an idea (for example, if your child weighs 80 pounds, his or her backpack shouldn’t weigh more than 8 to 12 pounds). A lot of the responsibility for packing lightly - and safely - rests with your child:• Encourage your child to use the locker or desk frequently throughout the day instead of carrying the entire day’s worth of books in the backpack.

• Make sure your child isn't toting unnecessary items - laptops, CD players, and video games can add extra pounds to your child’s pack. • Encourage your child to bring home only the books that are needed for homework or studying each night. • Ask about your child's homework planning. If you’ve noticed that your child seems to have a heavier pack on Fridays, he or she may be procrastinating on homework until the weekend, which may make the backpack much heavier. Use and pick up the backpack properly. Make sure your child uses both shoulder straps. Bags that are slung over the shoulder or across the chest - or that only have one strap - aren’t as effective at distributing the weight as bags with two wide shoulder straps, and therefore may strain muscles and increase the curvature of your child’s spine. It’s also a good idea to tighten the straps enough for the backpack to fi t closely to your child’s body and sit 2 inches (5 centimeters) above your child’s waist. Picking up the backpack the right way can also help your child to avoid back injuries. As with any heavy weight, your child should bend at the knees and grab the pack with both hands when lifting a backpack to the shoulders. Use all of the backpack’s compartments, putting heavier items, such as textbooks, closest to the center of the back.Being a Safe Backpack Advocate Involving other parents and your child’s school in solving students’

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HEALTHY eating and physical activity habits are key to your child’s well-being. Eating too much and exercising too little can lead to overweight and related health problems that can follow children into their adult years. You can take an active role in helping yourchild—and your whole family—learn healthy eating and physical activity habits that can last for a lifetime.Is my child overweight? Because children grow at different rates at different times, it is not always easy to tell if a child is overweight. If you think that your child is overweight, talk to your health care provider. He or she can measure your child’s height and weight and tell you if your child is in a healthy range.How can I help my overweight child? Involve the whole family in building healthy eating and physical activity habits. It benefi ts everyone and does not single out the child who is overweight. Do not put your child on a weight-loss diet unless your health care provider tells you to. If children do not eat enough, they may not grow and learn as well as they should.Be supportive

Tell your child that he or she is loved, is special, and is important. Children’s feelings about themselves often are based on their parents’ feelings about them. Accept your child at any weight. Children will be more likely to accept and feel good about themselves when their parents accept them.Listen to your child’s concerns about his or her weight. Overweight children probably know better than anyone else that they have a weight problem. They need support, understanding, and encouragement from parents.

Encourage healthy eating habitsBuy and serve more fruits and vegetables (fresh, frozen, or canned). Let your child choose them at the store.Buy fewer soft drinks and high fat/high calorie snack foods like chips, cookies, and candy. These snacks are OK once in a while, but keep healthy snack foods on hand too and offer them to your child more often.

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Healthy snack foods for your child to try:Fresh fruitFruit canned in juice or light syrupSmall amounts of dried fruits such as raisins, apple rings, or apricotsFresh vegetables such as baby carrots, cucumber, zucchini, or tomatoesReduced fat cheese or a small amount of peanut butter on whole-wheat crackersLow-fat yogurt with fruit Graham crackers, animal crackers, or low-fat vanilla wafers

Foods that are small, round, sticky, or hard to chew, such as raisins, whole grapes, hard vegetables, hard chunks of cheese, nuts, seeds, and popcorn can cause choking in children underage 4. You can still prepare some of these foods for young children, for example, by cutting grapes into small pieces and cooking and cutting up vegetables. Always watch your toddler during meals and snacks.

Eat breakfast every day. Skipping breakfast can leave your child hungry, tired, and looking for less healthy foods later in the day.Plan healthy meals and eat together as a family. Eating together at meal times helps children learn to enjoy a variety of foods.Eat fast food less often. When you visit a fast food restaurant, try the healthful options offered.Offer your child water or low-fat milk more often than fruit juice. Fruit juice is a healthy choice but is high in calories.Do not get discouraged if your child will not eat a new food the fi rst time it is served. Some kids will need to have a new food served to them 10 times or more before they will eat it.Try not to use food as a reward when encouraging kids to eat. Promising dessert to a child for eating vegetables, for example, sends the message that vegetables are less valuable than dessert. Kids learn to dislike foods they think are less valuable.Start with small servings and let your child ask for more if he or she is still hungry. It is up to you to provide your child with healthy meals and snacks, but your child should be allowed to choose how much food he or she will eat.

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THE COLES CONNECTIONHelping Your Overweight Child- (Continued from page 12)Encourage daily physical activity Like adults, kids need daily physical activity. Here are some ways to help your child move every day:

Set a good example. If your children see that you are physically active and have fun, they are more likely to be active and stay active throughout their lives.Encourage your child to join a sports team or class, such as soccer, dance, basketball, or gymnastics at school or at your local community or recreation center.Be sensitive to your child’s needs. If your child feels uncomfortable participating in activities like sports, help him or her fi nd physical activities that are fun and not embarrassing.

FUN physical activities for your child to try:Be active together as a family. Assign active chores such as making the beds, washing the car, or vacuuming. Plan active outings such as a trip to the zoo or a walk through a local park.Because his or her body is not ready yet, do

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Discourage inactive pastimesSet limits on the amount of time your family spends watching TV and videos, and playing video games.Help your child fi nd FUN things to do besides watching TV, like acting out favorite books or stories, or doing a family art project. Your child may fi nd that creative play is more interesting than television.Encourage your child to get up and move during commercials and discourage snacking when the TV is on.

Be a positive role model Children are good learners and they learn what they see. Choose healthy foods and active pastimes for yourself. Your children will see that they can follow healthy habits that last a lifetime.

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School is back in session as of August 27th. Please be aware of children walking and biking to and from school. Of course, we want all children to be safe and school buses are relatively safe. However, accidents and injuries involving school buses do happen. More often than not these injuries happen when children are entering or exiting the bus. Here are some safety tips for school bus riders.• Have a safe place to wait for the bus, away from traffi c and the

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1, 8, 15, 22, 29—PASADENA: Armand Bayou Ranger 28-foot Pontoon Boat Experience These informative and memorable aquatic safaris are fi lled with views of local wildlife and beautiful settings. Reservations and advance payment required. www.abnc.org 281/474-2551 1-13—NASSAU BAY: Geek Art: Who Lives in Space City? Invitational and juried exhibition features cutting-edge art that makes use of technology as a medium or subject for commentary. The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake. www.taaccl.org 281/335-7777 1, 15—FULTON: Rockport-Fulton Farmers’ Market Begins at 8 a.m. Fulton Harbor Park. 361/463-1231 or 361/727-2221 1-16—HOUSTON: A Modern Patronage: de Menil Gifts to American & European Museums Exhibition brings together about 45 major works of art that John and Dominique de Menil donated. The Menil Collection. www.menil.org 713/525-9400 1-23—VICTORIA: CraftHouston 2006: Texas & Works by Ann Trask Nave Museum. www.victoriaregionalmuseum.com 361/575-8227 1-30—GALVESTON: The Art Guys Go Public Features a 20-year survey of works by the Houston artist team Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing. Galveston Arts Center. www.galvestonartscenter.org 409/763-2403 1-30—HOUSTON: Late Nite Catechism Stage’s Arena Theater. www.stagestheatre.com 713/527-0123 1-Oct. 1—GALVESTON: A City on Stilts: Galveston, 1902-1912 View the photography of Zeva Bradshaw Edworthy, who came to Galveston at the height of the city’s rebuilding period following the 1900 storm. Galveston County Historical Museum. www.galvestonhistory.org 409/766-2340 6, 8-9, 14-16—HOUSTON: The Merry Widow This ballet has lilting waltzes, saucy can-can girls, glamour and champagne, and a love story. Wortham Theater Center. www.houstonballet.org 713/227-2787 7-8—HOUSTON: Celebrate Contemporary Ballet Miller Outdoor Theatre. www.milleroutdoortheatre.com 281/373-3386 8—KEMAH: MS Walk www.kemahboardwalk.com 281/334-9880 9-22—HOUSTON: Whistle Down the Wind This is an extraordinary and uplifting tale about the transforming power of love. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. www.tuts.com 713/558-TUTS or 888/558-3882 13—FULTON: Opry Show Paws & Taws Convention Center. 361/729-2388 13-15—ROCKPORT: Hummer/Bird Celebration Informative, educational programming centers on migrating hummingbirds and other birds. Includes world-renowned speakers, hummer/home bus trips, boating trips, Fennessey Ranch bird/nature trips, and unique nature-themed arts & crafts.

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Garage Doors: Getting What You Pay ForSubmitted by Kat Brogden

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Music Education and Your Child: Part 1 - Why Study Music?

By Cyrus Albertson I hear questions regarding music education daily from concerned parents who want the best for their children. As music education is being removed from the primary and secondary education curriculum, more and more parents are fi nding themselves in the position of being responsible for their child’s musical education. Five years ago, 113 million or 53% of people 12 years of age or older in the USA had some form of music education. (1997 “American Attitudes Towards Music” poll conducted by the Gallup Organization) Unfortunately, this percentage has begun a drastic decline that will only worsen over the next 15 years. This trend bodes ill for the future of our children, as those who study music benefi t in so many ways. Music students are outperforming non-music students on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). College-bound seniors with coursework or experience in music performance scored 52 points higher on the verbal portion and 37 points higher on the math portion of the SAT than students with no coursework or experience in music. (College-Bound Seniors National Report: Profi le of SAT Program Test Takers.Princeton, NJ: The College Entrance Examination Board, 2001.) In addition to performing better on the SAT, secondary students who participated in band or orchestra or studied music privately reported the lowest lifetime and current use of all substances (alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs). (Texas Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse Report, 1998) Many parents underestimate the benefi ts of music education, yet what better gift can parents give their child? But how should a parent go about getting their child interested in and exposed to music education? Although a person of any age can study music, the optimum time to begin music education is between the ages of three and ten. During this time, a child’s brain is the most receptive to learning and processing musical concepts. Once music lessons begin, I urge parents to do whatever they can to help keep their child in music study for at least two years. Every student has ups and downs in their learning process. Sometimes they will love to study, practice, and attend lessons, and sometimes they will resist and want to stop. If you impress upon your children that music study is an important part of their growth and development, and that you expect them to make a commitment to music for this minimum amount of time, they will have enough time to learn the fundamentals of music. After that, if they choose to quit, they will have enough knowledge that they can easily return at a later time, and music can bring them joy throughout their lifetime. This is one of the few activities in life that can be started as young as four or fi ve years old and continue to be enjoyed and engaged in for the next ninety years. Parents can support their children’s commitment in several ways: provide a distraction-free place to practice, set up a normal practice time that is part of the child’s daily routine, don’t expect too much at fi rst - even 5 to 10 minutes a day of practice can get a child off to a successful start! Parents should praise their children’s successes - even if they are small, allow the teacher to handle corrections, and show an interest in the child’s lessons and practice. Studying music will have challenges, but so does life! Also like life, studying music will bring joy! This creative activity truly will benefi t your child in so many ways.--- Cyrus Albertson is a concert pianist, taught in the secondary school system.

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