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SEPTEMBER 2019
CONTENTS
30
BEAR
HUGS
Readers recall
encounters with
Smokey Bear, who
turns 75 this year.FIGHTING FOR
OURLIVES
A tribute to first
responders.COVER
STORY“OUR NEIGHBOR
David Wilson won a
Smokey Bear coloring
contest in the second
grade in 1959. His
prize was a 10 -inch
pine seedling,” writes
Deanna Johnson of
Oneonta, Alabama.
“This is David next to
his prize tree today.”
More fun Smokey
Bear stories begin
on page 30.