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Trudy Combs of Granite Falls, with granddaughters Isabella, 2, and Orianna, 10, listens Friday at the Jehovah’s Witness convention in Tacoma. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
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8:00 AM - Lena Segelstrom held her sleeping 6-month-old daughter Friday on a concourse in the Tacoma Dome, taking a break while more than 11,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses listened to speakers talk about keeping families spiritually strong.
 
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