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Ben's Bells: Volunteer staffer at medical clinic helps patients and colleagues

The recipient of this week's Ben's Bell is Sunni Beeck, who has comforted patients and made life easier for colleagues at a volunteer medical clinic in the city of South Tucson. ...

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