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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=859230417-31102007>One of the coauthors
of the PCT guidebook to Southern California, Ruby Johnson Jenkins, passed away
over the weekend. The Bakersfield Californian published an obituary that
beautifully summarized her accomplishments as a later-in-life backpacker and an
author, after her son J.C. Jenkins died in a car accident and she kept his
legacy alive by authoring his guidebooks. (Mt. Jenkins in Section F is named
after him.):</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=859230417-31102007>Roslyn
Bullas</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=859230417-31102007>Managing Editor,
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