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Migrant Head Start program. By 1982, the programs were run from their current location, which was renovated in 1992. Following the
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and Bureau of State Parks, which alleged that the state was in violation of the state sewage facility act. By late 1986, the priory had a group of nuns who had trained as clowns, who performed both at Erie events and at some priory services.
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in Erie, which they continued to run until its closing in 1988 from low enrollment. In the early 20th century, the
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