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Deb Brown

Television editor

Jul 14, 2026

5:40
And so, uh, all of that to go back to why is this kind of method so important, especially in rural communities where you mentioned that risk of having so much to do, of wearing so many hats, of burning out, is sometimes much more prevalent than it may be in other areas?
5:55
Well, I'm a little bit older than you.
5:57
Maybe a lot.
5:58
And I come from the old way, old school of thinking, and those...
6:02
We're in a new century now.
6:04
We're doing things differently.
6:05
So letting go of committees and three-year dedication to serve on a committee, good God, don't do that.

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11:29
And so I would love to know, are there specific stories of ideas that didn't work in the communities that you've seen, and the learnings that came out of that, that what some might see as failure was instead an opportunity to learn something?
25:06
Inside were some scraps of paper.
25:08
Felicity saw a bottle floating around in the, uh, in the shoreline, and she picked it up and said, "Oh, Dad, this bottle's pretty cool.
25:15
It's very thick glass and it's got messages in it.
25:18
We better take it home."
26:35
Deb said she immediately reached out to the living descendants of both men.
26:39
One of the great, uh, nephews is coming over to Esperance to meet us, and, uh, he was gonna pick up his letter in person, but he's decided that might take a bit long, so we're going to post it to him.

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