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<strong>Joseph Wellington</strong>
All Woman, Parenting
January 23, 2017

Photo: Tech time

Five-year-old Lathon Smart found time to play with his tablet after Sunday School service at the Escarpment Road New Testament Church of God last Sunday. (Photo: Joseph Wellington)

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