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		<title>NV Register columnist Ev Parker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was in the Napa Valley Register on Monday, Aug 13, 2007 by Ev Parker..

"Brooklyn, California"

I got a call the other day from a Napa friend named Ray Welch who, with his wife Mary, owns and operate Children’s Cottage, where my grandsons Robbie and Phil in their earlier years had lots of fun and learned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrenscottage.com/blog/?p=27</link>
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		<title>The Challenge of State Regulations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many Napa County child care providers are facing challenges from current interpretations of Community Care Licensing regulations.  It is becoming increasingly more difficult to open home day cares and child care centers in the state of California.
Part of the problem is that a new scarcity of money in the state of California means fewer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrenscottage.com/blog/?p=31</link>
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		<title>Miss Vicky  1977-2005</title>
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By Sara Kvidahl---I am writing to honor the memory of Vicky Aguirre, an extraordinary Napan.  Although her life was short, just 28 years, she was able to impact many people in such a way that her legacy will forever remain.
Vicky dedicated her life to caring for children at Napa's Children's Cottage Preschool and Child [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrenscottage.com/blog/?p=12</link>
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		<title>Fathers Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Years ago I opened the Napa Valley Register on Father's Day and found the following letter:  Dear Editor---When we read that the Napa Valley Register needed letters about model fathers who treat their kids with love and respect, we knew our dad Ray Welch was a perfect choice.  He has always taught us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrenscottage.com/blog/?p=7</link>
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		<title>Parkers Pen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ev Parker has a column in the Napa Valley Register called "Parker's Pen."  His column on Monday, April 3, 2006 was about his grandsons Phil &#038; Robbie and Children's Cottage Preschool.  Read on for an amusing story by this wonderful writer.   

Last Wednesday, I was on my usual weekly run to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrenscottage.com/blog/?p=19</link>
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		<title>Estate of Mine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I write this Blog I am sitting at a desk and looking at the afternoon sun playing off the white-caps on the Pacific Ocean. I'm in a little town called Anchor Bay in the sunny bananna belt half way between Jenner and Mendocino on the rugged northern California coast.  What a wonderful place [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrenscottage.com/blog/?p=11</link>
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		<title>Commercials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few commercials for our child care center that I dreamed up.........by Mr. Ray

Commercial #1

This scene takes place in an admissions office at a highly prestigious university such as Stanford.  
A snobby admissions officer is talking to a young man about his application to the college.

Looking at your application to our campus, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrenscottage.com/blog/?p=5</link>
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		<title>First Day of Kindergarten</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I waited outside of room 1 with several anxious parents.  We couldn't see inside the room but we knew they were in there.  I leaned against a tree and smiled.  This was the first day of kindergarten for all of these children.  I was here to pick up 3 of them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrenscottage.com/blog/?p=4</link>
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		<title>Follow the Leader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everything a child learns in preschool forms the path and pattern for his life. At Children's Cottage Child Care in the Napa Valley the teachers pick out a special helper each day to assist them in the daily activities of the school. One of these coveted positions is that of the Line Leader. This special helper gets to be at the front of the line when the children go outside to play, to another room for an activity, or back to the room again. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.childrenscottage.com/blog/?p=2</link>
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