“You are a vehicle of God that comes to see me in the eleventh hour to save my knowledge from being lost. I will teach you up to the last day.” — Ascencion Solorsano

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Report by David Schmalz, #MontereyCountyWeekly / #MontereyCountyNow staff writer.

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