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July 15, 2019: Why Hawaiians Call Grand Junction Home; Feeling ‘Moonsick’ 50 Years Later

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Phil Pe’a and Beau Flores get in line to order at Ekahi Grill on Thursday, June 20, 2019. Two other Hawaiian Grand Junctionites they knew had also just arrived.

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