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FIXER UPPER

has lived on a quiet street in the Ville neighborhood, in a small brick home—and she has a list of things she'd like to fix. The kitchen floor needs to be replaced. Some plaster needs repairing. And, like many seniors who live independently, she needs some modifications to make her house safer. Johnson feared slipping in the shower, so she

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