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Pacific Update with Barbara Dreaver: Pacific athletes get a shot at NFL dream, churchgoers ride bikes into Sunday service

By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific Correspondent
August 31, 2018

1 NEWS' Pacific Correspondent gives a round-up of news in the region. (Source: Other)

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