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A reception honoring outgoing Theater Manager Debbie Ayerst, center, for her years of faithful service, was held Tuesday in the theater lobby and was attended by numerous well-wishers and Touchet Valley Arts Council board members. Board members present included, from left: Mary Lenox, Regina Weldert, Jim Kime, Leah Stockton, Mary Luce, Debbie Ayerst, Michele Collins, Glenn Mendel, Robert Carlson and Michael Luce.