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        <ExplanationTxt>MARGE DAVIDSON - 77 SUNSET LANE UNIT 5, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. DANIELLE MCGROGAN - 119 RISING RIDGE ROAD, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. NICOLE AGIUS - 28 CHIPMUNK LANE, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. JEET SANDHU, MD - 90 CHESTNUT HILL ROAD, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. JENNIFER CROWL - 77 SUNSET LANE UNIT 211, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. DAVID B. SMITH - 3 TANGLEWOOD COURT, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. ROBERT A. ELLIS - 293 NOD ROAD, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. BRENDA MCKINLEY - 472 MAIN STREET, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. WILLIAM H MAGILL - 85 SAUNDERS LANE, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. PAUL MELLINGER - 110 ELEVEN LEVELS ROAD, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. CARRIE WELLS - 77 SUNSET LANE UNIT 225, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. MARC VIGLIOTTI - 90 OLMSTEAD LANE, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. GARY RAPP - 3 HAMILTON ROAD, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. ART LEADERMAN - 18 QUAIL DRIVE, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877. TOM MAIN - 223 W. MOUNTAIN ROAD, RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>CHANGE IN VALUE OF PERPETUAL TRUST 39,592.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>PART XII, LINE 2C</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THIS PROCESS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.</ExplanationTxt>
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