Ms. Bentzen reflects on her 82 years living in Citrus Heights and how much this city has grown. She remembers going to Roseville where the Train Hobby store is on Vernon Street how it once was the market she used to shop at. She also only paid 60 cents to take a bus to Rocklin where her dentist was.
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