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Flashing forward now, instead of back, if you haven't heard of Lily Caster, it's time you did. Lily and her parents are resident caretakers at our SPCA on Monterey-Salinas Highway. She is a freshman at Hallmark Charter school in Prunedale, 14, she says, and almost 15. Lily is diabetic, and not in the same breath, loaded with energy,enthusiasm, and charm.

A few weeks ago, picking up Molly, my golden retriever at the vet's office, I noticed some ugly but very nutritious looking dog biscuits, available at 10 bucks a bag.