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Monday, August 24, 2026 at 11:27 AM

A state of concern

On a Friday after school, 6-year-old Esa Rodrigues of Grand Junction had unraveled a ball of yarn, spooked the pet cat, polled family members about their favorite colors, and tattled on a sibling for calling her a “butt-face mole rat.”

Next, she was laser-focused on prying open cherry- crisp-flavored lip gloss with her teeth.

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