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BELOIT -- After surviving heart and kidney transplants, and a stroke, Jeff Livingston is living a peaceful life as owner of Tin Dog Records, a vintage-record shop. The overhead music, decorations, album range and Livingston's enthusiasm keeps customers in the quaint store, but Livingston stays for the happiness the store brings him.

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