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Yves Mapatano-Lurhadj rakes leaves Wednesday at his home in Auburn. Mapatano-Lurhadj was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and moved to Auburn from South Africa one month ago. “Very good. I love it here,” he says about his Auburn neighborhood. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...