The Sedgmers have invested a lot in their home in Hopedale, which is next to the towns where Ryan and Amanda grew up.
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But his parents don't know if there will be many, or any, coal mining jobs waiting for him in Hopedale when he's old enough.
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The slick left many who draw their living from the water and coastal wetlands "watching and praying, " said Tony Fernandez, owner of the Breton Sound Marina near Hopedale, Louisiana.
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