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Builders hit hard rock as school takes shape
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![Jenny Heubeck, from Shetland, is opening a comic book store in Dundee this weekend.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/jenny_heubeck-240x140.jpg)
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