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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="7920" pageid="3761" ns="0" title="James Gallagher" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2025-06-18T03:18:30Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23945" prev="23107" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7919" pageid="3687" ns="0" title="James Washington Plummer" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2025-06-17T23:30:02Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23944" prev="23875" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7918" pageid="1685" ns="0" title="Nancy Gallagher" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2025-06-17T21:55:00Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23943" prev="23942" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7917" pageid="1685" ns="0" title="Nancy Gallagher" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2025-06-17T21:53:42Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23942" prev="14145" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7916" pageid="1615" ns="0" title="James Luther Wilson" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2025-06-17T00:09:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23941" prev="22611" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7915" pageid="6470" ns="0" title="Jacob Biehl" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2025-06-16T23:50:11Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23940" prev="23939" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7914" pageid="6470" ns="0" title="Jacob Biehl" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2025-06-16T23:45:33Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23939" prev="23931" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7913" pageid="1630" ns="0" title="Margaret Jane Robison" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2025-06-16T23:35:27Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23938" prev="23937" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7912" pageid="1630" ns="0" title="Margaret Jane Robison" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2025-06-12T23:42:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23937" prev="23803" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7911" pageid="1512" ns="0" title="Clara Mabel Wimer" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Liz" timestamp="2025-06-12T23:38:44Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="23936" prev="23802" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2025-06-09T19:06:59Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>