<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/magazine/winter-2002/parental-influence.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Parental Influence</title><excerpt>Even though he is a busy obstetrician who delivers “God’s miracles” at all hours of the day, Marc Zepeda makes an effort to spend time with his three children. He and his wife, Susan, value the close family they have created and take their parental roles seriously. So they were delighted to hear that Westmont cross country Coach Russell Smelley was filling in for them with their daughter, Kelli, a first-year Westmont student.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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