Exhibit 10.7
ABRAXAS PETROLEUM CORPORATION
18803 Meisner Dr.
San Antonio, Texas 78258

November 14, 2017

Bill Krog
San Antonio, TX 78258

Dear Bill:

The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Abraxas Petroleum Corporation (the
"Company") has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce
and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of the Company's
management, including yourself, to their assigned duties. In order to induce you
to remain in the employ of the Company, in consideration of your agreement to
continue employment with the Company, and in consideration of your agreement to
the termination of any existing employment or severance agreement you may have
with the Company, the Company agrees that you shall receive, upon the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the benefits set forth in this letter agreement
("Agreement") during the term hereof.

1.    Terms of Agreement. This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and
shall continue in effect through December 31, 2017 (the "Term"); provided,
however, that commencing on January 1, 2018 and each January 1 thereafter, the
Term shall automatically be extended for an additional year unless, not later
than December 1 of the preceding year, either party shall have given notice that
it does not wish to extend the Term. Except in the event of a Change in Control
(as defined in Section 4 hereof), at all times during the Term or extended Term
your employment shall remain at will and may be terminated by the Company for
any reason without notice or Cause (as hereinafter defined). If a Change in
Control shall have occurred during the original or extended Term, the Term shall
continue in effect for a period of 36 months beyond the Term in effect
immediately before such Change in Control.

2.    Term of Employment. During the Term, you agree to be a full-time employee
of the Company serving in the position of Vice President-Chief Accounting
Officer, to devote substantially all of your working time and attention to the
business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent necessary to discharge
the responsibilities associated with your position, to use your best efforts to
perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. In addition, you agree
to serve in such other capacities or offices to which you may be assigned,
appointed or elected from time to time by the Board. Nothing herein shall
prohibit you from devoting your time to civic and community activities or
managing personal investments, as long as the foregoing do not interfere with
the performance of your duties hereunder.

3.    Compensation. (a) As compensation for your services under this Agreement,
you shall be entitled to receive base salary and other compensation to be
determined from time to time by the Board in its sole discretion. In addition,
you shall be entitled to participate in any additional bonus, incentive
compensation or employee benefit arrangement which may be established from

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time to time by the Company in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary provided in this Agreement, prior to a Change in Control you shall
not be entitled to receive any compensation from the Company upon termination,
voluntary or involuntary, of your employment with the Company, regardless of the
reason for such termination.

(b)    The Company shall reimburse you, in accordance with Company policy in
effect from time to time, for all reasonable travel, entertainment and other
business expenses incurred by you in the performance of your responsibilities
under this Agreement promptly upon receipt of written substantiation of such
expenses.

4.    Change in Control. For purposes of this Agreement, a Change in Control
shall be deemed to have occurred if (a) any "person" or "group" (as such terms
are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, (the "Exchange Act")) is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined
in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof, except
that a person shall be deemed to be the "beneficial owner" of all shares that
any such person has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or
arrangement or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants, options or
otherwise, without regard to the sixty day period referred to in such Rule),
directly or indirectly, of securities representing 20% or more of the combined
voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities, (b) any person or
group shall make a tender offer or an exchange offer for 20% or more of the
combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities, (c) at any
time during any period of two consecutive years (not including any period prior
to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such
period constituted the Board and any new directors, whose election by the Board
or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote
of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Company directors then still in office who
either were the Company directors at the beginning of the period or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved ("Current
Directors"), cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, (d) the
Company shall consolidate, merge or exchange securities with any other entity
and the stockholders of the Company immediately before the effective time of
such transaction do not beneficially own, immediately after the effective time
of such transaction, shares entitling such stockholders to a majority of all
votes (without consideration of the rights of any class of stock entitled to
elect directors by a separate class vote) to which all stockholders of the
corporation issuing cash or securities in the consolidation, merger or share
exchange would be entitled for the purpose of electing directors or where the
Current Directors immediately after the effective time of the consolidation,
merger or share exchange would not constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the consolidation,
merger or share exchange, or (e) any person or group acquires 50% or more of the
Company's assets.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, a Change in Control shall not be deemed
to occur merely by reason of an acquisition of Company securities by, or any
consolidation, merger or exchange of securities with, any entity that,
immediately prior to such acquisition, consolidation, merger or exchange of
securities, was a "subsidiary", as such term is defined below. For these
purposes, the term "subsidiary" means (a) any corporation of which 95% of the
capital stock of such corporation is owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company and (b) any unincorporated entity in respect of which the Company has,
directly or indirectly, an equivalent degree of ownership.

5.    Termination of Employment Following Change in Control. Prior to a Change
in Control, your employment shall remain at will and may be terminated by the
Company for any reason without notice or Cause. From and after a Change in
Control, you shall be entitled to the

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benefits provided in Subsection 6(d) hereof upon the subsequent termination of
your employment during the Term or extended Term unless such termination is
because of your death or Retirement, by the Company for Cause or Disability, or
by you other than for Good Reason.

(a)    Disability; Retirement. If, as a result of your incapacity due to
physical or mental illness, you shall have been absent from the full-time
performance of your duties with the Company for six (6) consecutive months, and
within thirty (30) days after written Notice of Termination is given you shall
not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties, the Company may
terminate your employment for "Disability." Any question as to the existence of
your Disability upon which you and the Company cannot agree shall be determined
by a qualified independent physician selected by you (or, if you are unable to
make such selection, it shall be made by any adult member of your immediate
family), and approved by the Company. The determination of such physician made
in writing to the Company and to you shall be final and conclusive for all
purposes of this Agreement. Termination by the Company or you of your employment
based on "Retirement" shall mean termination in accordance with the Company's
retirement policy, generally applicable to its salaried employees or in
accordance with any retirement arrangement established with your consent with
respect to you.

(b)    Cause. Termination by the Company of your employment for "Cause" shall
mean termination upon (i) the willful and continued failure by you to
substantially perform your duties with the Company (other than any such failure
resulting from your incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such
actual or anticipated failure resulting from termination by you for Good Reason)
after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to you by the
Board, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board
believes that you have not substantially performed your duties, or (ii) the
willful engaging by you in conduct which is demonstrably and materially
injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise. For purposes of this
Subsection, no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed "willful"
unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without
reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall not be deemed to have been
terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to you a
copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote (which cannot be
delegated) of not less than a majority of the members of the Board who are not
officers of the Company at a meeting of the Board called and held for such
purposes (after reasonable notice to you and an opportunity for you, together
with your counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that in the good faith
opinion of the Board you were guilty of conduct set forth above in clauses (i)
or (ii) of the first sentence of this Subsection and specifying the particulars
thereof in detail.

(c)    Good Reason. You shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good
Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall mean, without your
express written consent, any of the following:

(i)    a material adverse alteration in the nature or status of your position,
duties or responsibilities from those in effect immediately prior to a Change in
Control, other than any such alteration primarily attributable to the fact that
the Company may no longer be a public company or may be a subsidiary of another
entity;

(ii)    a reduction in your annual base salary as in effect immediately prior to
the Change in Control or as the same may be increased from time to time;

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(iii)    a change in the principal place of your employment, as in effect at the
time of a Change in Control, to a location more than fifty (50) miles from such
principal place of employment, excluding required travel on the Company's
business to an extent substantially consistent with your present business travel
obligations;

(iv)    the failure by the Company, without your consent, to pay to you any
portion of your current compensation, or to pay to you any portion of any
deferred compensation, within ten (10) days of the date any such compensation
payment is due;

(v)    the failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan in
which you participate, or any substitute plans adopted prior to the Change in
Control, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or
alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan in connection with the
Change in Control, or the failure by the Company to continue your participation
therein on the same basis, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and
the level of your participation relative to other participants, as existed at
the time of the Change in Control;

(vi)    the failure by the Company to continue to provide you with benefits at
least as favorable to those enjoyed by you under any of the Company's pension,
life insurance, medical, health and accident, disability, deferred compensation
or savings plans in which you were participating at the time of the Change in
Control, the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or
indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive you of any material
fringe benefit enjoyed by you at the time of the Change in Control, or the
failure by the Company to provide you with the number of paid vacation days to
which you are entitled on the basis of the Company's practice with respect to
you as in effect at the time of the Change in Control;

(vii)    the failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any
successor to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in
Section 7 hereof; or

(viii)    any purported termination of your employment which is not effected
pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Subsection
(d) below (and, if applicable, the requirements of Subsection (b) above); for
purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective.

(d)    Notice of Termination. Prior to a Change in Control, you may be
terminated with or without notice. From and after a Change in Control, any
purported termination of your employment by the Company or by you shall be
communicated by written notice to the other party hereto in accordance with
Section 8 hereof ("Notice of Termination"). Such Notice of Termination shall
indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and
shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to
provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provisions so
indicated.

(e)    Date of Termination, Etc. Prior to a Change in Control, "Date of
Termination" shall mean the date your employment is terminated. From and after a
Change in Control, "Date of Termination" shall mean (i) if your employment is
terminated for Disability, 30 days after Notice of Termination is given
(provided that you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your
duties during such 30 day period, and (ii) if your employment is terminated
pursuant to Subsections 5(b) or 5(c) above or for any other reason (other than
Disability), the date specified in the Notice of Termination (which, in the case
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shall not be less than 10 days, and in the case of a termination pursuant to
Subsection 5(c) above shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days,
respectively, from the date such Notice of Termination is given) (except for a
termination pursuant to Subsection 5(c)(vii), in which event the date upon which
any succession referred to therein becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of
Termination); provided that if at any time from and after a Change in Control
within 30 days after any Notice of Termination is given the party receiving such
Notice of Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning
the termination, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the dispute
is finally determined, either by mutual written agreement of the parties, by a
binding arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or the time for appeal therefrom
having expired and no appeal having been perfected); provided further that at
any time from and after a Change in Control the Date of Termination shall be
extended by a notice of dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and
the party giving such notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with
reasonable diligence. From and after a Change in Control, the Company will
continue to pay you your full compensation in effect when the notice giving rise
to the dispute was given (including, but not limited to, base salary) or, if
higher, the compensation in effect as of the Change in Control, and continue you
as a participant in all compensation, benefit and insurance plans in which you
were participating when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until
the dispute is finally resolved in accordance with this Subsection 5(e),
notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute. Amounts paid under this
Subsection 5(e) from and after a Change in Control are in addition to all other
amounts due under this Agreement and shall not be offset against or reduce any
other amounts due under this Agreement. Prior to a Change in Control, you shall
not be entitled to be paid any compensation or other amounts due under this
Agreement from and after the Date of Termination.

6.    Compensation Upon Termination or During Disability. From and after a
Change in Control, upon termination of your employment or during a period of
Disability you shall be entitled to the following benefits:

(a)    During any period that you fail to perform your full-time duties with the
Company as a result of your Disability, you shall continue to receive your base
salary at the rate in effect at the commencement of any such period, together
with all compensation payable to you under the Company's disability plan or
other plan during such period, until this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Subsection 5(a) hereof. Thereafter, your benefits shall be determined in
accordance with the Company's long-term disability plan as in effect immediately
prior to a Change in Control.

(b)    If your employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by you
other than for Good Reason, Disability, death or Retirement, the Company shall
pay you your full base salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in
effect at the time Notice of Termination is given and any amounts to be paid to
you pursuant to the Company's retirement and other benefits plans of the Company
then in effect, and the Company shall have no further obligations to you under
this Agreement.

(c)    If your employment shall be terminated by the Company or by you for
Retirement, or by reason of your death, your benefits shall be determined in
accordance with the Company's retirement, benefit and insurance programs then in
effect.

(d)    If your employment by the Company shall be terminated by the Company
other than for Cause and other than because of your death, Disability or
Retirement or by you for Good Reason then, effective as of the Date of
Termination, in lieu of any severance benefits which you

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otherwise would be eligible to receive under the Company's severance plan or
policy as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, you shall be
entitled to the benefits provided below:

(i)    The Company shall pay you your full base salary through the Date of
Termination at the rate in effect at the time the Notice of Termination is
given, plus all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation
or benefit plan of the Company (excluding any severance benefits under the
Company's severance plan or policy) at the time such payments are due under the
terms of such plans.

(ii)    In lieu of any further salary payments to you for periods subsequent to
the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay to you, not later than the fifth
day following the Date of Termination, a lump sum payment equal to three times
your annual base salary.

(iii)    The Company shall also pay to you all legal fees and expenses incurred
by you as a result of such termination (including all such fees and expenses, if
any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to
obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement).

(iv)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any amount
payable hereunder ("Payments") would, individually or together with any other
amounts paid or payable, constitute an "excess parachute payment", within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and any applicable
regulations thereunder (the "Code") which would require the payment by you of
the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalty
(such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Excise Tax"), then you shall be entitled to
receive an additional Payment (the "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that
after the payment by you of all taxes (including any interest or penalties
imposed with respect to such taxes) including, without limitation, any income
taxes (and any interest and penalties with respect thereto) and the Excise Tax
imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, you shall retain an amount of the Gross-Up
Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the total Payments to be received
by you pursuant to this Agreement. The determination of whether the Gross-Up
Payment shall be paid shall be made by a nationally recognized accounting firm
selected by you and such determination shall be binding upon you and the Company
for purposes of this Agreement. The costs and expenses of such accounting firm
shall be paid by the Company.

(e)    Except as specifically provided in this Section 6, you shall not be
required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 6 by
seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or
benefit provided for in this Section 6 be reduced by any compensation earned by
you as the result of employment by another employer or by retirement benefits
after the Date of Termination, or otherwise.

(f)    In addition to all other amounts payable to you under this Section 6, you
shall be entitled to receive all benefits payable to you under any other plan or
agreement relating to retirement benefits in accordance with the terms of such
plan or agreement.

7.    Successors; Binding Agreement. (a) The Company will require any successor
(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to
all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to
expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to
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perform it if no such succession had taken place. Such assumption and agreement
shall be obtained prior to the effectiveness of any such succession. As used in
this Agreement, "Company" shall mean the Company as herein before defined and
any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and
agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise. Prior to a
Change in Control, the term "Company" shall also mean any affiliate of the
Company to which you may be transferred and Company shall cause such successor
employer to be considered the "Company" bound by the terms of this Agreement and
this Agreement shall be amended to so provide. Following a Change in Control the
term "Company" shall not mean any affiliate of the Company to which you may be
transferred unless you shall have previously approved of such transfer in
writing, in which case the Company shall cause such successor employer to be
considered "Company" bound by the terms of this Agreement and this Agreement
shall be amended to so provide.

(b)    This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your
personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees. If you should die while any amount would
still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such
amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there
is no such designee, to your estate.

8.    Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other
communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States
registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the
respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement, provided
that all notices to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Board
with a copy to the Secretary of the Company, or to such other address as either
party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except
that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

9    Miscellaneous. No provision of this Agreement shall be modified, waived or
discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing
and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by the
Board. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other
party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this
Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of
similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or
subsequent time. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or
implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either
party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement. THE VALIDITY,
INTERPRETATION, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

10    Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision
of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

11.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will
constitute one and the same instrument.

12.    Arbitration. THIS AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION UNDER THE TEXAS
ARBITRATION ACT. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with
this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in San Antonio, Texas
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rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. Judgment may be
entered on the arbitrator's award in any court having jurisdiction; provided,
however, that you shall be entitled to seek specific performance of your right
to be paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or
controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.

13.    Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement by the
parties with respect to the matters covered herein and supersedes any prior
agreement (including, without limitation, any prior employment or severance
agreement), condition, practice, custom, usage and obligation with respect to
such matters insofar as any such prior agreement, condition, practice, custom,
usage or obligation might have given rise to any enforceable right.

14.    409A.
(a)    The parties intend that this Agreement will be administered in accordance
with Section 409A of the Code. To the extent that any provision of this
Agreement is ambiguous as to its compliance with Section 409A of the Code, the
provision shall be read in such a manner so that all payments hereunder comply
with Section 409A of the Code. The parties agree that this Agreement may be
amended, as reasonably requested by either party, and as may be necessary to
fully comply with Section 409A of the Code and all related rules and regulations
in order to preserve the payments and benefits provided hereunder without
additional cost to either party.
(b)    Notwithstanding any provision in the Agreement to the contrary, if at the
time of the your “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of
the Code, the Company determines that the your are a “specified employee” within
the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then to the extent any
payment or benefit that you become entitled to under this Agreement on account
of the your separation from service would be considered deferred compensation
subject to the 20 percent additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A(a) of
the Code as a result of the application of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code,
such payment shall not be payable and such benefit shall not be provided until
the date that is the earlier of (A) six months and one day after the Executive’s
separation from service, or (B) the Executive’s death. The determination of
whether and when a separation from service has occurred shall be made in
accordance with the presumptions set forth in Treasury Regulation Section
1.409A-1(h).
(c)    For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” means that you are disabled
within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code.
(d)    Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, no
termination of employment by you will be considered a termination of employment
for Good Reason unless: (1) you have provided the Company with notice of the
existence of the condition constituting Good Reason within 90 days of the
initial existence of such condition, (2) the Company is given the opportunity to
cure and has not cured such condition within 30 days of the receipt of the
notice from you of the existence of the condition, and (3) any Notice of
Termination purporting to constitute a termination by you for Good Reason is
provided to the Company within one year following the initial existence of the
condition constituting Good Reason.
(e)    Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, in the
event that it will be determined that any compensation, payment or distribution
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to or for your benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise) would be subject to the
interest and additional 20% tax imposed by Section 409A (the “Covered
Payments”), then you will be entitled to receive an additional payment from the
Company (the “409A Gross-Up Payment”), such that the net amount that you retain
after your payment of the interest and the additional 20% tax imposed under
Section 409A(a)(1)(B) on the Covered Payments (including, without limitation, on
the 409A Gross-up Payment) and any income or employment taxes imposed on the
409A Gross-Up Payment (and any interest and penalties imposed with respect
thereto), will be equal to the Covered Payments, together with an amount equal
to the product of any deductions disallowed to you for federal, state, or local
income tax purposes because of the inclusion of the 409A Gross-Up Payment in
your adjusted gross income multiplied by the highest applicable marginal rate of
federal, state, or local income taxation, respectively, for the calendar year in
which the 409A Gross-Up Payment is to be made. Any 409A Gross-Up Payment will be
made no later than the end of the calendar year in which you pay the interest
and the additional 20% tax imposed under Code Section 409A(a)(1)(B) on the
Covered Payments.”

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If this letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly
sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter which will then
constitute our agreement on this subject.

Sincerely,

ABRAXAS PETROLEUM CORPORATION

                                                                     
                                                                
                                                             

Robert L. G. Watson
Chief Executive Officer
                    

Agreed to this ______ day of
November 2017

                    
Bill Krog

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