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Buddy bench: Scout helps youngsters find friendship

Sublimity Elementary Principal Missy Riesterer and Addison Winstead, the Girl Scout who built the school’s “buddy bench” for young students. By Mary Owen Sublimity Elementary School has a new “buddy” ...

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Infrastructure woes: Tours give community look at schools’ condition

By Mary Owen

Did you know that only 140 of Stayton High School’s 800 students can sit in the cafeteria at one time? So where do the others eat?

“Check out the hallways, the auditorium foyer, outside along the wall, and on the stairway to the upper science classrooms,” said Superintendent Jack Adams. “That’s where you’ll find them.”

Cure for Cabin Fever: Kim Coates chairs an evening of great escapes

Kim Coates strongly believes in contributing to her children’s schools, so much so that she was elected to chair the Booster Club Auction at Stayton High School. The mother of five – three who attended and one a junior at SHS – has her hands full handling the particulars of the annual event, on Jan. 22.