We are very proud, and thankful, to be recipients of the Oregon Cultural Trust. A new library will offer a way to preserve and respect our community's diversity and celebrate our community's Native American history.

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The two groups of people knew each other and, in fact, both of the 17-year-olds had been known to police in the past.

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ROE is good for some kids, but hasn't been successful at our school.

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She liked first-year students because they were so eager to learn. She was really energized by that.

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I'm a single parent. I have to work to support my family. Thanks to this program, I don't have to worry about where my child is after school and what he is doing. I know he's safe, happy and best of all, doing better in school.

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I'm going to miss her humor and her insight. She had a very dry sense of humor. She would sit there with a straight face and say something that would just crack you up.

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Detectives were aware of a quite horrific child abuse case and when they arrived at the house, they obviously found signs of this abuse that had been going on. They immediately separated the girl from the two people she was living with.

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We did have kids driving to school. They don't belong. It's not fair to the younger kids on track and the older kids, ... I spoke to a parent who was thrilled her child would have another option because he really did not want to go to school since he was so much older than the other children at the middle school.

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