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Evelyn Klebes, six months, enjoys her first Kiwanis Steak Feed with mom Krystal Klebes Thursday night at Sorosis Park. Dad Matthew stood off camera to bring a smile to her face.

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Parents praise charter school plan for WCS

  • Neita Cecil
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Shirley Harris could never get through to her academically struggling granddaughter, but the teachers at Wahtonka Community School could, she said in emotional testimony to the D21 school board last week. Now, her granddaughter is at the top of her class, and “she’s thinking about going to college.”

Students paint mural in American Samoa
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Students paint mural in American Samoa

  • Neita Cecil
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An April trip to American Samoa by eight Wahtonka Community School students saw them paint a huge mural at an open air high school cafeteria in the island territory. When they touched down in Samoa and saw the 38-foot-by-13-foot canvas, they were a bit daunted, they told The Dalles Kiwanis Club members last week.

Enjoy a taste of Samoa
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Enjoy a taste of Samoa

  • Neita Cecil
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“Celebrating American Samoa,” a fundraiser set for this Saturday, Nov. 5, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Fort Dalles Readiness Center, is a cultural showcase put on by local students hoping to visit Samoa next spring.