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Week Two at Band Camp: A Melody Is Positively Identified
The breakthrough came Wednesday at 10:40 a.m., when a passerby recognized the tune unprompted. The lawn concert is set: Thursday, August 13.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026 · July 21 Edition · the Spelldown, band camp, and the summer notes
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The Spelldown Has Its Pronouncer: Brekke Steps Up Where Teachers Feared to Tread
The retired band director accepted in one sentence: “I have stood in front of children holding trombones. Words hold no terror.”
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Six Weeks Out, Oakview Is Waxed and Mrs. Nyberg Is In
The first teacher in the building every year has arrived on schedule — hers. One book per desk in Room 6, tape cut for names that are still August’s business, and a standard quietly set for the fall’s new hires.
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Lawn concert. Thursday, August 13, 7 p.m., school lawn. Bring chairs; the school owns forty and knows its town. Rain date the following evening, unneeded per tradition.
Fall registration. Continues at the district office. New families: proof of residence. Returning families: the phone number, which nobody has updated since 2014, and the office knows who you are.
Fall sports physicals. Wednesday, August 5, Lakeside gym. Bring the form, the fee, and the toes. Denny Dahl posts practice times the same week.
The Spelldown. Last Friday of September, Lakeside gym, grades three through six — now with its pronouncer secured (see story above). Word lists remain in the district vault, in green ink, where Mr. Brekke has been permitted one supervised warm-up visit.