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<\/a><\/p>\nIf so, do you ever tell that story?<\/p>\n
Of that community?<\/p>\n
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Summing it all up, friends, I\u2019d say you\u2019ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious\u2014the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies. Philippians 4: 8\/9 The Message<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On clear days, like yesterday, Taylor sees Mt. Rainier on her afternoon drive home. My niece works here. \u00a0 It\u2019s a two-room school. \u00a0 One of the few such schools remaining in Washington State. \u00a0 The students at Evaline treat each other like family. \u00a0 No matter how old they get, they always feel like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3091,3090,3092,242,344,3089,374,3094,554,3097,3095,3098,3088,1505,1530,3093,1849,3096],"class_list":["post-4209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-belittle","tag-belittling","tag-bully","tag-bullying","tag-community","tag-confident","tag-creativity","tag-evaline","tag-family","tag-kind","tag-lewis-county-school-district","tag-philippians","tag-safe","tag-safety","tag-school","tag-two-room","tag-washington","tag-washington-state"],"yoast_head":"\n
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