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Kaitlyn Reidt, left, and Kim Iverson were honored Thursday at the North Central Educational Service District's Okanogan County Excellence Banquet with the Excellence in Education awards for Nespelem School. Iverson, a "do-it-all" classified employee, according to Principal John Adkins. Reidt, a fifth-grade teacher in her third year at the school, does everything "exceptionally well," he said.

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