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Big changes are in the wind at Benge, where two long-time teachers are retiring this spring. Mary Ault has spent 43 years and Marcia Honn has spent 25 years in the small school, and they dearly love the community and their students. Also retiring is part-time PE teacher, Karen Baumann, who has driven from Washtucna for 25 years.

The last day of school is June 6. The community will honor their retiring educators at an open house on June 8 from 2 to 5 p.m., followed by a potluck dinner. Mary and Marcia would have been fine with no fanfare, but their friends and students have insisted.

Mary Ault,...