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Licking View sewer woes, school board conflicts, and a teacher's quest for a kidney donor were some of my favorite stories this year.

Today's surgery marks the end of a year-long search for a kidney for the beloved vocational agriculture teacher. He'll no longer be sitting on the sidelines from what he said is the most important things to him - his wife Courtney and his students at Tri-Valley. With immense community support over the last year on a popular Facebook page and from the school district — including a colleague who will be his organ donor — they're banking on faith to get through the transplant and subsequent recovery. "I thought, we're going to have hundreds of people praying for us (today)," Brian said...

Fellow Tri-Valley employee answers Brian Merce's prayers God told Betsy Ritchie she was a match after months of prayer Or rather, the match found him.  Brian Merce, who teaches agricultural studies, was diagnosed with kidney disease four years ago. It's since progressed to stage 5, and last year he quickly learned he'd need a living donor. His donor is Tri-Valley coworker Betsy Ritchie, a speech pathologist at Dresden Elementary. She visited him after school this week to reveal the good news. But it came as a complete surprise to Brian and his wife Courtney, who had been urged to drive to ...