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McCOOL JUNCTION — 19 years ago, there was a concern that McCool Junction would have to close its doors when its K-12 population dropped to 148. However, with community support and people like Curtis Cogswell, the school has almost doubled in size today. “My first year here I walked into the gym, and I told the maintenance person that the gym needed to be painted,” Cogswell said. “He asked me who was going to paint it, and I told him to buy the paint because I would start it. The first night, my wife and I started painting the gym.” Cogswell said two seniors stopped wh...