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The Mason County Eastern Board of Education heard about the special project at its meeting Monday evening. It started when Mason County Family Link provided turkeys and fixings for Thanksgiving and it snowballed from there. “That donation jump-started it,” said Superintendent Paul Shoup. It began with about 20 turkeys, but the school added more families to the list, which meant more birds. So it became 25, then 30. K-12 Principal Mark Forner said they approached the student council to do something similar for Christmas. “It was so well received, we decided to do it again. The c...

The meeting was held using Google Meet with a dial in option for telephone users. After the Nov. 4 election, one board seat was left open. Two people expressed interest in the appointment — Miller and Natalie Joynton. Miller is currently the board secretary and his most recent term expired this year. He did not run for the position again during the election because he was running for the county commissioner seat for the 7th District, but lost to incumbent Ron Bacon. Miller taught at MCE for 34 years and was the athletic director for a number of years afterward. Joynton told the board she...