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For most Kootenai County residents, items like socks and body wash aren’t high on a Christmas wish list. But some local teens don’t have even that much. “It is a growing trend where we see more students who are couch surfing or just kind of going from place to place but are still able to find a connection with the school,” said Jennifer Shute, registrar at Lakeland High School.

George and Kathleen Sayler were stressed out. The couple struggled at every step Tuesday during the Cost of Poverty Experience, a simulation organized by the Community Action Partnership at the First Presbyterian Church in Coeur d’Alene.