'DEAR OLD GOLDEN RULE DAYS'

WHILE STANDING at the counter of the new first-floor office in the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School in Wakefield, school officials interact with a student on the first day of school Tuesday. From left are secretary Melody Saubert and superintendent Jason Gustafson talking to Kara Dums, grade 10. Saubert said the tentative total of students for the start of this school year is 278.