STAPLES — This summer, Pipestone Area Schools graduate Paige Ahrendt found the perfect opportunity. Ahrendt has been named the community education/activities director for the Staples-Motley school district. Ahrendt, in a telephone interview with the Pipestone County Star last Friday, said her recent position at NCAA Division I LSU prepared her for this moment. She was an operations graduate assistant for the venerable SEC school, while enrolled in a Master’s degree program and receiving a modest stipend. “I loved the job, and I had a great experience,” said Ahrendt, who was looking to come back home to Minnesota. “I wanted to...

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