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I was walking along the sidewalk on Main Street to our office Wednesday morning, Aug. 24, when I encountered a group of folks clad in some really loud orange garb, masks and balloons and other paraphernalia.

They were school district administrators and faculty members who were out to spread some good cheer.

I was actually headed to Steelhead gym to deliver something that my wife had forgotten as she rushed out of the house that morning to teach her aerobics class.

“You have to come in,” one of the school folks informed me at our office door.

O-kay... I went in.

They unleashed ballo...