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It's "Payback" for school bus driver on "Lucky
Thursday" |
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December 23, 2015 |
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of School District Bus Driver Doug Reoch's
"Lucky Thursdays" finally caught up with him.
In a good way.
A long time driver for school children traveling
each day to Boundary County Schools, Mr. Reoch
has celebrated the end of the school week with
the children on his bus by having a "Lucky
Thursday." On Thursdays, the last day of the
school week, he tapes a dollar bill to the
bottom of one of the seats on his bus. All of
the seats are numbered, and at the end of the
route, the winning seat number for some lucky
young scholar is announced.
Last Thursday was the final "Lucky Thursday"
before the schools' Christmas break, and for a
special surprise, Mr. Reoch gave a brand new one
dollar bill to every student on the bus.
" Guess you could say he pays them off," said
fellow school bus driver Bill Irwin. "In our
line of work, we'll do what ever it takes!"
On Mr. Reoch's bus, it appears "Lucky Thursday"
goes both ways. The kids on the bus had gifts
for their bus driver, also. As you can see in
the accompanying photo, Mr. Reoch received gifts
of cookies, candy, homemade goodies, a
poinsettia, and other gifts not even pictured.
"It feels good to see something positive," said
fellow driver Mr. Irwin. "I drove a route a year
or so ago, and asked Anika Thompkins who was her
favorite driver. She looked at me and smiled,
and said Doug. Doug hadn't driven that route for
three years. Needless to say my feelings were
hurt!"
"This is a nice story of one of our Boundary
County School District bus drivers," added
School Superintendent Gary Pflueger. |
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