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Article: Learning the ropes.(Schools)(At Kelly Middle School, a new low ropes course, funded by a federal grant, aims to foster teamwork and trust)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- August 30, 2005
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Byline: Joe Harwood The Register-Guard
After his third successful traverse of the "Hourglass," Javan Stegner was ready to patent the method he used to complete one leg of the new low ropes course Monday at Kelly Middle School in north Eugene.
`I'd call it the `almost fall and then don't' way,' said Stegner, 13, who will begin eighth grade next week. "See, you almost fall, but you catch yourself with your left leg and then move your right leg over to the other rope, then lift your left ... '
Could this kid have a future writing instructions for the easy home assembly of toys, or what?
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