The Auburn School District Board of Directors recognized Letty Seltun, head custodian at Lakeland Hills Elementary, for her outstanding service at the Dec. 12 board meeting.
Seltun has worked in Auburn for 21 years. She enjoys her job, the staff and the students at Lakeland Hills.
“I think of all of the kids like they are my grandkids,” she said. “We are one big family.”
Teacher Dave Campbell added, “Letty is one of the most conscientious and caring custodians I’ve met in the 20-plus years I’ve been teaching. She cares deeply for the condition of this building and everyone in it.”
Seltun and her husband Ron have six children and 11 grandchildren. She has no plans to retire soon.
Elsewhere
The Auburn School District Board of Directors also recognized Harold Tai, a fifth-grader at Terminal Park Elementary, for being an outstanding student. … Auburn’s Eric C. Moehrle recently received his master’s degree in criminal justice from Boston University. … Kamron Hamedi of Auburn has been named to Bob Jones University’s String Orchestra, one of two orchestras at the Greenville, S.C., school. All students at the university may audition to participate in the orchestra, which is comprised of students and staff from a variety of departments and divisions at BJU. Hamedi, a sophomore premed/predent major, also was among approximately 490 students named to the fall 2016 president’s list, which recognizes those who who earn a 3.75 or higher grade point average for the semester. … Isaac Drewes, from Auburn, participated in the internationally renowned St. Olaf Christmas Festival on Dec. 1-4 in Northfield, Minn. The festival, one of the oldest musical Christmas celebrations in the country, featured more than 500 student musicians who are members of five choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra. Drewes, a performance major at St. Olaf College, is the son of Timothy and Cheryl Drewes and a graduate of Auburn High School. … Kevin Neal of Algona was named to the president’s list (4.0 GPA) for fall semester at Graceland University (Lamoni, Iowa). … Angie Rivera of Auburn made the Champlain College (Burlington, Vt.) dean’s list for fall semester. … Zachary Martin earned in the dean’s list for fall semester a Grand View University (Des Moines, Iowa). … Algona’s Nazar Leskovets made the fall honor roll at Spokane Community College. … Joy Shoop, of Auburn, is on the fall honor roll at Spokane Falls Community College. …
Auburn’s Yu Lin Koat (bachelor of business administration, economics), Qianwen Liu (B.S., family and consumer sciences, apparel merchandising) and Xuan Liu (bachelor of business administration, management and international business) recently graduated from Baylor University (Waco, Texas). … Auburn’s Drew Camp (senior, engineering), Jessica Navlet (junior, social work) and Hannah Vernhes (senior, mathematics) earned dean’s list recognition at George Fox University (Newberg, Ore.) for fall semester. … Annette Harnish made the dean’s honor roll at Montana State University for fall semester.
