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Worth the 400-mile trip to testify…

Matt Barkley, a band director from Post Falls, said it was worth the 400-mile trip to testify at Friday's public school funding hearing. (Betsy Russell)
Matt Barkley, a band director from Post Falls, said it was worth the 400-mile trip to testify at Friday's public school funding hearing. (Betsy Russell)

After traveling 400 miles from Post Falls to testify at today's public school funding hearing, Matt Barkley, a school band director, said the trip was worth it. "I was a little nervous with the large crowds here," he said. "I came down at 6 in the morning to get in line. It was worth it - I heard a lot of compelling testimony, and I hope that the committee heard that, too."



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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