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TRYON -- A handmade sign marks the turnoff to the school. Tina Connell teaches at Peaceful Plains, a one-room school 29 miles northeast of Tryon, Neb., on August 26, 2009. MATT MILLER/THE WORLD-HERALD

best-of-2010: TRYON -- A handmade sign marks the turnoff to the school. Tina Connell teaches at Peaceful Plains, a one-room school 29 miles northeast of Tryon, Neb., on August 26, 2009. MATT MILLER/THE WORLD-HERALD