Kayak Shack still afloat

Kayakers enjoy a day on the lake at W. B. Nelson State Park near Waldport, which has become a kayakers’ haven thanks to the efforts of Waldport High School students. The Kayak Shack, a student-run business that is part of the curriculum at the school, provides kayaks and the only available guided kayak tours of the Alsea Bay area. (File photos)

WALDPORT - The Kayak Shack in this oceanfront town is much more than a place that doles out small boats and paddles tourists around Alsea Bay and Lint Slough.

For Waldport High School students Robert Ewart, Phillip Hawkins, Kyler Martin, Amy Mullen and Madeline Parnell - the five students who run the establishment - the Shack is a peek into their future careers in the world of business.

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