John Kitzhaber, Cylvia Hayes

Emails show former Oregon first lady Cylvia Hayes was repeatedly condescending toward state employees. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

We dug through 94,000 of former Oregon first lady Cylvia Hayes' emails with state employees.

Here are 17 of the strangest, most interesting and unexpected emails found by The Oregonian/OregonLive's team of more than 40 reviewers.

1. Hayes wanted to get published in The New York Times. And The Onion.

2. She knew how blurred the lines were between her private and public work.

3. She was warned about how to handle those blurred lines.

4. She blamed the media for the deepening scandal that drove out Gov. John Kitzhaber.

5. Still, she acknowledged the pain she had caused Kitzhaber.

6. She was condescending with the governor's staff.

7. Repeatedly condescending.

8. Kitzhaber cleared the way for Hayes' involvement in state policymaking.

9. Her title was her and Kitzhaber's idea.

10. The bees at Mahonia Hall in Salem were (pun alert) quite the buzz.

11. Kitzhaber: Huge fan of bees.

12. The cats at Mahonia? Rapscallions.

13. Likes: Hillary Clinton.

14. Dislikes: Holiday bell-ringing.

15. Another dislike: United Airlines.

16. That time she got lost in the Amazon.

17. She sought media attention even for mundane events.

The reporters and editors at The Oregonian/OregonLive who helped screen the emails: Laura Gunderson, Nick Budnick, Jeff Manning, Ted Sickinger, Rob Davis, Denis Theriault, Ian Kullgren, Jeff Mapes, Michelle Brence, Steve Duin, Scott Nelson, Allan Brettman, Mike Francis, Anna Marum, Betsy Hammond, Tom Hallman Jr., Kelly House, Luke Hammill, Hannah Leone, Andrew Theen, Therese Bottomly, Lynne Palombo, Rich Read, Susan Gage, Tom Wolfe, Maxine Bernstein, John Killen, Molly Young, Everton Bailey Jr., Nuran Alteir, Brad Schmidt, Molly Harbarger, Fedor Zarhkin, Elliot Njus, Sue Jepsen, Laura Frazier, David Stabler, Dave Killen, JoLene Krawczak, Jillian Cohan Martin, Rick Bella, Pam Martin, Mike Zacchino, Dillon Pilorget, Matthew Moore, Michael Russell, Karly Imus, Melissa Binder.

-- Rob Davis

rdavis@oregonian.com

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