Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback had some difficulty cutting a ribbon Friday afternoon at the southeast unit of the El Dorado Correctional Facility in Oswego. Oswego Mayor Glenn Fischer is standing to the governor’s right. The facility had an open house so the public could tour the medium-security building.

Altamont Grade School eighth-grade student Michaiah Reynolds explains the challenges she faced in creating a scale model of her family room for her math class. The project was assigned by teacher Suzette Rakestraw to provide her students with hands-on learning to help them grasp the difficult concepts of scale, proportion and ratio.

Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Alexis Harper uses colored pencils to color the seal of Kansas. She and other students in Debbie Shaffer’s fourth-grade class at Guthridge School cut out the seals they colored to make a state flag of Kansas.

Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Guthridge School fourth-grader Pierce Thomas spreads homemade butter onto a slice of bread during Kansas Day activities in Drew Partlett’s class Tuesday.

Sonja Schibi/Courtesy photo A group from St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Parsons that includes Anna Schibi, Abby Weaver, Meredith Reitemeier, Bridget Nash, Kara Bogner, Shannon Dunlay, Jessica Forbes and Kelsey Leech waits for the March for Life to begin Friday in Washington, D.C.

Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Direct from Senegal, members of the African Dance and Drum Troupe brought to Garfield and Guthridge School students songs, drumming, dancing, folk tales and traditions of native Africa on Friday. The group, hired through the Bureau of Lectures & Concert Artists Inc., performs at more than 1,000 schools across the U.S. each year.