![]() Molly LaForge, 10, of Erie, daughter of Greg and Karla LaForge, checks out an exhibit at the Area 51 1/2 Creation Station section of Curious Minds Discovery Zone, 1810 Main. The interactive children’s museum had a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday evening and will open on Saturday.
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Tate Thurman, 8, of Parsons builds a car with Legos at the Area 51 1/2 Creation Station exhibit at Curious Minds Discovery Zone, 1810 Main. Tate attended a ribbon-cutting at the interactive children’s museum on Tuesday evening with his grandmother, Kathy Thurman. Curious Minds will open on Saturday.
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Reece Thurman, 10, of Parsons inspects the Cave of Curiosities section of the Curious Minds Discovery Zone, 1810 Main. The interactive children’s museum had a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday evening and will open on Saturday.
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![]() Sonja Ledford, an ag tech at the Kansas State University pecan experiment field east of Chetopa, shakes pecans free from a tree on a recent harvest day.
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Dr. Stephen Miller of Parsons, a retired surgeon and flight surgeon in the Vietnam War, speaks during a Veterans Day service Monday morning at Brown-Bishop Post No. 704, Veterans of Foreign War.
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![]() Parsons High School trumpeter Shelby Walker, a senior, plays “Taps” at the end of the Parsons VFW Veterans Day service Monday morning. Freshman David Haskew stands at attention in preparation for taking over some of the top trumpeters’ duties next year.
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The American Legion Riders Post 170 were honored at Erie High School’s 2012 Veterans Day program for their support of EHS, communities, children at Christmas through their toy runs, provision of scholarships, leading cavalcades during parades and military funeral processions and most recently raising the funds to send 42 World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the war memorial and for a veterans’ wall in Chanute.
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Kneeling next to a glass carboy, Strauss Brew Club members Mark McElroy and Scot Long explain how the vessel, capped with an airlock and stopper, serves as a fermenter for brewing beer during a beginner’s class on home brewing Saturday.
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Shawn Encarnacion and Corey Wright, designers and builders of the exhibits at Curious Minds Discovery Zone, and director Chrissy Kutz discuss microscope operation and a new shipment of slides for children to explore.
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St. Paul High School students entertained area veterans Friday with a variety of musical numbers during the 2012 Veterans Day Tribute.
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