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The Republican Journal Photographer
BELFAST (May 24): Troy Howard Middle School seventh-grade students welcomed the community Wednesday, May 20, to its Academic Fair.
A sampling of projects undertaken by youth included: digging out a canoe, crafting jewelry, improving the area's habitat, studying the history of bread-making and constructing a wood-fired oven.
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| Chelsea Larrabee makes jewelry from dry beans. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Noah Klewin sharpens an ax on a machine owned by his grandfather. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Hannah Bailey molds clay that she dug from the school grounds to make pots. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Devin Richards constructs a chicken coop. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Chapin Lamont makes cedar shakes with a tool he crafted. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Grant Starrett dug out a canoe. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Damien Ball serves bean hole beans to Jordan Hodges and Ginny Fudge. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Baxter Smith, right, explains how to make Dutch oven apple crumb pie. Michael McFadden, left, delves into the history of bread-making in Maine. He offers samples of B&M brown bread. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Garden Project instructor Jon Thurston and Sam Lear test the temperature of the newly built wood-fired oven. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Dakota Beers holds a cold frame. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Ben Flood builds a light table made of PVC pipe for the greenhouse. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Kelsey Grass and Kristina Mehuren share their knowledge about caring for baby chicks. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Chris Warren uses a hand-crank ice cream maker. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Romy Carpenter provides information about caring for the habitat. Next to her is a boardwalk to be placed behind the school. Plants, trees and flowers will also be added. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Lacey Drukee and Madison Cummings paint a sign for the garden stand. The paint is comprised of screened clay and plant materials. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Allison Hurd decorates socks with dye she got from mixing Kool-Aid, flowers, bark, lichen and other plant material. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Ashley Littlefield and Jessica Pendleton make paper and press flowers. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Dakota Black makes papyrus paper with a self-made press. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Physical education teacher Henri Bouchard, center, shows John Hoeltzel a way to chisel while Shawn Secotte works on a pole for a water tower. (Photo by Tina Shute) |
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| Sam Lear removes bread from the newly built Acadian wood-fired oven. (Photo by Tina Shute) |