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Children connect with Japanese  |      ||||||||
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| First- and second-grade 
      children from all over Mercer County were fascinated Tuesday by different 
      types of Japanese culture presented during the weeklong program "Kid Connections" 
      for accelerated students. Kelsey Eckhart, 6, of Celina, watches closely 
      as Kiyomi Horii, 10, and Tomoe Uchida, both of St. Marys, help the students 
      begin folding their origami boxes. Kid Connections is a program sponsored 
      by the Mercer County Educational Service Center and held for three consecutive 
      weeks each summer with varying themes such as this year's focus on Japan. Purchase this as a quality photograph  |      ||||||||