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[MAY 11, 2006]  University of Illinois Extension in Logan County sponsored a Walk Day event on Monday for local elementary students. Children in county elementary schools were invited to participate by walking with their class at recess that day.

A total of 15 schools, 69 teachers and 1,251 students in Logan County schools participated in this Walk Day activity, walking a total of over 52.5 miles.

The following won random drawings of those participating and were awarded bags of trail mix for their classes to snack on during their walks: the fourth-grade class at Washington-Monroe Elementary in Lincoln, taught by Leslie Singleton; the first-grade class at Carroll Catholic School in Lincoln, taught by Sheila Davison; and the first-grade class at Jefferson Elementary in Lincoln, taught by Laura Boyer.

Walk Day is an annual May event sponsored by University of Illinois Extension. For further information about how to get involved next year, please contact Patty Huffer at the Logan County Extension office at 732-8289.

[News release by Patty Huffer, Logan County Extension]


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