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With water guns readily available, the duck race soon turned into a water fight. The youngsters seemed to have more fun soaking themselves and each other with water than seeing whose duck was the fastest.
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Emmanuel Fuentes, left, and Troy Glover enjoyed jousting with the long foam tubes provided at Buddy Day. Troy, seemingly at a disadvantage because of his shorter tube, apparently thought he'd intimidate his opponent by making a scary face.
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This young lady gave it her best shot as she tried to throw the football through a suspended tire. She got some good exercise even though she was disappointed that her ball fell a bit below the target.
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Isaac Torres, although hanging on tightly, seemed to be having a bit of trouble managing his mount. His buddy Treyton Hudson was doing his best to keep the inflatable steed moving. Isaac and Treyton are kindergarten students.
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The marble pickup game drew a number of entrants. The students were asked to take off their shoes and socks and pick up the marbles with their feet. Although it wasn't easy to retrieve marbles with their toes everyone seemed to be enjoying just playing in the sand.
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Even though this young man paused briefly to have his picture taken, he still appeared to be the apparent winner of his race on the hoppers. He was competing against one of the seventh grade students who came over for the day to help with
Buddy Day activities.
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This young lady, who has shot her ball onto the green, seems to be planning her strategy for sinking the ball into the hole in the popular putt putt golf game. Although a few raindrops fell, the morning was perfect for a game of golf at Buddy Day.
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Although the Glenn Duffy Elementary teachers had lots of fun activities planned for Buddy Day last Friday, many students were just enjoying using the swings and other playground equipment behind the school building.
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The two bounce houses set up on the east side of the Glenn Duffy Elementary playground were popular entertainment at Buddy Day Friday. Other popular inflatables were the race horses who ran on the track at the left.
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A couple of young fellows paused during the morning's activities to visit the snack shack and get a cool drink. Chips, fruit snacks and Little Debbie treats were available for the youngsters who worked up an appetite during Buddy Day and hot dogs were being prepared on the grill in the background.
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While the kindergarten students were out on the playground for Friday morning's Buddy Day activities the first graders were watching a movie in the gym. The students rotated in the afternoon and the first graders got their turn at competing in games on the playground.
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A poster mounted on the door to the gymnasium instructed students in the rules for good listening as they entered the room to watch the movie screened on Buddy Day.
By Susan Holland
Community on 05/20/2015