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Biologist talks to kids about our state symbols
Jan. 29 is Kansas Day
Pam Martin KS salamander
Pam Martin from the Kansas Wetlands Education Center shows second graders at Jefferson Elementary School a barred tiger salamander during an early Kansas Day program on Friday. Kansas will be 159 years old on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Martin’s program was about some of our state symbols, including this one: The Kansas State Amphibian. - photo by Susan Thacker/Great Bend Tribune
With Kansas Day fast approaching, Pam Martin from the Kansas Wetlands Education Center has spent the month visiting second-grade classrooms throughout the area. Martin’s program Friday at Jefferson Elementary School in Great Bend included a couple of living examples of our state symbols.