COLUMBIA — Melissa Tague had no problem waking up her sixth-grade son, Alden, early on a gray, rainy weekend morning. He was excited to build a miniature barge and fly paper airplanes at school during the annual Smithton Laboratory and Invention Convention on Saturday at Smithton Middle School.
Hands-on science excites Smithton students
Saturday, April 18, 2009 | 1:34 p.m. CDT;
updated 8:27 p.m. CDT, Sunday, April 19, 2009
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