Precise measurements

Westwood Middle School students Kahlysta McKethen and Andres Margraf work on an exercise in teacher Marty Sexton's class to determine volume by first measuring geometric shapes, then filling them with water and weighing them to test their calculations. About a dozen individuals from West Plains businesses and cities got a chance to check out the school's Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) programs during a tour last Wednesday.

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John McCallum, Retired editor

John McCallum is an award-winning journalist who retired from Cheney Free Press after more than 20 years. He received 10 Washington Newspaper Publisher Association awards for journalism and photography, including first place awards for Best Investigative, Best News and back-to-back awards in Best Breaking News categories.

 

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