FOUR-LEGGED FRIEND

FOUR-LEGGED FRIEND — While his Miles Head Start classmates crowded around other animals, 3-year-old Ma’keio Duggon preferred quietly visiting with a tiny goat Tuesday morning when Hooker Farms of Milan brought its petting zoo to the center on East College Street. The Head Start and Early Head Start programs try to host the animals once a year as a fun educational opportunity for the 75 children who attend classes. The variety of animals brought Tuesday included a lemur, which was very popular among both children and staff members, as well as a llama, zebu, donkey, miniature cows, pot-bellied pig, goats, sheep, rabbits and various birds. (See related photo, Page 3.)