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Ann R. Purcell elected chair of State Transportation Board of Georgia
Ann Purcell
Ann Purcell
Ann R. Purcell, Georgia's 1st Congressional District representative, was elected chair of the State Transportation Board of Georgia at its monthly board meeting on Thursday.
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'Mini-engineers' explore the world of robotics building
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Camp instructor Drew Herring helps campers Nash Bland, right, and Michael Welch. Bland, 8, attends Screven County Elementary, while Welch, 9, goes to Julia P. Bryant Elementary. (JASON MARTIN/special)
Georgia Southern University is holding its annual LEGO Robotics Rascals camp this week at the university's Continuing and Professional Education Center on Highway 301 South across from Ogeechee Technical College. Since Monday, the 7- to 10-year-old "mini-engineers" have been exploring the world of robotics-building, programming and problem-solving. They have been taking on challenges and experimenting with coding to build their own LEGO robots. The camp concludes Friday.
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