A visit from the queen

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The outgoing Shrimp & Petroleum Festival queen, Emma Thomas, visited Central Catholic Elementary School before this year's festival. Maggie Bagwell’s third-graders, top photo, create “shrimp boats” from orange juice cartons each year as they learn about their local festival. The first-grade class was invited to the queen’s presentation as her younger brother, Gabriel, is a member of Celine Laubach’s first-grade class, bottom photo.