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    Electricity Family Fun Day

    On Saturday, February 4, 2017, the Museum of the Gulf Coast had a family fun day themed on the “Electricity” exhibit from the Benjamin Franklin Institute. “Shock and Awe” included awesome crafts such as coloring a flash light, graphite circuits, and kaleidoscopes. There was also games like soda can races and so much more. I was there volunteering with the museum’s Teen Troupe program and was able to interview two families. Port Arthur’s Mayor Derrick Freeman and his wife Shannon Freeman brought their children to the family fun day for the first time. While there, I asked Mayor Freeman what was the kid’s favorite activity. He said they enjoyed the plasma tube because it reminded the kids

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