Children making strides in fitness

The Thomas Paine Elementary School buses dropped students off a little far of the mark this morning. But that was a good thing.

Because today is International Walk to School Day, and even children who live too far away to walk to school regularly got a chance for a little a.m. exercise. At about 7:50 a.m., dozens of children stepped off the bus and into the welcoming paws of the Thomas Paine Tomcat, a giant gray cat (or a person in a cat suit, anyway) who is the school's mascot.

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