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In like a lamb

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Malakai Leadbitter leads new friend Phoebe in fun at Cecil Park Wednesday afternoon. Leadbitter‘s nana, Tracy Obrien, and Phoebe’s owner, Ashley Preffer, were nearby.

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Katherine Mansfield/Observer-Reporter

The secret to 68 years of marriage might be a picnic lunch. Bob and Ruth Risinger of Cecil enjoyed homemade sandwiches at the park Wednesday afternoon.

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Katherine Mansfield/Observer-Reporter

Nelson Acker joyfully splashes in the creek during an outing with his mom, Rae Acker, to Cecil Park Wednesday afternoon.

March rolled in like a lamb Wednesday, and young and old alike stepped into the sunshine for an afternoon at local parks. While Bob and Ruth Risinger, married for 68 years, enjoyed a picnic lunch in the shade, Nelson Acker, 5, of Southpointe, splashed in the creek below as mom Rae Acker watched with a smile. Malakai Leadbitter spent the afternoon on the playground with newfound, four-legged friend Phoebe, as his grandmother, Tracy Obrien, and the pup’s fur-mom Ashley Preffer looked on laughing.

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