Family fun at Touch-A-Truck and Beyond

  • Hunter Elmore, 8, standing, talks with Rosenbauer dealer Mark Hardy about the remote control robot firefighter, as Troy Palmer, 5, sits on it, during Touch-A-Truck and Beyond, held at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 11 and organized by Pottawatomie County Emergency Management. Both boys are from Shawnee. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
    Hunter Elmore, 8, standing, talks with Rosenbauer dealer Mark Hardy about the remote control robot firefighter, as Troy Palmer, 5, sits on it, during Touch-A-Truck and Beyond, held at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 11 and organized by Pottawatomie County Emergency Management. Both boys are from Shawnee. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
  • Bethel Firefighter EMR Orrin Beckham holds out his arm so Brody Hughes, 4, of Arkansas, can feel his jacket, as Amy Hughes watches, during Touch-a-Truck and Beyond, held at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 11. Organized by Pottawatomie County Emergency Management, the event also featured the Shawnee and Tecumseh Fire Departments, as well as many other agencies.
    Bethel Firefighter EMR Orrin Beckham holds out his arm so Brody Hughes, 4, of Arkansas, can feel his jacket, as Amy Hughes watches, during Touch-a-Truck and Beyond, held at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 11. Organized by Pottawatomie County Emergency Management, the event also featured the Shawnee and Tecumseh Fire Departments, as well as many other agencies.
  • Wrynlee Begley, 3, of Tecumseh, sits in the driver's seat of a Canadian Valley Electric Co-op truck and has a moment with her cousin, Elsie Begley, 1, of Meeker, as CVEC Crew Chief Bryce Begley keeps an eye on his daughter and niece. CVEC's truck was one example of heavy equipment at the Touch-A-Truck and Beyond, held at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 11.
    Wrynlee Begley, 3, of Tecumseh, sits in the driver's seat of a Canadian Valley Electric Co-op truck and has a moment with her cousin, Elsie Begley, 1, of Meeker, as CVEC Crew Chief Bryce Begley keeps an eye on his daughter and niece. CVEC's truck was one example of heavy equipment at the Touch-A-Truck and Beyond, held at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 11.
  • Excavator Operator Wesley Fowler lifts Kage Kile, 4, of Ada, down from the Pottawatomie County District #3 equipment, as Kile's aunt, Malorie Miller, of Stratford, watches during Touch-A-Truck and Beyond, held at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 11.
    Excavator Operator Wesley Fowler lifts Kage Kile, 4, of Ada, down from the Pottawatomie County District #3 equipment, as Kile's aunt, Malorie Miller, of Stratford, watches during Touch-A-Truck and Beyond, held at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 11.
  • Families wait to tour the Tecumseh Fire & Rescue fire engine during Touch-A-Truck and Beyond, held at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 11 and organized by Pottawatomie County Emergency Management. The Bethel and Shawnee fire departments were also onhand, along with law enforcement agencies and others.
    Families wait to tour the Tecumseh Fire & Rescue fire engine during Touch-A-Truck and Beyond, held at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 11 and organized by Pottawatomie County Emergency Management. The Bethel and Shawnee fire departments were also onhand, along with law enforcement agencies and others.
  • U.S. Army E4 Josh Wilson supervises as Peyton Poulton, 11, and James Poulton, 8, both of Morrison, OK, raise and lower an M119A3 canon during Touch-A-Truck and Beyond, held at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 11 and organized by Pottawatomie County Emergency Management.
    U.S. Army E4 Josh Wilson supervises as Peyton Poulton, 11, and James Poulton, 8, both of Morrison, OK, raise and lower an M119A3 canon during Touch-A-Truck and Beyond, held at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 11 and organized by Pottawatomie County Emergency Management.