Milo, Julian, and Adelaide Edmison, of Shawnee, get hands-on experience with a bomb-detonating robot, as Deputy Matt Wagner and Sgt. David DeFord tell them about it. The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Bomb Squad robot was a popular attraction during the Touch-A-Truck and Beyond event at the CPN Festival Grounds on April 1. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
The Touch-A-Truck and Beyond event has grown in both participants and attendance in its second year.
Organized by Pottawatomie County Emergency Management (PCEM) and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Emergency Management (CPNEM), the event featured 61 businesses and organizations, compared to 38 last year, and attracted an estimated 2,000 to 2,500 people, up from 1,000.
