John Cross
Tris Beckendorf adds a spring-like touch to the snowman she and neighborhood kids constructed in the wake of Thursday's snow storm. From left, the children are Keegan Beckendorf, Addey Beckendorf, Grace Guetschow and Lilly Schultz. Beckendorf, a special education teacher at Mankato East High School, had the day off after classes were canceled because of the storm.

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