Putting the ‘fun’ in Funston

Iola Reads offered a chance to tour the Funston home and meet a therapy dog.

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November 4, 2024 - 1:29 PM

From left, with Moose are Addison Chandlee, Ben Cromer and Emersyn Higginbotham. Courtesy photo

Iola Reads offered a chance to meet Moose, a trained therapy dog that looks like the dog featured in this year’s children’s book selection, the “Ranger in Time” series, at the Allen County Historical Society Saturday.

Children also had a chance to tour Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston’s boyhood home and learn about his work mobilizing troops during the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. One of the series’ books is “Ranger in Time: Escape from the Great Earthquake.”

Wesson and Audrey Buck take a photo with a statue of Funston and Moose.Courtesy photo
Shelby Hansel, Soren Walker and Seeley Walker with Gen. Funston’s statue and Moose.Courtesy photo
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