COBDEN, Ill. — Cobden is the little high school that could. And it still can.
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Liv Cerny and Hannah Stillman work together in a well-equipped industrial arts classroom, where students learn to make guitars and ukuleles.
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Sam Ingold is creating a wooden musical instrument in the industrial arts class.
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Edwin Shoemate (center) gives it a good try to keep up with the Cobden Mountain Biking Club, (from left) Daniel Demmin, Liv Cerny, Tristan Brummer and junior/high school teacher Jeremy Crawford in front.
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