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Kids learn about bubble-ology

By TOM LAVENTURE

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HURLEY - Bubbles are fun to make, but a group of kids attending a weekly Hurley Public Library summer program found that they enjoyed learning about molecules and the states of matter just as much on Wednesday at Riccelli Park.

Licia Johnson, the education director and naturalist at the North Lakeland Discovery Center, came from Manitowish Waters to show kids that they can become scientists, or bubble-ologists in this case, she said.

"They learned that the word 'ology' means 'the study of' and that whatever comes in front of that word is the st...