Staff photo by Connor Cummiskey Arn Kind (center) used a couple of volunteers to demonstrate bartering between the French fur traders, represented by Michael (left), and the Native Americans, represented by Kira (right), in the middle school gym Monday.

John Gillis (left), Nate Hauser (middle) and Sam Guldan (right) work on their robot in the Greater Mankato VRC Tournament at Mankato East High School Sunday. The Cathedral High School teams took 11th and 13th in the competition out of 45 teams.

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