<img src="http://static.record-eagle.com/elements/eagle-35px.gif" style="float:left;margin-right:5px;border:0;">2009 NMC BBQ

Hordes of hungry area residents swarmed onto the campus of Northwestern Michigan College for the 54th annual barbecue, an event to raise money for programs and equipment at the college.

Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump<br />
Gus Chell, 3, hides behind the legs of his grandmother Mary Chell, from a Talon -- a mid-sized robot used for reconnaissance and disarmament from the 745th Explosive Ordinance Unit in Grayling -- at the National Guard exhibit during Sunday's 54th Annual NMC Barbecue on the campus of Northwestern Michigan College.

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Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Gus Chell, 3, hides behind the legs of his grandmother Mary Chell, from a Talon -- a mid-sized robot used for reconnaissance and disarmament from the 745th Explosive Ordinance Unit in Grayling -- at the National Guard exhibit during Sunday's 54th Annual NMC Barbecue on the campus of Northwestern Michigan College.

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