Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Elliana Burns, 9, of Reed City samples some of the cherry-themed foods with her mother Polly Burns (cq), left, and father Paul Burns, right, during Friday's Cherry Connection: Bringing Together Festival, Farm and Fruit Friday at the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Station operated by Michigan State University.

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