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Kids, parents see heavy machinery up close at Touch-A-Truck event
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James Moore, 4, his grandmother, Evanda Moore and sister Abigail, 3, check out the small track hoe Saturday at Touch-A-Truck at City Park in Gainesville. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Kids got a chance to gape, touch and climb on some heavy machinery Saturday afternoon at City Park in Gainesville at the 14th annual Touch-A-Truck event. Gainesville Police Department spokesman Cpl. Kevin Holbrook was at the police tent, where all manner of police vehicles were on display: SUV, truck, sedan and clearly the kid favorite, motorcycle. “Look how fast it can go,” Kevin Connell showed his 8-year-old son Daniel on the motorcycle’s speedometer.