Learning

Contributed photographs
LEARNING — Chris Holmes, director of the Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race, worked with the Gifted and Talented Students at Houlton Southside School to construct a soap box derby call. In the top photograph, Holmes, right, works with Zach Gonya on getting the rod in place for the wheels, while Nolan Porter holds the rod steady; below, Alex Wilde and Keegan Gentle, right, work on getting another part of the derby car secured, with Gonya and Holmes in the background; and at right, Emily Shaw, sitting in the shell of the car will be the driver this weekend, with her “pit crew” from left, back, Alex Wilde, Nolan Porter, Keegan Gentle and Zach Gonya.