The sky is the limit at a local art camp, where the only thing holding back the budding artists is their imagination.
Dozens of children in kindergarten through fifth grade converged on the State Fair Community Center campus this past week to take part in Camp Blue Sky, which is an experience in the variety of fine arts for children.
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