In this photo taken on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, from left, fifth-graders Shawn Mrazek, Megan Sampson and Maddie Anderson tie the fringes on a dog blanket, while Clover watches, as the students at Robert Blue Middle School in Eagle Grove, Iowa, joined for different projects during the annual Aaron Eilerts Day of Service. Clover is a puppy in the Leader Dogs program in the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility, and the blankets made will be sent to the Leader Dog program. Students spent the day doing service projects to honor a Eilerts, who was killed in 2008 when a tornado swept over a boy scout’s camp. (AP Photo/The Messenger, Joe Sutter
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