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PHOTOS: Kids explore trains, tractors and old-fashioned laundry

Left to right, Barnabas Wong, Hannah Wong, 6, Benjamin Wong 9, and Paul Wong work on a building project at Powerland Heritage Park Saturday, May 14 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Kids and families dove into science and technology Saturday at Powerland Heritage Park.

The park, a collection of independent museums focused on antique farm equipment and steam-powered machines, held its S.T.E.A.M.’d Up for Kids event featuring hands-on activities “designed to stimulate the minds of youth mechanically.”

Jayden Letterins, right, and Lucas Friesen operate an old fashioned hand cranked wringer on a wet rag Saturday, May 14 at Powerland Heritage Park (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Two year old Kellan Davis pushes a toy Tonka Tractor across the grass at Powerland Heritage Park Saturday, May 14 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Young model railroad enthusiasts watch as a model steam engine passes by at the Willamette Valley Model Railroad Museum Saturday, May 14 at Powerland Heritage Park (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Parents and children were able to take rides on the Powerland double decker trolly Saturday, May 14 at Powerland Heritage Park. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

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Photographer Ron Cooper and his wife Penny moved to Salem in 1969 to take a job as photographer at the Oregon Statesman (later the Statesman Journal). Their three children, Monica, Kimberly, and Christopher, attended and graduated from Salem public schools. Cooper retired from the Statesman Journal in 2001 but, has continued his passion for photography in many ways, including as a photographer for the Salem Reporter.