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Justin Mercer holds his horse, "Socks," as nurse Maria Rieck shows a rabbit to resident Leona Kenner at a care facility in Belle Plaine, Iowa, Wednesday. Mary Ann Shaw is seated in the background. The Belle Plaine High School Future Farmers of America club visited the Belle Plaine Nursing & Rehab Center to show off farm animals, including a horse, calf, lamb, chicken, rabbits and a pig. The visit coincides with National Nursing Home Week.

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