GALLERY: Fair steers students toward future careers
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Morehead City Police Capt. Tim Guthrie shows Harkers Island Elementary School fifth-graders a patrol boat April 25 during the Carteret County school system’s Steer Your Career Vehicle Fair, held in the parking lot of the old Kmart building in Morehead City. (Cheryl Burke photo)

Davis Harrison, an electronics engineer with the Fleet Readiness Center East at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, talks to Newport Elementary School fifth-grader Jackson Parish about careers April 25 during the Carteret County school system’s Steer Your Career Vehicle Fair, held in the parking lot of the old Kmart building in Morehead City. (Cheryl Burke photo)

An employee with the NC Department of Transportation talks to county fifth-graders about DOT careers during the Carteret County school system’s Steer Your Career Vehicle Fair, held April 25 in the parking lot of the old Kmart building in Morehead City. (Cheryl Burke photo)

A Carteret County fifth-grader checks out his strength at a Morehead City Fire and EMS emergency vehicle set up April 25 at the Carteret County school system’s Steer Your Career Vehicle Fair, held in the parking lot of the old Kmart building in Morehead City. (Cheryl Burke photo)

NC Highway Patrol Trooper Robert Melby has his photo taken with Smyrna Elementary School fifth-grader Zoe Powell during the Carteret County school system’s Steer Your Career Vehicle Fair, held April 25 in the parking lot of the old Kmart building in Morehead City. (Cheryl Burke photo)

A county fifth-grader climbs out of a Carteret County Sheriff’s Department vehicle April 25 during the Carteret County school system’s Steer Your Career Vehicle Fair, held in the parking lot of the old Kmart building in Morehead City. It was among nearly 40 vehicles representing various careers that were set up at the fair. (Cheryl Burke photo)

Newport Elementary School fifth-graders, from left, Destiny Hudson and Aleena Styron, wear linemen gloves and try their hand at various tasks at a Duke Energy exhibit set up April 25 at the Carteret County school system’s Steer Your Career Vehicle Fair, held in the parking lot of the old Kmart building in Morehead City. (Cheryl Burke photo)

Marcus Lindquist with the NC Department of Transportation shows off a state dump truck to county fifth-graders April 25 during the Carteret County school system’s Steer Your Career Vehicle Fair, held in the parking lot of the old Kmart building in Morehead City. (Cheryl Burke photo)

Marine Corps Police Officer Ambrose Scott demonstrates the use of handcuffs to Newport Elementary School fifth-graders April 25 during the Carteret County school system’s Steer Your Career Vehicle Fair, held in the parking lot of the old Kmart building in Morehead City. (Cheryl Burke photo)
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Davis Harrison, an electronics engineer with the Fleet Readiness Center East at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, talks to Newport Elementary School fifth-grader Jackson Parish about careers April 25 during the Carteret County school system’s Steer Your Career Vehicle Fair, held in the parking lot of the old Kmart building in Morehead City. (Cheryl Burke photo)
A county fifth-grader climbs out of a Carteret County Sheriff’s Department vehicle April 25 during the Carteret County school system’s Steer Your Career Vehicle Fair, held in the parking lot of the old Kmart building in Morehead City. It was among nearly 40 vehicles representing various careers that were set up at the fair. (Cheryl Burke photo)
Newport Elementary School fifth-graders, from left, Destiny Hudson and Aleena Styron, wear linemen gloves and try their hand at various tasks at a Duke Energy exhibit set up April 25 at the Carteret County school system’s Steer Your Career Vehicle Fair, held in the parking lot of the old Kmart building in Morehead City. (Cheryl Burke photo)
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