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Kiss for a cause

Associate Pastor Ben Hadrich kisses a llama named Cleo in front of the students at St. John's School in Duluth on Friday afternoon. The schoolchildren were challenged to raise $20,000 for a school fundraiser. The reward for reaching their goal wa...

The Rev. Ben Hadrich
Associate Pastor Ben Hadrich kisses a llama named Cleo in front of the students at St. John's School in Duluth on Friday afternoon. The schoolchildren were challenged to raise $20,000 for a school fundraiser. The reward for reaching their goal was to have one of the pastors kiss a llama. The kids actually raised $22,300 and picked up more than 70 pounds of garbage in the neighborhood. Cleo belongs to Woodland Hills. Said Hadrich: "It was the first kiss I've had in a long time. It was dry and kind of hair...

Associate Pastor Ben Hadrich kisses a llama named Cleo in front of the students at St. John's School in Duluth on Friday afternoon. The schoolchildren were challenged to raise $20,000 for a school fundraiser. The reward for reaching their goal was to have one of the pastors kiss a llama. The kids actually raised $22,300 and picked up more than 70 pounds of garbage in the neighborhood. Cleo belongs to Woodland Hills. Said Hadrich: "It was the first kiss I've had in a long time. It was dry and kind of hairy -- we both had beards."

St. John's students
Students applaud Hadrich as he prepares to kiss Cleo on Friday at St. John's School in Duluth on Friday afternoon. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)

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