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Jackson, 10, Sarah, and Brooke Bembe, 7, toast to Noon Year's Eve with the sparkling mocktails they made during Wednesday's Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021.

Jackson, 10, Sarah, and Brooke Bembe, 7, toast to Noon Year's Eve with the sparkling mocktails they made during Wednesday's Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (Dylan Slagle/Carroll County Times)

Happy Noon Years Family Cooking Class | PHOTOS

Dec 30, 2021 at 1:23 pm
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Families were ringing in 2022 by learning to make clock quesadillas, Noon Year's Eve mocktails, pretzel stick sparklers, and fruit rockets at Carroll County Public Library's Exploration Commons, Wednesday December 29, 2021.

Happy Noon Years Family Cooking Class

Seen through an observation window, experience design specialist Nancy Farace leads a Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021.

Seen through an observation window, experience design specialist Nancy Farace leads a Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (Dylan Slagle/Carroll County Times)

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Happy Noon Years Family Cooking Class

Michele, Micaela, 11, and Gary Bowman of Manchester prepare a clockface quesadilla during a Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021.

Michele, Micaela, 11, and Gary Bowman of Manchester prepare a clockface quesadilla during a Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (Dylan Slagle/Carroll County Times)

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Happy Noon Years Family Cooking Class

Experience design specialist Nancy Farace helps Liam Smith, 7, dip a pretzel stick sparkler during a Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021.

Experience design specialist Nancy Farace helps Liam Smith, 7, dip a pretzel stick sparkler during a Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (Dylan Slagle/Carroll County Times)

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Happy Noon Years Family Cooking Class

Pretzel stick sparklers are one of the culinary creations featured in Wednesday's Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Main

Pretzel stick sparklers are one of the culinary creations featured in Wednesday's Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Main (Dylan Slagle/Carroll County Times)

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Happy Noon Years Family Cooking Class

As his mother Sarah and sister Brooke, 7, look on Jackson Bembe, 10, left, prepares to crush a bag of candies, one of the ingredients in the sparkling mocktails they made during  a Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021.

As his mother Sarah and sister Brooke, 7, look on Jackson Bembe, 10, left, prepares to crush a bag of candies, one of the ingredients in the sparkling mocktails they made during a Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (Dylan Slagle/Carroll County Times)

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Happy Noon Years Family Cooking Class

Jackson, 10, Sarah, and Brooke Bembe, 7, toast to Noon Year's Eve with the sparkling mocktails they made during Wednesday's Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021.

Jackson, 10, Sarah, and Brooke Bembe, 7, toast to Noon Year's Eve with the sparkling mocktails they made during Wednesday's Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (Dylan Slagle/Carroll County Times)

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Happy Noon Years Family Cooking Class

Olivia Smith, 9, Claudia Coffey, Liam Smith, 7, and Julia Smith toast to Noon Year's Eve with sparkling mocktails they made during  a Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021.

Olivia Smith, 9, Claudia Coffey, Liam Smith, 7, and Julia Smith toast to Noon Year's Eve with sparkling mocktails they made during a Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (Dylan Slagle/Carroll County Times)

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Happy Noon Years Family Cooking Class

Katherine, James, 9, and Anne Marie Scherk, 13, make a clockface quesadilla during Wednesday' Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021.

Katherine, James, 9, and Anne Marie Scherk, 13, make a clockface quesadilla during Wednesday' Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (Dylan Slagle/Carroll County Times)

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Happy Noon Years Family Cooking Class

Jackson, 10, Sarah, and Brooke Bembe, 7, prepare a clockface quesadilla during a Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021.

Jackson, 10, Sarah, and Brooke Bembe, 7, prepare a clockface quesadilla during a Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (Dylan Slagle/Carroll County Times)

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Happy Noon Years Family Cooking Class

Clockface quesadillas were one of the culinary creations featured in Wednesday's Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021.

Clockface quesadillas were one of the culinary creations featured in Wednesday's Happy Noon Year's Family Cooking Class in the teaching kitchen at Exploration Commons at 50 East Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (Dylan Slagle/Carroll County Times)

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