Article: Winter Carnival classroom; Ice Palace as teaching tool makes learning really cool.(NEWS)

Byline: Heron Marquez Estrada; Staff Writer

Decked out in her Winter Carnival tiara, sequined blouse and royal sash, Diane Winkler was ready for anything as she stood before 700 awestruck schoolchildren in St. Paul recently.

Then, the 1996 Queen of the Northlands recalled, a 5-year-old girl stopped her cold.

"She asked, `When you go to the bathroom, does your crown fall off in the potty?' " Winkler said. "I didn't know what to say, so I said, `Well, we're very careful.' "

Winkler's appearance Monday before 70 third-graders at Hancock-Hamline University Collaborative Magnet School in St. Paul was part of the St. Paul Festival and ...

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