Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Tijawan Morris, 8, of Schenectady dances during a party Thursday for the completion of the X Quest Kids AIDS Awareness program at Quest in Schenectady. The program, which started last summer, not only taught children and teens about safe sex and abstinence, but also about having healthy relationships.