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Cheri Daniels, wife of Governor Mitch Daniels, visited Rose Hamilton Elementary School in Centerville Friday. She was there to give a lesson on literacy - a lesson she takes to different schools around the state of Indiana.

“It is very important that they know that reading is something that is really going to make them advance in the world, and that it is their ticket to success,” Daniels said.

At the end of the lesson, students were able to ask questions they prepared ahead of time. Questions ranged from government to life for the Daniels family.

“It was kind of fun for them to realize that they could actually talk to someone that’s the wife of the governor for the state of Indiana,” Principal Lee Steinbarger said.

According to Steinbarger, Daniels’ visit to the school was the first appearance at any school in Wayne County. School teachers say it was an honor to be the first school to have had her as a guest.

“We were very excited about her coming to our classroom because of our love for literacy in our classroom and her love for reading to children as well,” first grade teacher Beth Schauss said.

The school children gave a book called “Snow” to the first lady at the end of the presentation as a gift. Inside the cover, each student signed his or her name for her.