AuburnPub.com: Nia Boothman, 3, looks off to the side before climbing the tree while her cousin Nyche'le Crouch, 6, hangs backwards from her perch while climbing a tree in front of Saint Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church in Auburn Wednesday.

Nia Boothman, 3, looks off to the side before climbing the tree while her cousin Nyche'le Crouch, 6, hangs backwards from her perch while climbing a tree in front of Saint Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church in Auburn Wednesday.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:35 AM EDT

Angela Kershner / The Citizen

Nia Boothman, 3, looks off to the side before climbing the tree while her cousin Nyche'le Crouch, 6, hangs backwards from her perch while climbing a tree in front of Saint Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church in Auburn Wednesday. Angela Kershner / The Citizen