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They're sprouting up at vacant lots, parking lots and stores. You'll notice them bundled on top of cars and stuffed into car trunks. Eventually, they end up in most homes. They are Christmas trees. The National Christmas Tree Association claims around 25-30 million live trees are sold in the U.S. every year. Last year, they estimated 31. More ... Lisa Billings/Chesterfield Observer - County schools have been busy this holiday season with fundraisers. From top: Val Tanner, a teacher's aide at Grange Hall Elementary, shops for a poinsettia during a PTA fundraiser. English and government classes at Matoaca High School recently competed to donate rice through www.freerice.com. A donation of 20 grains of rice was made for every question students answered correctly on the site. In just five minutes, the school raised more than 46 pounds of rice to feed the world's hungry. Students at Jacobs Road Elementary took in 365 coats during a four-week coat drive. The coats were donated to the Coats for Kids program at Puritan Cleaners. After cleaning, they will be given to the Salvation Army. More ... There's at least one construction site in the county that isn't quiet right now. Dale Wilson and his carpentry students from the Chesterfield Technical Center are busy building a house for Chesterfield Alternatives, a not-forprofi t organization. The 34 carpentry students will frame the house, install sheetrock and also work on siding and interior trim. More ... Marguerite Christian Elementary's Center-Based Gifted program students recently held Beatnik Day, complete with a 1960s-style coffeehouse, poetry readings and vintage fashions. From top: Julia Bates (from left), Taylor Hall and Ellie Holder hang out in the mock coffeehouse while Krishna Gandhi gives a reading. Jack Swofford shares his poetry. Ellie Holder listens as a classmate reads from her work. (Photos by Lisa Billings) More ... |
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