BUDDING BOOKWORMS DONATION GETS MORE FICTION INTO CLASSROOMS.Byline: Peggy Peggy may refer to:
LANCASTER - Youngsters at Tierra Bonita Bonita (Spanish and Portuguese for "beautiful") is the name of:
The schools will share $4,000 worth of new books. ``I think literacy is a big part of the development of a child and seeing the conditions of some of the libraries, our committee took the task of bringing some of those books up to date,'' said Victor Vega, Lancaster West Rotary youth committee chairman. An indication of the condition of some school library books, he said, came from his 8-year-old daughter, who saw the books to be donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. and said, ``Dad, these books they smell good and they have all the pages.'' Vega added: ``This will encourage the kids.'' Tierra Bonita South Elementary School elementary school: see school. Principal Sally Szwenik appreciates the donation and hopes it will encourage students to read for pleasure. ``As in anything else, if you play pro basketball or golf, whatever sport, you have to practice and kids have to practice reading,'' said Szwenik. ``So we hope by giving them books that they're very interested in, that they will read more.'' The Rotary Club will donate books to Sierra Elementary and Mariposa schools next week. ``We're hoping that we can have books in all the classrooms, but that will take some time to accomplish that,'' said Vega. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Third-graders at Tierra Bonita North Elementary School examine books donated by the Lancaster West Rotary Club. (2 -- 3 -- color) Theresa Bastian, left, at Tierra Bonita North Elementary School, scans a donated book. Below, Victor Vega of Lancaster West Rotary Club, Michele Bowers Bowers is a surname, and may refer to
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