CAMPUS COSMETICS VOLUNTEERS SPRUCE UP ARROYO SECO SCHOOL.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer VALENCIA - Arroyo Seco Arroyo Seco (Spanish: "dry creek") may refer to:
Joining more than 65,000 people in 50 countries, members of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Church of Christ brought HOPE Worldwide's Global Outreach Day to a campus in need of a makeover. ``We've been cracking jokes and laughing all day,'' said Sharon Brubaker, one of a dozen volunteers painting the hallway outside the gym. ``I've never painted before, but it's a good feeling. You feel like you've accomplished something.'' After chipping peeling paint from the hallway and classroom walls, volunteers applied primer before covering the surface with a pristine white paint - about 30 gallons total, provided by the school, which is part of the William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Union High School District. Four rooms in the 500 building were transformed Saturday, the before- and-after contrast impressing all involved. ``The walls were full of tape, pencil marks, glue, gum, fingerprints,'' said Jan Noirot, who, with her husband, Mark, helped coordinate the effort. The local Church of Christ meets in the school gymnasium Sundays, so the cleanup effort lends a cheer to their weekly services in addition to the students, teachers and staffers. As workers spruced up the teachers lounge, white replacing the blue- green walls, others tended to the nearly $1,000 worth of donated plants and flowers. ``They've put in Indian hawthornes, daisies, roses, azaleas,'' Noirot said, admiring the planters Planters is an American snack food company under Kraft Foods manufacturing, best known for its nuts and the Mr. Peanut icon that symbolizes them. Started by Italian immigrants Amedeo Obici and Mario Peruzzi in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1906, it was incorporated in 1908 flanking the entrance to the 500 building. ``Anywhere that needed some new shrubs or flowers, that's where we focused.'' HOPE Worldwide is a global outreach program based in Wayne, Pa., that was founded in 1991 by the International Churches of Christ Alternate meanings: International Churches of Christ discussed in this article are not part of International Christian Churches, the "Churches of Christ",not part of Independent Christian Churches, the Disciples of Christ, not part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the . CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Stephanie Patterson, foreground, and Brittany Mancini plant flowers at Arroyo Seco Junior High School Arroyo Seco Junior High School is a public junior high school in Saugus, California. It is a member of the William S. Hart Union High School District. Rhondi Durand, Cathy Novean, and Dr. Andy Keyne are the principals. on Saturday. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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