NEWS LITE : CHELSEA SLINGS SOME MUD FOR A GOOD CAUSE.Chelsea Clinton Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27, 1980) is the daughter and only child of former US President Bill Clinton and United States Senator Hillary Clinton. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. has joined dozens of church-group volunteers in repairing poor people's homes in Kentucky Kentucky, state, United States Kentucky (kəntŭk`ē, kĭn–), one of the so-called border states of the S central United States. It is bordered by West Virginia and Virginia (E); Tennessee (S); the Mississippi R. last week. During the day, President Clinton's 16-year-old daughter works with about 70 volunteers for Appalachian Service Project, a ministry based in Tennessee. ``Last time I saw her, she was up to her ankles in mud, and she was digging under a house,'' said Joe Schlatter, executive director of the group. Having the president's only child working under an unsteady house in the Appalachian foothills was a little worrisome, Schlatter said. ``Now and then you run into copperhead snakes copperhead snakes light copper-brown to black venomous snakes. Called also Denisonia superba, Austrelaps superba or Agkistrodon contortrix. up under the house,'' he added. ``So we're worried about every kid.'' At night, Chelsea - like everyone else - sacks out in a sleeping bag in a classroom at Jackson City High School. The volunteers eat in the school cafeteria cafeteria: see restaurant. . A White House spokesman said Chelsea will not be giving any interviews. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Chelsea Clinton, right, walks with other volunteers a fter a day of repairing homes. Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. |
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