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JULY 21, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 14
Thyme To Turnip The Beet: School Starts Garden Club BY COURTNEY MENGEL
t all began with a conversation between Providence Elementary School principal Billie Corbin and Solanco School District psychologist Marc Riccomini. Corbin and Riccomini were talking about the amount of land they have at the school, so they came up with the idea of planting a garden and allowing students to participate. This idea was put into motion during the spring of this year, when Corbin and Riccomini selected 10 students from kindergarten through fourth grade. Permission letters were then sent to the students’ parents. “We wanted to start small to make sure we were successful because we didn’t know how it would go,” said Corbin. To begin, third- and fourth-graders used graph paper to map out the garden and decide what vegetables and herbs they wanted to plant. The students did the math to calculate the spacing of everything, and they built a fence around the area. The students planted tomatoes, eggplants,
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cucumbers, peppers, watermelon, squash, and some herbs. After everything was finished, Corbin and the students planned to meet periodically over the summer to maintain the garden, water the plants, and taste some of the vegetables. “Next time we meet (in July), I’d like to teach them how to do a refrigerator pickle,” stated Corbin. Corbin noted that she hopes to design a wooden sign for the garden that has the names of the club members on it. She also mentioned that she wants to get a scarecrow and lay kindness rocks in the garden. As vegetables ripen, Corbin plans to either drop off the food at the students’ houses or donate it to a local food bank. “Our idea behind the garden club was that we want our kids to enjoy school and know that learning happens in the classroom, but learning can happen outside of the classroom as well and it can be fun,” said Corbin. “School is a fun place, and we can build on the interests of the kids so they can learn something they can use when they’re older.”
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The Providence Garden Club consists of 10 students from kindergarten through fourth grade.
Southern End To Celebrate National Night Out
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Do You Know Your Neighbor? . . . . . . . . .2
BY COURTNEY MENGEL
Every year on the first Tuesday of the month of August, National Night Out (NNO) is celebrated across the U.S. NNO is an annual campaign that aims to promote relationships between the community and the police to make neighborhoods safer places to live. On Tuesday, Aug. 3, Providence Township will celebrate its third annual
BY COURTNEY MENGEL
In 2010, there was an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig located in the Gulf of Mexico, which resulted in what is believed to be the largest marine oil spill in history. After hearing about the oil spill, something sparked in Washington Boro resident Tracie Young. “I saw all those animals covered in oil, and I was so upset,” recalled Tracie. “I cried every day.”
See National Night Out pg 10
Providence Township invites the public to attend National Night Out.
See Raven Ridge pg 6
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