Monday, June 20, 2016
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Volunteers painted Peggy's Porch on Thursday and I've never seen a group of kids from Tom Bean to Howe. go the extra mile and not have to be told to and it's gone very well." "Growing up in the community all said Farrer on Friday afternoon. my life, I love it." said Farrer. "I drove the kids all over town from The kids were visibly tired on the job site to job site. Once you get second day (Friday). There were to talk to the people that we 28 youth on Thursday and 29 on helped and see how grateful they Friday. They completed three are - it just kind of brightens their projects in two days including day and gives them somone one to painting Peggy's Porch behind City visit with them more than Hall. They also cleared out brush anything else." and beautified the grounds of a house at the southwest intersection Farrer says that it's very important of Mayo and Maple Streets. The for the kids to be a part of this. same type of work happened at the "We try to instill in these kids northeast corner of Farmington they need to be part of the solution Road and Walnut Street. With so and not part of the problem." said many volunteers, they had enough Farrer. "They have the ability to to go to the south side of Howe and change people's lives and this is pick up brush that residents had left certanily a good way for them to curbside awaiting pick up from the learn to do that." city or county. One of the young volunteers was Farrer, who's Bulldog pride is still soon-to-be Howe High School effervescent, has been in Tom graduate Danni Ross who said it Bean for many years now and was great because she loves entrenched himself in the orange helping people. and black of the Tomcats due to his marriage to a Tom Bean graduate. "I'll put myself in the middle of A Tom Bean school board member something and if I see someone and a parent of Tom Bean kids, he standing around, I'll tell them to is enjoying the time he gets to be in go do this." said Ross. "I think Howe again with the move of CBF continued on page 5
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