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Reindeer fly
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Suntree students pay for principal’s haircut
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Margo and Mryl Anderson stand in front of the Viera East entrance to Murrell, which is decorated to reflect the holiday spirit.
Decorations at Viera East mark the start of the holidays BY GEORGE WHITE It’s beginning to look a lot like the holiday season, and the two Murrell entrances of Viera East are leading the way. There are more than 700 homes in 12 communities in the area, so the Viera East Garden Club has made it a tradition to design and help decorate the entrances, said Myrl Anderson, a community volunteer working on the display with his wife, Margo Anderson. “We store all of this stuff
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every year and pull it out at the beginning of the holiday season. We tested every light and have all of it drawn out so we sort of know what it’s supposed to look like,’’ Myrl Anderson said. He was quick to point out that a key person in making the display a reality was Aileen Childers, president of the garden club, who took over for the initial designer and former club president Shirley Lloyd. “We try to reuse everything we can, but we also put some Continued on page 2
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BY KEN PREVITI When �irst grade teacher Karen Lewis and art teacher Heather Moore approached Mecheall Giombetti, Suntree Elementary School’s principal, with the idea of having her hair cut as a way of encouraging students to help kids who lose their hair due to cancer treatments, she immediately agreed. “As soon as I heard she would cut her hair, I threw in �ive dollars,” laughed Brennan Chace, a sixth grader from Suntree Elementary. “This was a VIERA VOICE Photo clever idea. I’m not sure Suntree Elementary School Principal Mecheall Giombetti nervously we would have raised as awaits an 8-inch haircut as anticipated by 6th grader Brennan Chace much money without it. while teachers Heather Moore and Karen Lewis give her moral The principal’s haircut is support. what did it for me.” This year, Suntree One day was designated as hairstylist Jeanine Malcomb Elementary children are Hat Hero Day, a day when from The Best Little Hair aware of the scope of cancer. students wore their own hats House in Cape Canaveral cut One student, two teachers, in school. The money was eight inches of Mecheall’s and the fathers of three sent to the Heavenly Hats hair in front of students as students all face the challeng- Foundation, www.heavenlysqueals of laughter echoed es of cancer and treatments. hats.com, which collects and through the halls. Knowing this and doing distributes new hats of all “Students often feel they something about it are two kinds to “heroes of all ages,” are too small or young to separate things. especially children, who lose make a difference in the The principal and the their hair due to cancer. world. This should show teachers agreed to set a miniIn addition, Mecheall will them what a uni�ied effort mum goal of raising $700 can do. They are empowered; be sending her hair to a nonand students exceeded the that’s one reason I did this,” pro�it group that makes wigs goal and collected $1,082.19. for children. On Nov. 15, Mecheall said. VV
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