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Rocks, mud and bugs: Camp tries to make nature less scary

Posted: June 16, 2012

The Winchester Star

Second-grade teacher Amy Myers shows the progress of a rock candy formation to students Skylar Richards (from left), Elisa Pitsenbarger, Major Lewis and Mahi Patel during Eco-Rock Camp.
Jennifer Sanpietro (left) and her brother Michael Sanpietro lie under a table Friday and create “cave” paintings on paper taped to the underside. They were participating in the Eco-Rock Camp at John Kerr Elementary School. (Photo by Scott Mason/The Winchester Star)

WINCHESTER — Payten Lilley proudly held up her pipe-cleaner- and-clay creation.

“It’s a ladybutter,” said the fourth-grade Frederick Douglass Elementary School student. “A mix of a ladybug and a...



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