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Still Elementary to be ‘spruced up’

By Daarel Burnette II
Oct 25, 2012

Still Elementary has an opportunity from Home Depot to spruce up its school. About 200 Home Depot employees will go to the school on Nov. 16 to spread mulch, paint the playground, build benches and picnic tables, prune the trees and complete several other projects. Jet’s Pizza, Mayfield Dairy Farms and Cobb EMC have also donated time and money toward the project.

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