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	Vol.7, No 38, November 3, 1999
	Students toss trash By Andres Cardenas Daily Forty-Niner To help eliminate trash from a local elementary school, more than 100 volunteers from Long Beach gathered last weekend for a community service project. The volunteers met at Burnett Elementary School at 8 a.m. Saturday to help clear weeds, plant shrubs and pick up litter. While sweeping up debris from a back alley, Cal State Long Beach President's Scholar and senior Andrea Spicer said she came out to help clean up the area for children living in the neighborhood. "I think it kind of symbolizes cleaning up the kids lives," Spicer said. "They don't have to walk down here and see filth and dirt on the way to school -- then that makes me happier." Other volunteers included community members, city officials and Poly High School students. "For us, this is a day very special," said community service leader Rosa Maldonado, who lives in the neighborhood. "This is the day we are going to clean up the local community." Maldonado proclaimed the goal of the project was to clean up the area for children living in the neighborhood. Maldonado said this is the second year such a clean up has taken place in her neighborhood. She also said there has been no graffiti in the area since. Volunteer Magna Gonzales, who used to live in the neighborhood, came back to volunteer. Gonzales applauded the volunteers who came out to help. "They have already made a difference by making a commitment by being here and giving up their free time," Gonzales said. The volunteers were spread out around the neighborhood near Burnett Elementary, which is on Atlantic Avenue just north of Pacific Coast Highway. Herb Holman, a CSULB junior, was moving old mattresses out of the back alley. Holman said he hoped to have made a difference by the end of the day. "This sets a good example for the residents, the children and all the volunteers," Holman said.		Jason Steinberg/ Daily Forty-Niner Long Beach resident Bryanna Knight, 10, cleans a neighborhood alley as part of the Day of Service volunteer program.                     Students toss trash   CSU services via Net offered   Tribal remains may head home   SSPA elevators to receive badly needed repairs   Law forbids campus smoking  around buildings, classrooms   New contraceptive pills spark debate   Police Log Club fees helpful   Hard work brings concert to Pyramid   Taking a stand against male rights Day of dead exhibit provides education   Voices from beyond graves Former 49er joins CBA   New sprint coach joins track family   Cross country team not upset  after final meet Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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