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Photos for November 10, 2005

Angie Grady, center, a second-grade teacher at Lansing Elementary School, thanks Chris Cristiano for the grant money she received. Lansing Educational Foundation Fund advisory board members, from left, Chris Aus, Cristiano, Dick Cameron and Kyle Kelly, presented Grady a check for $447 for a Bal-A-Vis-X system, a program designed to help students read better.

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Lansing Elementary School kindergarten teachers Andrea Rothmeyer, left, and Vickie Kelly, center, receive roses from Chris Cristiano, a member of the Lansing Educational Foundation Fund advisory board. Rothmeyer and Kelly received grants from the organization for $410 each for guided reading materials for their classrooms. Rothmeyer said she and Kelly would combine the money to buy 35 titles, six copies of each, for their classes.

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From left, Kyle Kelly, Dick Cameron and Chris Aus (behind the check) present a grant to Lansing Elementary School second-grade teacher Mary Ann Austin on Wednesday, Nov. 9, in her classroom. Austin received $300 for a digital camera. One student asked, "Is this a joke?" "No, it's not a joke!" Austin told him. She explained to her students that the money was going to be spent for them, not for herself.

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The Lansing Educational Foundation Fund prize patrol presents a check to Lansing Elementary School third-grade teacher Shelley Brammer, second from left, who received $500 from the organization for Earthworks, a third-grade field trip.

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The Lansing Educational Foundation Fund prize patrol presents a check to Sara Mulford, second from left, a third-grade teacher at Lansing Elementary School. Mulford and collegue Shelley Brammer applied for money for Earthworks, a third-grade field trip. They received $500.

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Lansing High School business teacher Sue Lednicky, left, shakes the hand of Kyle Kelly, president of the Lansing Educational Foundation Fund advisory board, as he and the "prize patrol" distribute large checks to teachers who received grants from the organization. Holding the check are Dick Cameron, second from right, and Chris Cristiano. Lednicky received the $433 grant for the Future Business Leaders of America club she sponsors at LHS.

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Cathy Smith, left, Lansing Intermediate School Art teacher, reacts with surprise Wednesday, Nov. 9, to Lansing Educational Foundation Fund advisory board vice president Dick Cameron, center, and president Kyle Kelly, right, who were presenting recipients of the group's Educate the Pride mini-grants with large placeholder checks. "I feel like I won the lottery!" Smith said. Smith received $500 to buy a second digital projector for LIS.

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