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Restoring the Mill CreekPHOTOS BY STEPHANIE WEAVERThe only thing freshman Jazleen Jonesever planted before in her life weresome flowers.But in September, Jones and about 200other LMS students helped plant almost250 trees and shrubs along the banks ofthe recently-restored Mill Creek.“I thought it was a lot of fun, and wegot dirty,” Jones said.Students from grades 6-12participated in the planting day, joiningwith volunteers from the LancasterCounty Conservation District andChesapeake Bay Foundation.The work is the last leg of a summerproject by the conservation district tore-grade and restore the Mill Creek.(continued on page 4)Sophomore Benjamin Breisinger (inorange) shows a middle school classhow to properly plant a tree.