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Summer cleaning

Amber Gui and Ericka Applebee have spent their summer scraping gum off the bottom of desks and cleaning out other students' lockers.

Though the tasks they take on may seem like punishment, these Port Byron High School students are not in trouble; they are just trying to help the district's maintenance staff get buildings ready for the upcoming school year.

For school custodians, summer is the busiest season of the year. With teachers and students out of the buildings for only two months, custodians are repainting walls, waxing floors and cleaning surfaces they may only get to once a year.

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Heart to hearth

AUBURN - When Denise Tyrell was a little girl, she loved to bask in the kitchen and bake with her grandmother. So, it really is no surprise that she grew up to become a professional baker, taking all of her grandmother's favorite recipes, as well as a few of her own creations with her.

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