|
|
Article: EIGHTH-GRADERS GET A TASTE OF PIONEERS' LIFE.(LOCAL)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 18, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: LEWIS KRAUSKOPF, STAFF WRITER
CHESAPEAKE -- Times were hard for Ryan Carley out on the rolling plains of Hickory Middle School.
After panning for gold with pie tins in baby pools, the 13-year-old found he wouldn't be able to live off the land.
``I thought I had a lot of money. But I just had $5.60,'' said Ryan, who hoped he had enough for some beans or a peppermint stick or two at the general store.
Luckily for Ryan, he wasn't really in the western wilderness. He was smack in the middle of ``Frontier Day,'' a three-hour event Friday at Hickory Middle.
About 120 eighth-graders spent the afternoon celebrating the Wild ...