Big Springs students bring new life to their campus

MIGUEL MORALES/Acorn Newspapers

DIRTY WORK- Above, Big Springs Elementary

School sixth-graders, from left, Keala Freeman,

Kendra Dowhan and Elizabeth Becerra, all 11,

pack dirt around a newly planted dwarf Southern

magnolia last Saturday as part of their Arbor Day project. At right, Kristen Antillon and her daughter,

Kayla Thomas, 12, team up to place fresh soil

around their tree on Ft. Davis Street. Scores of

students and their parents took part in the planting of 24 trees around the Simi campus, with

a 25th tree planned for the near future. The last tree will be planted in memory of Jake Lucas, who

was killed Feb. 12 in a dirt-bike accident.