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Discove r Cit yV iewN C.co m's fre s h up d ate d loo k ! | 53 910.868.5131 | 3200 Cliffdale Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303 | www.fayacademy.org Fayetteville Academy Fayetteville Academy admits qualified students and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or religion in the administration of admissions, educational policies, financial aid, athletic programs, or other activities. Preparing students for college and beyond CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE! RANKED #1 IN THE NICHE.COM 2020 BEST PRIVATE K-12 SCHOOLS IN THE FAYETTEVILLE AREA The 35 members of the Class of 2019 were offered more than $3.2 million in college scholarships and grants. 76 percent of AP exams taken resulted in a score of 3 or higher. Chromebook and iPad programs | Grades 4-7 LEGO ® Robotics Team New Middle/Upper School STEAM SmartLab ® More than $500,000 in need-based financial aid awarded annually to qualified applicants. still wet inside, Linda says. It becomes too brittle to cut when it dries. Wash the shell well. It'll be sturdier if you then spray it with clear acrylic. en start decorating it inside and out. e eggshell ornaments were beloved parts of Christmas for Linda but they stopped being used several years ago aer her mother and then her father became ill and died. e ornaments remained carefully packed away in egg cartons stored in shoeboxes. Linda brought them out last year and loved seeing them. ey'll be on display again this year in the home where she and her husband Warren live. Meanwhile, Linda is focused on a new Christmas creation – hundreds of hand-painted ornaments made from oyster shells. Most are Santa faces, each different from the next, with different hats and expressions. One wears a coonskin hat, others blue or black hats bedecked with stars, still others have hats with emblems or colors from different ACC schools. "I couldn't do this many if they weren't all different," she said. e ornaments can hang from a tree but can also be individually framed to make a special statement. ey'll be on display and for sale at a show on Nov. 19 from noon to 7 p.m. at Lisa's Custom Framing in Haymount. "Mother started this, too," Linda said of the oyster shell ornaments. Zula Barton saw faces in the ridges on the shells and painted what she saw there. So now does her daughter. In such ways, holiday visions and memories and traditions are renewed and reshaped and recelebrated. Linda's unique oyster shell ornaments will be on sale at Lisa's Custom Framing on November 19. Isn't it time for a change? Sherry L Melvin, CHt, Life Coaching & Hypnosis 910.916.3024 | www.SherryLMelvin.com MAKE 2020 YOUR TIME. Leave stress, smoking, extra weight and bad habits behind you.

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