Gallup Summer Kids College offers spark for bored youth
Young Hope Mahoney, left, gets some assistance cutting a pair of jeans from teacher Lisan Blanco as Kristen Nastacio, right, puts some finishing touches on a purse for Kid's College at Roosevelt Elementary on Thursday.  © 2011 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

By Arlyssa Becenti
For the Independent

GALLUP — Ripped jeans, glitter, ribbons, butterfly and flower patches covered the desks of teacher Lisa Blanco’s classroom at Roosevelt Elementary School Thursday afternoon. But this is no ordinary summer arts and crafts class.

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