MANASSAS, VirginiaRebecca Apple's Latino students at Osbourn High School call her "Miss Manzana," the Spanish word for "apple." A floating teacher last year, Apple would pile her nine English-Spanish dictionaries and other supplies into a cart and travel down halls thronged with students.

She's one of hundreds of public school teachers in Manassas, in Prince William County outside Washington, D.C., who've struggled to adjust to the arrival of scores of new Hispanic students; a fresh onslaught is expected when school opens in a few weeks' time. Last year, Apple's class size for her beginner English for Speakers of Other Languages course grew so quickly that she was receiving one or two new immigrant students every day for a month.

Matilde Rosa Jimenez taught as many as 37 kids in her eighth-grade English class at Metz Middle School, from gifted students to kids struggling with basic reading comprehension to immigrants who spoke little or no English. Some of her students had trouble reading in their native language. And in one county public elementary school, 60 different languages are spoken.

Educating immigrant children has tested the capacity of the county's schools in other ways as well. Hundreds of trailers have been turned into makeshift classrooms to handle the overflow.

With 50,000 unaccompanied children flooding into the United States this summer, many towns and cities are expecting apprehended minors to be moved to their communities, at least temporarily. The national reaction has run the gamut from cautious willingness to open hostility. In the middle-class suburbs of Washington, D.C., where waves of immigrants have long been a source of cultural tension, the potential for a new influx has sparked angry debate and calls for immediate deportations.

Manassas has a main street that is traditional Americana, with red brick buildings and hanging flower baskets. But Hispanic influence in the city is growing, and many services and businesses cater to Spanish speakers. According to predictions from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, a think tank at the University of Virginia, the county's Hispanic population will rise nearly 50 percent, from 81,460 in 2010 to 118,748 in 2020. (At the start of 2013, its total population was estimated at 431,000.)

In Manassas, the Hispanic community has doubled within the last decade and now makes up a third of the population. The small city, with a population of around 28,000, has become a battleground just as surely as it was during the Civil War.

Celia Maria Llanes gives bottles of milk to her daughters and the children she babysits in her Manassas home.

Photograph by Sarah L. Voisin, The Washington Post/Getty

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With a mission to mobilize volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing and promoting home ownership, two Habitat for Humanity duplexes are being constructed on the north side of Fairview.

Jim Haslip, Site Supervisor (and a carpenter himself), said construction is proceeding step by step, in an alternating line of work between contractors and volunteers.

Two buildings will house two 1080 ft. duplexes, with two bedrooms (the master will have a half bath), and the usual bathroom, kitchen, living room and laundry room (with a 10ft. x 10 ft deck onside).

Therell be room for two bedrooms downstairs and the roughing has been done for future development of a bathroom; all of which will be completed, depending on the size of the family who will live there.

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Haslip emphasized, The thing about Habitat for Humanity is its not a low income rental thing.

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As a down payment, we get our partner families (those selected for the new homes) to volunteer for 500 hours to help with the construction of (the home).

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CONYERS Roy Roper Roy T. Roper, 89 1/2, of Conyers, GA, passed away on Sunday, August 03, 2014. Roy is survived by his wife of nearly 66 years, Frances E. Roper; son, Gerrick (Ann) Roper of Covington; son, Chris (Debbie) Roper of Grayson as well as six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Roy is preceded in death by his parents, Otis and Mae Roper, his brother, Ralph Roper, sister, Allene Richards, twin brother, Toy R. Roper and daughter, Peggy Roper Waskom. Roy was a proud member of the Atlanta Police Department for seven years. After his years with the department, Roy started a successful business in construction, specializing in the installation and repair of drywall, until his retirement. Roy was a lover of his family and his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. His faith led him to Eastside Baptist Church in Stockbridge at 15 years old, thus making him the longest-standing member at 71 years. At Eastside Baptist Church, Roy served as head usher, substitute Sunday School teacher and was a member of the choir. The family will receive visitation on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from 6 pm to 8 pm at Scot Ward Funeral Services. A celebration of Roys life will be held on Thursday, August 7, 2014, 11 am at Eastside Baptist Church (4010 Hwy 138 SW Stockbridge, GA 30281) with gravesite services immediately after at Fairview Memorial Gardens (164 Fairview Rd Stockbridge, GA.) In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Eastside Baptist Church in honor of Tribulation Trail. Condolences may be submitted on-line at http://www.scotward.com. Scot Ward Funeral Services, 699 American Legion Road, Conyers, GA 30012, 770-483-7216.

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Contractors looking for an edge over their competition can now take advantage of a new design available for plywood and oriented strand board (OSB) sheets. An inventor from Show Low, Ariz., is offering a new concept in construction materials.

He developed The Wave Joint to afford a more secure attachment of plywood, OSB sheets and drywall during construction.

As such, it provides a wider surface to anchor a plywood sheet to a rafter or stud and allows use of the full width of the rafter or stud for mounting. By doing so it improves the structural integrity of construction projects.

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The original design was submitted to the Phoenix office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 12-PHO-1945, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com - http://www.youtube.com/user/inventhelp. # # #

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(CBS) Oak Lawn Police say there was no foul play involved in nails found protruding from slides on a playground last month, according to a press release from the village.

10 one-and-a-half inch drywall nails were found protruding from two of the five slides at Oak Lawns Memorial Park They were discovered and removed before anyone was hurt.

Police initially suspected that someone embedded the nails in the slides with the intent of hurting someone. Following a police investigation that involved cutting away parts of the slides, it was determined that, The nails were part of the manufacturing or installation process of the playground equipment,

The Oak Lawn Park District says they are investigating whether the nails were the result of a design flaw or an installation error.

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