Starr Elementary students have their own special pencil vending machine. For a quarter, students can buy a pencil, gumball machine-style. Where the quarters go is where the fun starts.

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Peyton Vaughn, 7, selects a book July 17 from the vending machine at the Rancho Cordova Youth Center, while three other students wait for their turn. Hannah Poukish hpoukish@sacbee.com The main ...

In the short video, you see a bright red box with coin chutes reminiscent of a bubble gum machine. A colorful sign reads, "Mini Print Vending Machine." Underneath art depicting a single fried egg ...