Staff photo by REID SILVERMAN Fifth-grader Courtlynn Cooney, center, keeps her chimney made from Starburst candy from collapsing before her partner, second-grader Lorolei McNeely, left, adds more frosting to their gingerbread house as fifth-grader Beth Brown looks. Students from both grades combined this week to create about 100 of the sweet structures in preparation of Friday's gingerbread house auction at Lettie Marshall Dent Elementary School. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Last year's auction raised $3,000 to aid low-income families in the community.