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Sheilla T. Ankrah, a student at Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast, Ghana, has been collecting children's books to further support literacy in her community. Last Spring, David Bosso, a teacher at Berlin High School, traveled to Ghana and worked with Raphael Aidoo-Taylor, a teacher at WGHS, to arrange for shipments of books for Sheilla and her classmates. Since then, Griswold Elementary ...
Read more...Frankfort Square 9-year-old’s interest in Marines isn’t flagging
Collecting action figures or trading cards is for other 9-year-old boys. Bruno Cap prefers to gather signatures from Marines.For the past year and a half, the Frankfort Square boy has turned his love and respect for the U.S. Marine Corps into something tangible by collecting servicemen’s signatures on his USMC flag. With more than 60 collected so far, Bruno proudly displays his flag behind his ...
Read more...Calling all collectors: The library can help
Did you and your family (particularly the kids) come home from vacation with more than sand and dirty clothes in the suitcases? Perhaps rocks from the mountains or seashells from the beach?
Read more...Around Town Briefs 01/12/12
genealogy: The Genealogical Research Society of Eau Claire will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at Chippewa Valley Museum in Carson Park.
Read more...ScienceOnline2012 - thoughts about present and future
On your way to ScienceOnline2012 , your plane finally lands at Raleigh-Durham International airport. While you slowly taxi to the gate, what do you do? Naturally, you turn on your smart-phone, open up your favorite Twitter app, and announce to the world: “#scio12 – I have landed at RDU. Anyone else here? Want to share a ride to the hotel?”. If you are lucky, you’ll find a couple of other ...
Read more...No Room for Mistakes
TODD WATERBURY'S apartment is just perfect.
Read more...When Less Is More: 3 Picture Books
Despite the well-known saying “Less is more,” I’ll admit that — most of the time — for me, more is more. I try to curb my spending, I do my best to curb my consumerist impulses, but the fact is: I like stuff. It’s hard to avoid, particularly in the US, even in the middle [...]
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