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Here are your top Wednesday morning local news stories for February 22, 2012 in Local 5 News @ Your Desk…. Election results from February 21, 2012, including several local Mayoral races…. Oconto Falls fire crews responded to a fire at St. Anthony Catholic School…. fire crews from several Oconto & Marinette County communities battled a fire at Meatski’s Quality Meats on Highway 64 early Wednesday...
read moreBack to School Eco-Friendly Shopping Tips: Environmentally Friendly Back-To-School Supplies
It’s that time of year again-the rush to get children ready for the upcoming school year. According to a National Retail Federation survey, research reveals that families with school-aged children spend on average $600 on back-to-school supplies. According to the Green Schools Initiative, Americans use approximately 14 billion pencils each school year. About 30 million tons of writing and printing paper is used in the United States each year-that’s...
read moreDeadline looms for applications » Local News » The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia
LEWISBURG — as the deadline nears for the submission of applications for the Boy Scouts Community Service Initiative, the Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia is holding workshops around the region to encourage individuals and organizations to propose projects. During the 2013 National Jamboree, slated for the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in Fayette County, the Boy Scouts of America will send out troops of scouts into a nine-county area...
read moreOklahoma City couple receive wedding of their dreams
Malorie Gulikers poses during her bridal photo shoot. Photo by Traina Photography. Malorie and Michael Gulikers never dreamed they’d be able to get married with all the pomp and circumstance of the royal wedding of William and Kate (minus the wild hats). both come from average Oklahoma families; not from wealthy, high-society families normally associated with country club weddings. But on Jan. 13, the couple found themselves the central...
read morePLAS going ‘green’
Published 6:33am Friday, February 17, 2012 One class at Pike Liberal Arts School is seeing green, and they hope to spread the color throughout the school. The Agriculture Science Class made up of junior and seniors at PLAS received 15 green recycling bins as part of a Southeast Recycling Development Council grant program sponsored by Alcoa, the worlds leading producer of primary aluminum. Ag Science students will place the bins around campus and maintain them for the school. The aluminum,...
read moreGreen Ideas for Children This Holiday Season
The holiday season is fast approaching and there are many ways to spread the good cheer to our children by not only giving green toys but also teaching them green practices. If you’re children like mine ask every two seconds while watching a cartoon I want that No I want that Wait, wait, I want that you are not alone. there are toys from crying babies...
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