Guest Article: Circles Seeking Volunteers By Michelle Marciniak and Paige Greve Circles Newaygo County is a new initiative aimed at reducing poverty in Newaygo County. They do this by creating networks across social class lines. They’ve come to find that people who are struggling do not often have the wealth of resources and connections that those of the middle class do. By pairing up participants, called Circle Leaders, with middle to upper class volunteers, called Allies, these networks are shared and friendships are formed. Circle Leaders are people who are working to become economically self-sufficient. Their goals can vary widely from... Guest Article: National Astronomy Day By Ned Hughes This year National Astronomy Day will be celebrated on Saturday April 29, 2017. The Kropscott Farm Environmental Center/ SF Wessling Observatory, located just 7 miles north of Fremont, has family activities planned for that entire day. The fun will start at 2:00 p.m. and end with participants viewing the stars, planets and deep sky objects until midnight. According to the Astronomical League, composed of over two hundred and forty local amateur astronomical societies from all across the United States, ‘Astronomy Day is a grassroots movement designed to share the joy of astronomy with the general population - "Bringing Astronomy to the People." ‘ ‘Thousands of people who have never looked through a telescope will... Guest Article: BreatheWell Urges Residents To Take The Pledge Pledge to kick tobacco March 25 can help put Newaygo County on path to better health By Sally Wagoner, BSN, Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial, and Donna Norkoli, District Health Department #10 On March 25, Newaygo County can play an active role in sending tobacco addiction up in smoke. That’s when people can take a pledge to quit – or stay off – tobacco. At the Great Start Family Expo at Newaygo Middle School, the partnership that makes up the BreatheWell campaign to reduce tobacco use in Newaygo County will invite individuals to take this pledge, while providing the support and resources soon-to-be ex-smokers need to succeed. The expo is open from 10am to 1pm. BreatheWell partners Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial, District Health Department #10, the Headway Coalition, NCRESA and many others are raising awareness about the dangers of tobacco because Newaygo County... Of Recycling And The Occasional Toilet By N3 Editorial staff Somewhere in our area, sometime recently a conversation went something like this: “Well now we’ve got that replaced let’s get rid of the old one.” ‘What are you thinking? Take it out to the road for the trash guy?’ “You know it’s all kind of porcelain and metal and all. I’ll bet it’s recyclable and we can take it down to the site with the other stuff.” ‘You sure they take it? "Pretty sure. Let’s load it up." Wrong! The recycle stations located in various spots throughout the county do not take discarded Toilets. Nor do they take Water Heaters, Furniture, Car Parts, Kids Toys, Carpeting (yes even indoor/outdoor)or any number of other... |
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