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Digital Wish Makes Librarians’ Tech Dreams Come True (School Library Journal) If you’re a librarian short on cash but in need of new technology, sign up on Digital Wish, a nonprofit online charity that helps educators modernize their classrooms with up-to-date resources that they ordinarily can’t afford. us.rd.yahoo.com
Notes (Austin American-Statesman) Restoration project us.rd.yahoo.com
Town Blogs (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) AUBURN us.rd.yahoo.com
Information Age pioneer dies (Cnylink) People often talk about “paradigm shifts,” but few actually bring one into being. Robert Saxton Taylor was one person who did. After he was named dean of Syracuse us.rd.yahoo.com
Calendar of Events (The Saline Reporter) A benefit dinner to help the late Joe Mistopoulous' family will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at Christ Our King Lutheran Church, 3255 Waterworks Road, in Saline. Mistopoulous died Dec. 18 after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. us.rd.yahoo.com
News Briefs (The Malibu Times) The driver of this Dodge van hit a white pickup truck after running a red light at Pacific Coast Highway and Webb Way on Friday at approximately 7:15 p.m., said Deputy Stephen Bohnert of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. Five of the eight people in the van were taken to a local hospital. us.rd.yahoo.com
Education Calendar: 01/06/2009 (Traverse City Record-Eagle) The Education calendar is published weekly. To submit information e-mail features@record-eagle.com ; fax (231) 946-8632; or mail to 120 W. Front St., P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685-0632. Items should be received at least two weeks in advance. us.rd.yahoo.com
Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal) Ithaca High School students Jacob Evelyn (senior) and Mary Eloundou (sophomore) were awarded first prize and third prize in an essay competition to celebrate the French Presidency of the European Union, which ran from July-December 2008. Janet Bowman, French language teacher at Ithaca High School, learned of the competition through the Cornell Institute for European Studies' outreach program. ... us.rd.yahoo.com
West Virginia's wild country offers fantastic views while you're hiking, backpacking and camping (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) LANEVILLE, W. Va. -- It was time to make a pilgrimage to Dolly Sods. Dolly Sods is a wild spot in northeastern West Virginia that has been described as one foot short of the tree line and two steps short of Arctic tundra. ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Community Briefs from January 6, 2009 (The Sharon Herald) COOLSPRING TOWNSHIP — Mercer County Master Gardeners are hosting “The Three B’s” from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Leslie N. Firth Learning Center, U.S. Route 19, Coolspring Township. us.rd.yahoo.com
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