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Special Stamp Commemorates 70th Anniversary

http://www.nlse.org/reunion_2007_stamp.html

Reunion 2007 March 16, 17, and 18.

(Get yours while supplies last!)
The museum purchased this privately printed stamp which is available in sheets of 5, 10, and 20. Although the original purpose was a collector's item to honor the event, the stamps have been verified by the United States Postal Service and are valid for postage.
At the current time, this is the pricing schedule from the museum: Sheet of 5 stamps .... $ 5.00
Sheet of 10 stamps ... 10.00
Sheet of 20 stamps ... 15.00
Please contact The London Museum at 903-895-4602
or email londonmuseum@hotmail.com for additional information.


Added on March 22, 2007 by healthykids

EPA to Hold School Chemical Cleanout Event

Contact Information: Roxanne Smith, (202) 564-4355 / smith.roxanne@epa.gov

(Washington, D.C. - March 22, 2007)
WHO: Susan Bodine, EPA's Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Deborah Price, U.S. Department of Education's Assistant Deputy Secretary
WHAT: Announcement of EPA's Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign and recognition of Wakefield High School's responsible management of chemicals. EPA and the Department of Education will also recognize industry partners for their contributions to responsible chemical management in schools. Press interviews will be available in a science lab after the event.
WHEN: Friday, March 23, 2007, 10:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT
WHERE: Wakefield High School, 4901 South Chesterfield Road, Arlington, Va. 22206. Visitors should use the Dinwiddie Street entrance.
Information on the Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign : epa.gov/sc3
Added on March 22, 2007 by healthykids

Media Coverage of the 70th Anniversary

Media Coverage of the 70th Anniversary of the 1937 Texas School Explosion

Video: History of town before explosion.

John Davidson, Docent at the London Museum and Tea Room
http://www.news-journal.com/news/mplayer/other/11982

MORE NEW LONDON STORIES: 2007 REUNION

Added on March 22, 2007 by healthykids

Museum officials have identified 319 victims

Seven Decades Later, Search For New London Disaster Details Continues
"... Museum officials have identified 319 victims and continue to search for additional graves. Their efforts have taken them all over Texas and into six other states.

"And on the walls of their museum, they're still collecting personal stories from that heartbreaking day in 1937."


Added on March 20, 2007 by healthykids

2007 Healthy Schools Hero: Diane Ethier

Diane Ethier, Pomfret Center, Connecticut
For Immediate Release March 20, 2007
Contact: Ellie Goldberg, M.Ed., Healthy Kids: The Key to Basics
617 965-9637  
healthykids@rcn.com    www.healthy-kids.info


Every year to mark the anniversary of the March 18, 1937 Texas School Explosion , I salute a Healthy Schools Hero whose inspirational leadership protects children and teachers from school hazards and unhealthy school conditions.

Today, Diane Ethier, of Pomfret Center, CT, is a Healthy School Hero because she is an environmental health resource and mentor to hundreds of people. In a variety of roles, she helps others to break the silence about school hazards and to overcome the pervasive denial and indifference about school conditions that lead to serious illness in schools. Her courage, her skill as a communicator, and her persistance are bringing the Lessons of the 1937 Texas School Explosion to school systems in her state and far beyond.

Read about Diane Ethier:  Click here: 2007 Healthy Schools Hero: Diane Ethier, Pomfret Center, Connecticut

 

Added on March 20, 2007 by healthykids

Silence was normal for many survivors

Silence was normal for many survivors
News Journal, TX - 9 hours ago
By MAGGIE SOUZA. Wayne Shaffer was 10 years old when his school was blown to pieces. He, his brother and the girl he would later marry were all at the ...


Remembrances roll as London School graduates gather
News Journal, TX - 9 hours ago
By DAYNA WORCHEL. Lois Rainwater Johnson says "doing what I shouldn't have been doing" saved her life. The London School Class of 1941 graduate was a ...


Added on March 18, 2007 by healthykids

Memories of fateful day still hard to think about

London School classmates rejoin to remember explosion that too ...
Lufkin Daily News - Lufkin,TX,USA    The world's greatest tragedies always have given way to stories of hope, heartache, despair and determination to overcome.


Survivors Gather To Observe 70th Anniversary Of Deadly School ...
KWTX - Waco,TX,USA
"I did nothing in my studies nor in my life to prepare me for a story of the magnitude of that New London tragedy, nor has any story since that awful day ...


Memories of fateful day still hard to think about
Lufkin Daily News - Lufkin,TX,USA
NEW LONDON  Wayne Shaffer was 10 years old when his school was blown to pieces. He, his brother and the girl he would later marry were all at the London ...


Added on March 18, 2007 by healthykids

School Chemical Management Resource Guide

EPA's Chemical Management Resource Guide for School Administrators
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/pubs /chemmgmt/resourceguide.pdf

This practical guide can help your school reduce the use of dangerous
chemicals and install safer chemical management practices. It is aimed
especially at helping school administrators to set policies that protect
against dangerous chemical exposures. It is also aimed at helping
parents and concerned citizens to determine if their children's schools
are minimizing potential exposure to dangerous chemicals.
Added on March 16, 2007 by healthykids

Hands On Community Action

"Supporting Environmental Community Action & Service-Learning Projects" http://www.plt.org/cms/pages /21_22_18.html
Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! offers grants to implement community action and service-learning projects. GreenWorks! projects should address an environmental issue and involve students from pre-school to high school in hands-on community action.

Maximum Award: $5,000. Eligibility: applicant must have received training in PLT; youth must implement the project; project must integrate student learning and community service; project must include at least one community partner, such as a local organization or business; project must
acquire 50% matching funds.

Deadline: April 30, 2007. http://www.plt.org/cms/pages /21_22_18.html

Added on March 16, 2007 by healthykids
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