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Glorious Roofing!
By
kjackson
Illinois just joined ranks with other states who are recycling old roofing shingles to pave roads. The old shingles are ground up and added to the asphalt mix. Missouri has already done such a thing and estimates it saved $20 million dollars in 2009. Last year one million tons of shingles were used in such…
King Kong? Godzilla? No–Kudzu!
By
kjackson
When I was 13-years-old my family moved from the land of prairie grass and crape myrtle (Oklahoma) to the land of mimosa trees and kudzu vines (Mississippi). I’ll never forget my first glimpse of kudzu. All along the highway it looked as if the trees and other vegetation had disappeared and been replaced by huge…
The Power of the Pen
By
kjackson
CBS News reports that a nine-year-old Virginian boy put his wallet– containing over $300 he had saved and gift cards he had received for his birthday–down on a convenience store counter and the wallet was stolen. That would be the bad news. The good news is he wrote a hand-written letter and posted it, along…
Kudos to Grand Rapids!
By
kjackson
After Newsweek stated Grand Rapids, Michigan was a “dying city”, the citizens responded with THIS. I truly love *this* for a million different reasons: It’s dramatic! It’s cooperative! It’s positive! It’s fun! It’s creative! I tip my hat to the dramatic, cooperative, positive, fun, and creative folks of Grand Rapids! It takes great courage and…
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