The Keep Unwanted Medications and Chemicals Out of the Great Lakes guide tells why you should take your unwanted drugs back to local collection sites on October 28.
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Take Drugs Back Program Set October 28

On October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., collection sites across the US will accept unused, expired and unwanted pharmaceuticals from individuals. The Keep Unwanted Medications and Chemicals Out of the Great Lakes guide written by New York Sea Grant Coastal Education Specialist Helen Domske tells why people should find a site nearby to return the unwanted drugs.

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Election Day Dinner At United Baptist Church To Benefit Blessings In A Backpack

The second Tuesday of November not only brings Election Day but also the return of the Election Day Dinner at The United Baptist Church of Scriba. On November 7, the church will feature its famous ham and escalloped potato dinner that has become a popular tradition for both the church and the community.

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Filmmaker and eco-activist Shalini Kantayya will make the keynote presentation at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4, in Sheldon Hall ballroom for the 2017 Hart Hall Global Awareness Conference. Her films, such as "Catching the Sun" and "A Drop of Life," cite the economic opportunities as well as environmental benefits of the shift to renewable energy.
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Filmmaker, Eco-Activist To Headline 11th Annual Global Awareness Conference

Fulbright Scholar and TED fellow Shalini Kantayya, a filmmaker and eco-activist who maintains that sustainable energy is not just right for the environment, but has benefits for the economy as well, will make a free public keynote presentation at 7 p.m. Nov. 4, in Sheldon Hall ballroom for the 11th annual Hart Hall Global Awareness Conference.

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The rocket named “Budd” blasts off during the Volney Elementary School 6th grade rocket launch event, a culmination activity to a recent academic unit.
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Rocketry Lesson Also Teaches Perseverance To Volney 6th Graders

For Volney sixth graders, the introduction to rocketry began with three Newton’s Laws of Motion: objects at rest will stay at rest, and objects in motion will stay in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an unbalanced force; force is equal to mass times execration; and for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.

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