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My wake-up time depends on my daughters’ school sports schedules they both live to play with their various teams. Early evening is taken up with homework and then I head back to my desk.

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Last week, I summarized some of the city’s 2016 accomplishments regarding business development, infrastructure improvements and the impending transformation of the Carnegie building into City Hall.

This article seeks to highlight a few of our efforts to increase public safety and improve neighborhoods. In addition to hiring four new officers, 2016 initiatives included:

— Foot/bike patrols in “Hot Spot” areas/neighborhoods during warmer months.

— Partnering with State Police for targeted saturation patrols.

— Parole compliance checks in cooperation with Illinois Department of Corrections.

— Collaboration with community groups to help reduce gun violence.

— Partnering with rental property owners for training and incident reporting on problem rental properties.

The city also implemented several new public safety initiatives. They included:

— Body-worn cameras by police patrol officers.

— A joint 911 Consolidation Committee to study a city/county 911 merger.

— Joining the Illinois Air-One rescue helicopter program for emergencies.

— Upgrading the police radio system, including encrypting calls.

— Partnering with the Housing Authority in Conversations Over Pizza.

— A department-wide wellness program to improve physical fitness.

Neighborhood improvement. Improving the city’s downtown and residential areas cuts across all departments, but the Community Development Department (CDD) plays a vital role.

In 2016, the CDD carried out or facilitated 39 demolitions, bringing the grand total to 91 since 2013. Likewise, Pretzel City Area Transit topped 80,000 rides in 2016 and expanded its reach to include transportation to job sites through a trial program.

As a final note, our city has also been among the most active anywhere (for a city our size) in seeking federal and state grants to retool our community.

EPA Funds Public Health Community Projects In Stamford | Stamford Daily Voice EPA Funds Public Health Community Projects In Stamford Jim Himes, right, say Stamford and Bridgeport with share $45,000 in federal grants for community health projects and programs.. Stamford’s housing agency, Charter Oak Communities was awarded $25,000 for its “Fairgate Farm Community Composting Initiative.”

The project seeks to keep food from being wasted by working with restaurants, and other food generators, to reduce, donate, and compost as much leftover food as possible. According to a joint statement by Blumenthal, Murphy and Himes, the “well-deserved federal dollars will help make Stamford and Bridgeport healthier, cleaner communities.”

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FG gives $1.5mn health grant to Sokoto Govt – Nigeria Today News ” FG gives $1.5mn health grant to Sokoto Govt

The Federal Government has provided a $ 1.5million grant to Sokoto State Government under the Saving One Million Lives Programme.

The Permanent Secretary in the State’s Ministry of Health, Almustapha Othman, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria( NAN)in Sokoto on Saturday.

Othman said that the programme will take off in January across the state.

According to him, some of the major health indices to be focussed upon under the programme include maternal child health and immunisation.

Similarly, Othman said that nutrition is one of the key indices of the programme,due to its importance.

” Nutrition is key in ensuring the successful implementation of the programme across the 23 local governments of the state.

” That is why the state government has concluded plans to upgrade the nutrition unit in the ministry to a full pledged Department.

” This is sequel to the tremendous importance that the state government attaches to nutrition.

” This means that it will have a Director and other key personnel and improved funding.

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Eighth-grade students from Coleman Middle School recently worked with their teachers to create a project-based learning project about the rock cycle for students at Chattahoochee Elementary School. The eighth-graders worked two months on the project that focused on the rock cycle.

The 65 older students used it to teach students in nine third-grade classes at the nearby elementary school.

aI didnat think I would like to work with younger kids, but they were so excited to learn from us.

Added Colemanas STEM coordinator Cheri Jones, aPart of STEAM learning for Coleman teachers and students is to work within the community to create excitement and understanding of what we do each day.a

Jordan Middle among STEAM honorees

Five schools in Georgia, including one in Gwinnett, are being recognized nationally for inspiring change in their local communities through STEAM education.

Jordan Middle School in Lawrenceville is among the finalists for creating a hydroponic gardening system.

The five schools were recently named state finalists in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, a competition that encourages students to solve issues in their community using science, technology, engineering, arts and math for a chance to win a share of $2 million in technology.

The five Georgia schools were among the nationas 255 state finalists in a program that encourages students to solve real-world issues in their community using classroom skills in STEAM.

The state finalist schools were chosen based on their creative and strategic proposals to solve complicated issues that affect their communities by using STEAM learning. As state finalists, each classroom will receive one Samsung Galaxy Tab and the opportunity to advance in the competition and win additional prizes.

Teachers from the five state finalists will submit a lesson plan outlining how students will tackle the local issue using STEAM skills to ultimately improve the greater community. They will also identify a local nonprofit organization to receive a donation if the school wins the contest.

From there, 50 state winners plus a Washington representative will be selected and receive $25,000 in technology for their school. The winning schools will receive a $150,000 technology grant as well as a $20,000 donation to the nongovernmental organization of choice.

Norcross High Foundation receives $1,100 grant

The Norcross High School Foundation for Excellence recently received $1,100 in grant money from the Norcross Art Splash Festival. The Norcross Foundation is reinvesting this money back into the high school by giving the money to the Norcross High School art department to purchase a multiplex display/exhibit system.

More students than ever are taking art for at least three years, and the advanced students are working on large-scale paintings and donat have enough wall space to display this kind of college level studio work. The multiplex display/exhibit system consists of large portable display panels that will allow art students to have their own space to create, and later display, their paintings.

The panels will also be used for the schoolas annual community art show that celebrates artistic accomplishments of Norcross art students. There are 992 students participating in the visual arts department this school year and 28 students creating AP and IB portfolios.

Keith Farner writes about education.

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Organizers pleased with first year of bicycle-sharing serviceRome Sentinel

BIKE SHARE Local non-profit Positively Rome launched a bicycle share program this past August in cooperation with Zagster and several local groups that contributed funding. The program cost was $1 per hour during the first year, and will be $2 per hour next year to help cover annual operation costs, noted Jake DiBari, co-founder of Positively Rome.

No bikes were lost or reported stolen in 2016, DiBari noted.

“We couldn’t be more pleased about the bike share program’s first year results.

BOE approves 10 positions for new pre-K programRome SentinelBOE approves 10 positions for new pre-K program

Ten positions for a new pre-kindergarten program for 3-year-olds were approved by the Board of Education after airing questions about state funding for the program.

Before the board’s unanimous vote Thursday night to create the positions, school district Superintendent Peter C.

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For the first time, Fayetteville recreation officials plan to begin offering golf through a joint venture at the King’s Grant golf course.

According to a memorandum of understanding, the Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks & Recreation Department would offer $42,200 in in-kind work this spring on the private golf course off Ramsey Street.

In return, the new owners of the golf club would make almost 3,000 rounds at discounted prices available this year for children, adults and senior citizens to play golf through the Parks & Recreation Department.

In addition, the golf course would discount the cost of the city having five cross-country events on the golf course and a youth summer camp.

All of those discounts, according to the city’s recreation director, Michael Gibson, are valued at $187,760.

The Fayetteville City Council has already said it liked the concept at recent work sessions, but it has scheduled a formal vote on the memorandum at Monday’s regular meeting.

It starts at 7 p.m.