Absolutely Incredible Kids Day set for March 18
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Wichita County Judge Woody Gossom is chairman of the event.
“Make it your goal on March 18 to send out 12 notes or letters to children you know. By making this challenge, we will increase the number of kids who receive letters. But beyond that challenge are more and more children who will feel highly regarded and admired. Through words of encouragement, we energize the child’s drive for success in the future, Gossom said.
The mission of the effort is to tell children how special they are by writing a letter, posting a tweet to their own children, nieces and nephews, or any other children.
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Three Cardueline finches can be seen throughout much of Britain and Ireland, but numbers of each are in decline, with all three Red-listed as Birds of Conservation Concern, so seeing any of them will brighten up a day s birding. They can appear confusingly similar – small, brown and streaky. Breeding males are the most distinctive, but other plumages are much trickier.
Andy Stoddart provides all the information and advice you need to recognise each in the field, in all plumages.
Male Common Linnet (Norderney, Germany, 25 June 2011). It is little wonder that the small finches have always been popular cagebirds. With its brilliant red forehead and breast and rich russet upperparts, this male Common Linnet is indeed a thing of beauty (Stefan Pfützke / www.green-lens.de).
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WOOSTER - Main Street Wooster is reaching out to area businesses to ask them to get more involved with its mission to keep Wooster’s historic downtown thriving.
“The Downtown Wooster we know and love didn’t happen by accident,” said Shannon Waller, the nonprofit’s executive director. “It took decades of dedicated effort and investment to revitalize the historic heart of our community. Because of the pandemic, our work needs to accelerate.”
Economic development is one of the core goals of Main Street Wooster, along with historic preservation, community partnerships and attracting visitors. COVID-19 forced the nonprofit to cancel or redesign its 2020 calendar of events, including Kids’ Day, the cruise-ins and Window Wonderland, which normally bring tens of thousands of visitors to Wooster annually.