Pleasant Valley students take home first and second place in 12th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta Race
More than fifty high school students from different Iowa-side school districts competed to see who can stay afloat the longest in a cardboard box. Author: Andrea Flores Updated: 6:34 PM CDT May 14, 2021
More than fifty high school students from different Iowa-side districts competed to see who can stay afloat the longest in a cardboard box.
The 12th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta Race kicked off between Bettendorf High School, Pleasant Valley High School and North Scott High School engineering classes. The students worked in teams to create a boat out of cardboard to make it all the way around the Bettendorf Middle Park lagoon.
Luxury knitwear manufacturer recognised for Sustainable Development
Scottish knitwear and accessories manufacturer Johnstons of Elgin has received the Queen’s Award for Industry for Sustainable Development.
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Scottish luxury textiles and knitwear manufacturer Johnstons of Elgin has been named as an award winner in this year’s Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, The Northern Scot reports. Johnstons has received a prestigious award in the Sustainable Development category, it was announced today.
This is the fourth such award for Johnstons, which previously landed the Queen’s Award for Export Achievement in 1978, 1994 and 2002. As well as its centuries-old approach to working with natural, renewable, and biodegradable fibres, Johnstons has been praised for its commitment to limiting environmental impact, animal welfare and its people.
Douglas Ross has been accused of ending the era of “cuddly Tories under Ruth Davidson” after he admitted opposing same-sex marriage when it became law.It emerged yesterday that the Scottish
Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross. (Getty/ Jeff J Mitchell)
If he had been an MSP at the time, Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross would have voted against same-sex marriage, it has been revealed.
Same-sex marriage was legalised in Scotland in 2014, when Ross was in the early stages of his political career on Moray council.
According to the
Northern Scot newspaper, local figures were interviewed about the historic victory for LGBT+ rights.
The newspaper reported that “the Conservative councillor said he would personally have voted against the bill”, and Ross was quoted as saying: “If we are to recognise the momentous achievement, we should also recognise the hundreds of thousands of people who oppose this legislation.”