Parkes Shire
The winners of the highly anticipated Parkes Waste to Art Exhibition and Competition have been announced. A strong field of artists entered the community competition which was open to residents of the Parkes Shire.
The Exhibition showcases creative works made from reused & recyclable waste materials with the aim to challenge peoples’ perceptions about ‘rubbish’ and to celebrate the reuse and recycling of waste through arts and crafts.
Waste to Art provides an innovative approach to waste education, inviting individuals, schools and community groups to take up the challenge and create a new life for materials that would otherwise have been thrown away or considered useless: bottle tops, plastic bags, parts from rusty farm machinery, old horse shoes, buttons, and the list goes on. Instead of ending up in landfill these waste materials can be turned into fantastic works of art.
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DAVID WAHLBERG
Wisconsin health officials have repeatedly declined to say how many residents have acquired COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated, even though theyâre tracking such âbreakthroughâ infections and federal officials have reported more than 7,000 cases nationally.
A new clinical study shows the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is about 66 percent effective against moderate to severe COVID-19.That also includes variants. It s the same number the company released earlier this year.Right now the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is on pause in the U.S. because of concerns over a possible link to rare cases of blood clots.Â
The U.S. total of 7,157 cases is among more than 87 million people who have received both doses of the Moderna or Pfizer injections or the single-dose Johnson & Johnson shot, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week. Thatâs about 0.008%.
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6,200 people have died from COVID-19 in Wisconsin. Here are stories of some we ve lost. DAVID WAHLBERG
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Feb 21, 2021
A high school principal who cared about music and sports. A state lawyer who wrote to numerous world leaders. A preschool teacher who organized regional Girl Scout cookie sales.
They are among six more Madison-area people lost to COVID-19 whose stories the Wisconsin State Journal is sharing as the statewide death toll has passed 6,200.
The new stories join six from November and six from December.
State lawyer wrote to world leaders, had eclectic interests
Boykoff BOYKOFF FAMILY
A longtime lawyer for the state of Wisconsin whose volunteer work involved literacy and libraries, Thomas Boykoff had some unusual hobbies.