Good News Notes: “A Carroll County dog is teaching kids about acceptance, through a new book all about her. She may look a little different, but Pihu is a rescue dog living a full life despite a few challenges. Just like any dog, Pihu is always ready for her morning walk. But it’s how she…
Month: January 2021
L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library accepts $1.5M donation, largest in history
Good News Notes: “Thanks to a gracious gift from The L. E. Phillips Family Foundation, the Eau Claire public library is getting $1.5M. In a press release sent to News 18, library officials said this gift is a critical step in reaching its Story Builder expansion campaign. The library voted to accept the gift Thursday….
Dog wakes sleeping homeowner, alerts them to house fire in downtown Wilmington
Good News Notes: “Emergency crews are responding to a structure fire in Wilmington Monday morning. According to a tweet from the Wilmington Fire Department, crews were at the scene of a working fire on North Sixth Street just before noon. No one was injured in the fire, and crews pulled a dog out of the…
Louisville entrepreneur to launch innovative product that turns backpack into desk
Good News Notes: “JoCari Beattie, 26, is a science teacher and community outreach specialist by day, and the inventor of ‘Besk’ by night. Besk, a backpack that turns into a portable desk, is a product that Beattie has been designing and enhancing since 2014, when he got the idea to create the concept in college…
Business Reporter BrandVoice: The Journey Towards Sustainable Packaging
Good News Notes: “ Global waste is expected to increase by 70 per cent over the next 30 years unless we take action now. Colgate-Palmolive has a plan Every year, the world dumps approximately 2.12 billion tons of waste – an amount so massive that if it were to be put in trucks they would encircle the world 24…
UFC 257: Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor confirm $500k charity donation
Good News Notes: “Conor McGregor is following through on his word to donate half a million dollars to Dustin Poirier’s charity. When the matchup between McGregor (22-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) and Poirier (26-6 MMA, 18-5 UFC) started to materialize in late 2020, ‘The Notorious’ said he would put forth a hefty sum to The Good Fight Foundation,…
Northeast High School students awarded US patent for ‘Mosquito Agitator’ invention
Good News Notes: “Students at a South Florida school took a bite out of a pesky problem, and they received a distinction worth celebrating. A group of students at Northeast High School in Oakland Park celebrated after their invention was awarded a U.S. patent. “They’ve taken a problem, a real problem, here in South Florida…
“Christ born of Mary” inscription found in ancient church in Israel
Good News Notes: “As Jesus was about to enter Jerusalem, days before his crucifixion, crowds hailed his arrival, crying out, ‘Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord.’ Some Pharisees on hand didn’t like that and asked him, ‘Rebuke your disciples.’ To which Jesus responded, ‘I tell you, if they keep…
Surprise Donation Gives New Life To Whitewater Canal Trail
Good News Notes: “A very generous and unexpected donation will help make the Whitewater Canal Trail whole. Whitewater Canal Trail President Shirley Lamb tells Eagle Country 99.3 that an anonymous donor has gifted nearly $700,000, which will enable the building of new trails that will connect existing trail sections into a continuous 11-mile trail. “This…
A blood test could diagnose depression and bipolar disorder
Good News Notes: “In adults, a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) promotes the growth and survival of nerve cells and is known to play a vital role in learning, memory, and maintaining brain flexibility, or ‘plasticity.’ Psychological stress reduces blood levels of one form of the protein, called mature BDNF (mBDNF), and low levels are…