Ray Herman Bracewell was the father of Mary Margaret Bracewell Woods. He was associated with the Burlington Iowa Public School System for 35 years (1919-1954), first as high school and college principal and for 17 years as Superintendent of Schools. Prior to that, as acting principal in Springfield, Illinois, he opened a new million dollar high school in 1918. He became nationally recognized through his work with school administration organizations. He played a major role in the establishment of a local junior college in 1920, and

The American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment is a program of my organization where presidents and chancellors of higher education institutions promise to make their schools climate neutral. I thought it was fun that Union signed up. There are now 419 schools signed up, representing over 3.4 million students. Article below: http://www.union.edu/N/DS/edition_display.php?e=1452&s=7421 The greening of Union: College signs climate pact Union has gone green, officially.

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The founder of ecoAmerica is a successful businessman, entreprenuer, and environmentalist. He recently attended the annual Clinton Global Initiative Meeting...and this was what he had to say after. Teams & Friends, Things are different here in my third year at the Clinton Global Initiative.

The surname "Woods" is of English, Scottish and Irish derivation, and was a topographical name for someone who lived in the woods. However, did you know our family surname "Woods" is derived from a partial translation of the French surname "Brisbois"? Our direct French-Canadian ancestor and his brother came south from Quebec to fight in the American Civil War and Americanized their family name from "Brisbois" to "Woods". Our family genealogist, Frank Woods, has details on their military service in the Civil War, descendants, where they're buried, etc.

We are in transition, having just completed a series of walks totaling about 150 miles on the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and New Hampshire. We are now visiting family and are on route to settle in at our new house on South Mountain near Arendtsville, Pennnsylvania. We still hope to find a few more birds this year, and in fact Chuck saw a first-of-year yellow-throated vireo yesterday, but other activities, primarily moving into and making improvements to our little log house, will take much of our time over the next few of months.

There were two great articles in the Gazette discussing Rob's home in the stockade. They are attached for anyone who didn't catch them.

By James Macintyre Published: 22 September 2007 The Pope is expected to use his first address to the United Nations to deliver a powerful warning over climate change in a move to adopt protection of the environment as a "moral" cause for the Catholic Church and its billion-strong following. The New York speech is likely to contain an appeal for sustainable development, and it will follow an unprecedented Encyclical (a message to the wider church) on the subject, senior diplomatic sources have told The Independent.

John D. Podesta speaks to National Association of State Treasures September 17, 2007 First off, I want to thank Oregon State Treasurer Randall Edwards and the conference organizers for helping make today’s event possible. I also want to acknowledge Tate Reeves of Mississippi, who is the President of NAST and Lynn Jenkins of Kansas, who is the senior vice president—thank you both for your hard work and leadership. And thank you all for inviting me—it is a pleasure to participate in this important and timely event.

This year, there has definitely been a lot more attention given to the issue of climate change: its realities, predictions, mitigation and potential solutions. There's a lot to say on the subject and I thought it would be interesting to start a discussion on the different facets of it. I would be happy to just post some interesting articles on the subject or we could have an ongoing discussion.