Holiday Mail for Heroes part of national outreach - Nikki Coan's sentiments toward American troops overseas are pretty typical for a 10-year-old.
"I think they're very brave to go out and fight for our country," she said. "They don't see their families a lot."
But in a few weeks' time, hundreds of American servicemen and women who won't be home for the holidays will receive a little Christmas cheer, courtesy of the fourth-grader and her fellow Girl Scouts in Montville. See Daily Record.

The Learning Disabilities Association has been very active in collecting data on the effects of pollutants on the pre-natal fetus - this includes diesel fuel emissions ( school buses idling in front of schools) , toxins in cleaning fluids, lead poisoning, etcetcetc ad nauseum - the biggest problem, despite the admirable efforts of citizens to clean up the environment, is that it takes TEN YEARS for studies to be validated!!!! DO WE WAIT TEN YEARS TO FIND OUT THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED???