Deborah Gertz Husar
Agriculture Reporter at Herald-Whig
Illinois region, agriculture reporter for The Quincy Herald-Whig. RTs and follows are not an endorsement.
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4 days ago |
whig.com | Deborah Gertz Husar
QUINCY — Elliot Sievert used a dry measuring cup to tamp down the last layer of ingredients for his cookies in a jar. When all the flour wouldn’t fit, the incoming sixth-grader carefully brushed it off onto the parchment paper lining the counter, measured it and made a note to himself of the amount to add whenever he bakes up the cookies.
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5 days ago |
whig.com | Deborah Gertz Husar
QUINCY — Quincy Public Schools Foundation Executive Director Heidi Lanier can’t pick just one meaningful project made possible through the most recent grants awarded to support Quincy schools. “Each of the grants have so much potential for the community they’ll be impacting, whether a school or a special program,” she said.
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5 days ago |
whig.com | Deborah Gertz Husar
BARRY, Ill. — A lecture series tied to New Philadelphia returns again in June with a focus on stories that stand the test of time. The Marvin J. and Thomas Leo Likes Lecture Series kicks off Tuesday night, and continues each Tuesday night in June, to explore the theme of Roots of Resilience: Stories that Endure. “It’s all about storytelling with difficult topics and also making sure that we tell stories that endure,” New Philadelphia Association President Kaye Iftner said.
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1 week ago |
whig.com | Deborah Gertz Husar
QUINCY — Two summer lunch programs begin Monday in Quincy, with a third set to start on June 11. Meal sites are Baldwin Elementary School at 3000 Maine, the Kroc Center at 405 Vermont and Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, 1115 S. Seventh. Quincy Public Schools Food Service Director Jean Kinder said it’s important to provide the free meals for children up to age 18 in the summer months. “During the school year, parents count on nutritious meals for kids.
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1 week ago |
whig.com | Deborah Gertz Husar
With food the top type of landfill waste in the United States, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale researcher looks for ways to divert that waste into a process for making biodegradable packaging for food. Bhagya Jayantha, a doctoral student in molecular biology, microbiology and biochemistry, is working on a process for upcycling food waste into biodegradable food packaging material.
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