tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27434717443228039202011-04-21T21:18:35.782-05:00Please use the nine tools of civility when posting your comments about Speak Your Peace - the civility project: Pay attention. Listen. Be inclusive. don't gossip. Show respect. Seek common ground. Repair damaged relationships. Use constructive language. And ... Take responsibility~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02236181759868695012noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743471744322803920.post-91605910276184704162008-03-12T10:01:00.002-05:002008-03-12T10:04:10.365-05:00

Dear Friends:While I regret that I cannot be with you this afternoon, I am with you in spirit, however, and wish the greatest success for the new “Speak Your Peace” initiative.Each election year provides us Americans with another opportunity to fulfill our role in shaping our public agenda. Unfortunately, election years also tend to confront us with some of the worst excesses in our public

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This afternoon, a group of volunteers and young people will gather at the McMillan Memorial Library in Wisconsin Rapids to talk about something of critical importance to all of us: being nice to one another.Not being nice in the traditional sense -- holding a door for someone, or saying "please" and "thank you" the way your mother taught you. No, these folks are interested in getting people to

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There's no question the south Wood County area faces challenges. That's not exactly a unique situation in this country. People want jobs; they want expenses held in check, and they want their quality of life preserved. To make progress in any of those areas is going to take ideas -- and a lot of them.Communication will be key to driving innovation. People with the ideas have to be matched up with

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Plan to attend the kick-off of Speak Your Peace - the Civility Project:Tuesday, March 11, 20084:00 p.m. at McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids, WIFree and open to the public. Free tool kit to take home.Visit http://www.speakyourpeaceswc.org/ for information and free stuff!~~~Community Foundation of Greater South Wood County

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