Philadelphia/PA – The 2nd Annual “Kids Music Day” will be celebrated on Friday – October 6th, 2017. Keep Music Alive is partnering with hundreds of music schools, stores & organizations across the nation & beyond to help spotlight the importance of including music in children’s education. Events being held by the participants include open houses, student music performances, community/family jams, instrument petting zoos, instrument donation drives and more. Kids Music Day is one of two music related holidays founded by […]
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Texas DSHS mosquito control update – Sept. 20, 2017
The Texas Department of State Health Services is providing an update on aerial mosquito spraying operations after Hurricane Harvey. DSHS is working with counties that have requested assistance with mosquito control to coordinate spraying by two state contractors and federal support through FEMA and the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Flight operations treated about 581,000 acres over Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto and Wharton counties last night. Crews are planning to be uptonight spraying over portions […]
Texas DSHS mosquito control update – Sept. 12, 2017
The Texas Department of State Health Services is providing an update on aerial mosquito spraying operations after Hurricane Harvey. In the Coastal Bend area, mosquito control flights last night by Clarke, Texas’ environmental services contractor, treated approximately 237,000 acres in Jackson and DeWitt counties. Tonight is a scheduled safety rest day for the flight crews. Along the upper Texas coast, Texas is receiving support from the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 910th Airlift Wing flying modified C-130 cargo […]