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This Week's Facts:
-EPA
Award Honors Exceptional Environmental Educators
-ICllimate
Tracks State's Historic & Current Weather Patterns
-USA.gov
Compiles List of Holiday Travel Tips
-National
Archives to Release 1940 Census Online
Document of the Month:
Indiana Abstract of Vote
This month,
most citizens cast their votes for elected officials; by voting,
we can make our collective voices heard and make choices to
better our counties, cities, and country. This month’s document
is in celebration of our freedom to cast our votes! The
Indiana Abstract of Vote only covers a few years, but each
volume contains voter election returns for Presidential
Electors, Governor, Congress, and the General Assembly. This
document was compiled and published by the Indiana Secretary of
State and provides a historical look at votes and voting
patterns in Indiana by county, township, or ward. Also included
in the Abstract is the register of Department of State as well
as the State Official Roster. The Indiana Abstract of Vote
is a useful resource to political studies buffs, historians, and
genealogists. The Indiana Abstract of Vote can be found
in the Indiana Collections, I 324 I385ab for the following
years: 1888, 1900, 1902, 1904, and 1906.
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Friday Facts Editorial Team:
Katharine Springer
State Data
Center Coordinator
Elisabeth
O’Donnell Hedges
Federal Documents Librarian
&
Kim Brown-Harden
State
Documents Coordinator
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EPA Award honors Exceptional Environment Educators
 The
EPA is now accepting submissions for the
2011-2012
Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators.
The purpose of the award is to recognize excellence in
environmental education – winners use innovative approaches to
teaching about the environment and use the environment as
context for teaching other lessons. The award is open to K-12
public school teachers who have at least five years of teaching
experience in general and three years of experience specifically
in environmental education. Two teachers from each
EPA Region
– there are ten of them – will be selected as winners and will
receive $2000. This money is to be used to further professional
development in environmental education. Additionally, each
winner’s educational agency will also receive $2000, which will
fund environmental activities and programs at the school. The
deadline to submit applications is 11:59:59 PM on December 30,
2011. Winners will be announced this coming March. See the
Application
Requirements page
for more information on how to apply. Those interested in
nominating a teacher may also wish to check out the
FAQ page.
IClimate
Tracks State's Historic & Current Weather Patterns
 There
is an old saying that if you stay in Indiana long enough, the
weather will change. Recent weather events have proved this to
be true. Have you ever wondered what the weather was like last
summer or two summers ago? The
Indiana State
Climate Office, or
IClimate, is an archive of daily and hourly weather observations
recorded for the State of Indiana. IClimate was first
established in 1956 to document and study the climate of
Indiana. Since then it has become a valuable resource of weather
data and events for historians, students, and anyone curious
about our ever-changing climate. IClimate contains
maps,
weather summaries,
Record temperatures
across Indiana, and
many other valuable tools and resources to help you stay
informed about Indiana’s various weather conditions.
USA.gov Compiles List of Holiday Travel Tips
 Thanksgiving
is next Thursday, and for a lot of us, that means that holidays
are here. Many people use the holidays as time to visit with
their friends or family. While this means just walking down the
street for some people, others have a little further to go. If
you’re flying anywhere, USA.gov has compiled
information
from several federal agencies, including the Department of State
and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to ensure
that you get to where you need to go. Go here to find out new
information about
permitted and
prohibited items on
airplanes,
travel insurance,
and where to go to issue a complaint. They even have tips for
how to get
temporary financial
assistance from the
Department of State in case something happens to you overseas.
You may also want to check out the TSA page on
travel hints.
This page is helpful because, not only does it tell you what the
rules are, but it also tells you the rationale behind the rules.
They also have a downloadable
travel checklist
to remind travelers what they’ll need and what to expect at the
airport. As always, stay safe this holiday season and make your
travels as smooth as possible by following the tips provided.
National
Archives to Release 1940 Census Online
 The
National Archives
announced
its selection of Inflection (parent company of
Archives.com)
to design and host a free web site for the April 2, 2012 launch
of the 1940 U.S. Census yesterday. This is very significant for
sociologists, demographers, historians, political scientists,
and genealogists because it will mark the first time that the
National Archives has released a U.S. Census online. On April 2,
2012, users will be able to search, browse, and download the
1940 Census schedules.
For the release of the 1940 Census
online, the National Archives has digitized the entire census,
creating more than 3.8 million digital images of census
schedules, maps, and enumeration district descriptions. Visit
the National Archive's
1940 Census webpage
or subscribe to
NARAtions Blog
posts for more
information.
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