Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News
The Newsletter of the Great Lakes
Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund
The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News is the newsletter of the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund, published five times per year. The News is intended to provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas among citizens and organizations working to protect aquatic habitats in the Great Lakes Basin.
Volume 15, Number 6 • Spring 2007
Everyday Heroes
By Jill Ryan, Executive Director
Don Griffin and
Roscoe Churchill are
my heroes. They
both extended
themselves personally
in order to better
all of our lives.
They also exemplify
GLAHNF’s mission
and the type of advocates that we strive
to support all across the Great Lakes
basin.
Why are Don and Roscoe and all of you
reading this my heroes? Because you go
out of your way to ensure the future of
your community, our waters, our environmental
resources and our children’s
futures. Because when the going gets
tough you just keep going. Because when
you are discouraged by circumstances you
find a kind ear and some inspiration for
your work and keep right on working.
Because you are the voice for our local
community resources, you are the democratic
process!
I have had the pleasure over the past
seven years to know many of you in some
way and I am so much richer for that
experience. We will miss Don and Roscoe,
but we are also rich because of what they
accomplished, and what all of you continue
to accomplish each day.
Thank you for your efforts Don and
Roscoe, you will truly be missed.
The hero is one who kindles
a great light in the world,
who sets up blazing torches
in the dark streets of life
for men to see by.
– Felix Adler
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