Title: Summary of Newspaper Article Related to 2005 Calver Award/Lecture Recipients

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Section/SPIG: Environment

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The following article, by Ellen B. Meacham--only beginning of text is provided here--in late summer 2005 highlighted six community-based professionals in the state of Louisiana and their long-term, exemplary efforts for preserving and protecting the environment and the health of their communities. For the full story, please go to:
http://2theadvocate.com/stories/080705/fea_peo001.shtml#

”Pick any metaphor for persistence you want: Water dripping on a stone, a 1,000-mile journey that begins with one step or even that old ant with the rubber tree plant.
Any one of them could apply to a handful of local people who have spent decades fighting for a cleaner Louisiana.

So what motivates people like Baton Rouge's Willie Fontenot, Marylee Orr, Nancy Roberts, Florence Robinson and Kathy Wascom or Wilma Subra of New Iberia to continue the fight?

Though their stories are different, they share a deep love for their home, families who inspired them, a willingness to celebrate small victories while working for long-term change and an ability to focus on what needs to be done today.

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