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HEALTH MATTERS JULY 2008

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Fueling Young Minds
By Emily DeLeo
Summertime brings sunny days, music festivals and free summer meals for kids!  Once again, Hunger Task Force’s Fueling Young Minds program is providing free meals at locations throughout Milwaukee, thanks to a grant from the Harley-Davidson Foundation and support from Milwaukee Public Schools and other community agencies.

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Nature Notes July 2008

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When Every Day Is The Best Day!

by Ken Leinbach, Urban Ecology Center Executive Director
What a great day to be alive!  It’s pouring rain like cats and dogs outside my window and I can’t wait to get outside!  As a kid I remember the great regattas when the street gutters became our fantasy world and popsicle sticks became elegant racing canoes. 

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Bremen Cafe • New Owner

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by Will Mueller
Tap beer, refinished floors and a new paint job are just a few of the summer improvements the Bremen Café’s new owner David Copp has planned for the Riverwest establishment.
Copp purchased the Bremen Café (931 E. Clarke St.) this January along with his father. He plans to renovate the bar during Summerfest, implementing a new painting and lighting scheme, refinishing floors and the bar, adding tap beers to the current menu and improving outdoor seating.

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Ask the Ecologist July 2008

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Q:  I’ve read about the chemical Bisphenol A being in some types of plastic. Is Bisphenol A hazardous to our health? What plastics should we avoid? Is this chemical still being put in plastics? 

A: As with most chemical studies, Bisphenol A safety analyses are done using animals, so the results are not conclusive as to the human effect.  But the results do raise some serious concerns.  Potentially harmful effects include permanent changes to genitals, changes in breast tissue that predispose cells to hormones or cancer, and increased prostate weight and sensitivity to cancer.

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Art and Bricks and Mortar

by Jason Hart
The Riverwest Artists Association has been around since 1980, but you can forgive
yourself for not knowing about them. Six years ago they were forced to move out
of their location on Fratney and Auer because of a leaking roof. Since then, they’ve
been working out of a post office box. That will all change on Friday, July 25, when
their new gallery opens at 926 E. Center St.