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Article: Local women do all they can to help the Earth

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October 14, 2009
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Officials at the Algonquin Public Library refused to schedule a reading by Linda Bartlett and Wen Marcec, co-authors of the children's' book: "Keby, The Earth-Friendly Bear." "They told us we weren't famous enough," said Bartlett.

Well, you know me, I'll talk to anybody. While Bartlett and Marcec may not yet be famous, I found them to be interesting women with a modest mission: To save the world. Marcec is a teacher's assistant in a special needs classroom in Geneva. Bartlett owns a cleaning service serving clients in the Fox Valley. In 2001, they founded A Lasting World, Inc., an organization with a mission to educate and inspire people to take positive environmental action at the ...

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