The city shows off 102 energy-efficient lights and Devin Scillian, news anchorman for NBC affiliate WDIV-TV, demonstrates a new electric vehicle charging station in the Center Street garage.
The city of Royal Oak flipped a figurative and literal switch on its Adopt-A-Watt program on Monday morning. The Adopt-A-Watt program, a public-private partnership conceived by Royal Oak businessman Thomas Wither, is a partnership that allows businesses or organizations to sponsor energy-efficient lights at Royal Oak's parking structures. The goal of the program is to save energy and dollars for the community. "The ultimate winner of this whole thing is the environment," Wither said. "We've come up with 102 energy-efficient lights here today. Our calculations show we're going to save $130,000 in operating costs and eliminate the burning of over 300,000 pounds of coal with these lights over the 10-year estimated life span." Sponsors for the…
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Students at St. Mary Catholic School had a local TV celebrity stop by to encourage enthusiasm for reading.
Students at St. Mary Catholic School are used to hearing the familiar voice of Devin Scillian tell stories. Scillian has been reporting the news on local television since the mid 1990s— before the students seated on the floor of the St. Mary's lunchroom were even born. "I see you on TV," the excited students said to the Local 4 News anchorman. Scillian was at the school to promote National Reading Month. Dressed casually in blue jeans and a Tigers baseball cap, he read Memoirs of a Goldfish, a fish tale he authored two years ago that has won many awards. "What's so awesome to me about books," Scillian said, "is they have a great permanence about them. It's so much more fun to pick up a book than it is to pick up a DVD or a tape of some …
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Gabriela Bala
11:37 pm on Wednesday, March 14, 2012
I would just like to thank Mr. Scillian once again for taking time out of his incredibly busy schedule to visit with us at St. Mary. All of our students, K through 8, were enthralled with his storytelling, as well as his passion for reading and writing! What a gift he shared with all of us! -Gabriela Bala, principal, St. Mary Catholic School, Royal Oak more ›