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Carole Salinas of Janesville planned a program for her students on April 22, 1970, while Martha Mealey of Delavan bought a deep blue flag showing fragile Earth from space. Both women shared memories of the first Earth Day 50 years ago.

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Gerri Green was busy working and raising a family when the late Sen. Gaylord Nelson organized an unprecedented mobilization for the planet on April 22, 1970. But 50 years after the creation of Earth Day, Green likely would earn Nelson's praise.