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Okay, so sorry about all the editing and updates! Hopefully there won't be too many more as we near the march day!

An important update: The march has been trimmed to 10 miles, yes that is ten miles. This is for logistical and safety reasons. Thanks for understanding.

Speak out against the Immoral and Illegal war and occupation in Iraq. The participants (and supporters) will gather at 8:00 A.M. on Friday, Sept. 23, at Sylvester Park. The march will begin at 8:30.

[update 9-19]The route:
4th Ave until it turns into Martin Way. Martin Way until it ends in the Nisqually valley. We will get picked up at the Chevron station just before I-5 on ramp 114 at the end of Martin Way.

[update 9-17]
At 6:00 there will be a rally at Iafrati Park in Dupont, with open mike time for people who marched.
Following the rally there will be a vigil at exit 122, the main gates of Ft Lewis. Drivers are needed to help marchers get to this rally and back to Olympia afterward.

Committed walkers, support staff and rally goers wanted: (You need not march in order to participate.) Get involved!

Any help and support is welcome. Contact Nikki Miller by e-mail or telephone at 273-9800, for more details.

[Update]

Willie Shannon, 26, of Lacey, and Sean Dack, 25, of McCleary, were terminated this week from their positions at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton. They were arrested last weekend after a dispute with former prison inmate Randy Hinchliffe, 38, of Olympia, got out of hand in front of a downtown bar. All three had been drinking and were cited for disorderly conduct, police reports say.

While in a holding cell in the city jail, Shannon urinated on a jail computer outside of his cell, which caused about $1,500 damage. He has since been referred to the Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney's Office for felony malicious mischief charges.

But the night didn't end there.

A mistake by jail officers allowed Hinchcliffe, who has prior felony convictions, to leave with Dack's belongings when the two men were released from jail. Hinchcliffe left with Dack's cell phone, wallet, T-shirt and baseball cap, police reports say.

Hinchcliffe allegedly dressed up in Dack's clothes and used his cell phone to call a 25-year-old woman who had been with Dack earlier at a bar, police reports say.

He allegedly told her the jail had released him and that he needed her to pick him up. They arranged to meet. When she drove up, he tried to get into her car, wearing Dack's cap and T-shirt, police reports say. She called 9-1-1.

Police, already aware of the mix-up at the jail, asked her to arrange another meeting so they could get the corrections' officers' belongings, reports say.

Hinchcliffe was arrested again and remains in custody in the Olympia City Jail. He was charged with misdemeanor theft in Olympia Municipal Court for allegedly accepting the property and not returning it. He has pleaded not guilty, city prosecutor Kaylo Wilcox said.

Police Cmdr. Tor Bjornstad said the jail had a busy night, which may have led to the mishap.

"Fortunately, that kind of thing happens very infrequently," he said.