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Chehalis River Council

Contact: Abigail Brown, (360) 807-0764

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (9/26/05)

Chehalis Environmental Fair

WHO: Chehalis River Council, Chehalis River Basin Land Trust, Chehalis Foundation, local Organic Farmers, WSU Master Composters, Capitol Land Trust, Citizens United for Responsible Economic Development, Lewis County Watch, Thurston County Conservation District, Heernett Foundation, The Farmbank Project, Family Forest Foundation, Lewis County Noxious Weed Board,Lewis County Master Composters and Master Gardeners

WHAT: "Celebrate Our Environment," 2nd Annual Environmental Fair This year's event will feature informational and educational exhibits from the participating organizations. There will be plenty of interest for adults including displays and a wide array of musical performances, and for the children games, crafts, and a puppet show. The day will start around 3:00 p.m. with introductions and a puppet show; from 4:00 - 6:00 there will be 3 band sets, with breaks for activities and displays. There will be a short environmental movie and break for dinner from 6:00 – 7:00, and 3 more band sets until later in the evening. This family-friendly event is informal and visitors and encouraged to stop in throughout the day. There is no cover charge, but donations will be accepted. The Matrix Coffeehouse has a full menu for dining.

WHY: This event will help to raise awareness of local organizations dedicated to supporting environmental and land use issues.

Please contact the Chehalis River Council for more information: 360-807-0764 or The Matrix Coffee House @ 360-740-0492 or www.matrixcoffeehouse.com.

See attachment for details!

A ruling by the State Attorney General's Office has opened the possiblity that the Hands On Children's Museum may have money to build a new facility in Olympia. The Olympian:

The attorney general's reading means a proposal by the children's museum to use $7 million of the PFD money for a new building still is alive for now.

The article contains almost no context -- just a collection of quotes from officials who seem to be talking past each other. Does anyone know the backstory on this?

Fish Brewing Company has come out with an new brew called Clean Water Ale. From Greenbiz.com:

OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 30, 2005 - Beginning this week, local residents will be able to help protect water quality in Puget Sound by knocking back a glass of beer that's arriving at bars and restaurants around town.

Clean Water Ale, brainchild of Olympia's Fish Brewing Company, is the latest in the brewer's line of organic ales and lagers. Created in collaboration with Seattle's Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, the new beer continues the company's tradition of supporting local environmental causes.

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A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Clean Water Ale is donated to the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance. The alliance's mission is to protect and preserve Puget Sound through active monitoring, active engagement, active enforcement and solution-oriented partnerships.

Can we talk about the weather? Fishermen sure like too:

Skagit blown out...

total rainfall link?

s’about time!

there goes the rivers

Here comes the Flow

My favorite quote: "Now you guys that cross the river, start watchin the flows with the rains that will be coming this year, don't want to see your mugs on the 5 o'clock news"

Hoedown at 7pm , Saturday, Oct 1st with the Tune Stranglers and the Strangers for a good cause! There will be speakers, music, a dessert sale and by donation massages to raise money for our new health alliance.

The newly founded Olympia Health Alliance is an organization whose aim is to provide reimbursement for many medical emergencies to members from a common fund. We will create a network of practitioners and resources that is similar to the Ithaca Health Alliance in Ithaca, NY.

This show will raise money to bring representatives from the Ithaca Health Alliance to Olympia during their upcoming west coast speaking tour.

For more about Olympia Health Alliance, please visit www.olyhealth.org

The Evergreen women's soccer team -- 1-0 winners on the road Wednesday against the nation's #4 team, Concordia University -- returns home:

Friday afternoon, September 30, 4 p.m. vs. University of Great Falls. This is a non-conference game, but features an NAIA Region I opponent, making the match an important one!

Admission is FREE!

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Simona Sharoni and Nadia Niva will share highlights from a recent trip to Israel and Palestine

Members of the Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project (ORSCP) will outline their upcoming trip to Rafah, Palestine

You will have an opportunity to learn about and get involved in community projects designed to support justice and peace in Palestine and Israel

WHEN: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2005, 7PM

WHERE: TRADITIONS CAFÉ, 300 5th Avenue, Olympia, Tel: 360-705-2819

FREE ADMISSION. DONATIONS TO ORSCP WELCOME.

Read Simona and Nadia’s trip blog at: http://simonatravel.blogspot.com

For more information about ORSCP see: http://orscp.org/

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Could folks help out?

Monica

Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition
701 Franklin Street SE
Olympia, WA 98501
360-352-9716

We are compiling lists of free and cheap things to do in our areas. I've got a bunch of Seattle and Eastside fun things, but we wanted this to be a list for all our membership. Could you please take a few minutes and write down the cheap or free things to do in your area? That would be fabulous! The compiled list will then be handed out at our annual Membership Day on October 15th. Another little way to thank our members.

Thanks,

Jessica Lawson,
Membership Coordinator/Organizer,
Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition (WROC),
(206) 324 - 3063,
getactive@wroc.org,
1820 E Pine St, Suite 324,
Seattle, WA 98122

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Greetings--

last night I saw about an hour of the first part of a 4 hour documentary on Bob Dylan on Ch. 9. The second part runs tonight and the entire 4 hour program reruns on Ch. 9 Sat Oct 1 from 10 pm - 2 am. in case you want to time shift it. The film has Dylan talking about the influences on his music and it's crammed with archival footage of the early folk music scene of the 50s & 60s which documentation of The Clancy Bros and Tommy Makem, Joan Baez, Maria Muldaur, The New Lost City Ramblers, Pete Seeger, and lots of others.

Tom