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Submitted by Rick on Mon, 02/27/2006 - 3:39pm.
Feb 28 2006 - 12:00pm

Come downtown on Tuesday, February 28th between 8 PM and 2 AM and take part in the biggest Mardi Gras party in Olympia's history. Just show up at Jake's, McCoy's, The Vault, Hannah's, or Fish Tale, buy the Mardi Gras "stamp", and you'll recieve 2-3 drink specials at all 5 of the participating bars. Stamps cost $5 and up and all proceeds go towards sending folks to New Orleans to rebuild the most hard-hit areas. Please dress up in your finest Mardi Gras regalia and bring plenty of beads and other trinkets.

For more information contact Brad Bishop at omegaseed@gmail.com or the WashPIRG office at:

CAB 320, Cubicle #19
Office #: 360-867-6058
E-mail: blair@washpirgstudents.org

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I don't want to be a buzz kil

I don't want to be a buzz kill here, but those beads everyone associates with mardi-gras are toxic. They are made with vinyl, which releases carcinogenic dioxins when burned.

Please consider boycotting or skipping the beads. This is especially ironic, because of the plastics' chemical manufacturing sector that was located in Louisiana, North of N.O. - commonly known as "cancer alley."

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I think this is the only atte

I think this is the only attempt at celebrating Mardi Gras in Olympia that I can remember.

Skip the beads? Shirley you jest.

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