Join Volunteers from all over Olympia Saturday, October 27 from 9-noon. We’ll be planting bulbs and doing light trail work (weather permitting). Tools, gloves and refreshments will be provided. Meet at the Rose Garden parking lot and dress for the weather.

All are welcome, but those 17 and under must have signed parental permission, 14 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Questions? Contact Olympia Volunteers in Parks (VIP) Coordinator Todd Smith at 753-8365.

I wrote a bit more about it here, but for those who don't live in SE Olympia, here is the plain, yet detailed flier that Rhenda Strub sent out.

I was wondering if she sent out other ones to other neighborhoods.

See the original ride

http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2007/10/planned-parenth.html

Planned Parenthood Breaks the Law, Screams Political Attack...

One day after District Attorney Phill Kline hit Planned Parenthood with 107 criminal charges, the organization’s top official insisted it all boiled down to a political attack.

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The Johnson County district attorney filed a 107-count criminal complaint Wednesday against the Overland Park clinic saying, among other things, that the clinic performed illegal late-term abortions. The complaint included 23 felonies and 84 misdemeanors.

Read the rest here. http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/323876.html

Guests scheduled: TJ Johnson, Geov Parrish - more info

Oly public Bloglines is loosely organized, currently I have about 30 feeds stashed under "Personal". I'm going to go through the list and introduce this crew of local bloggers in a series of posts.

I seem to be cursed with a sense of the obvious. Parts of my mind immediately jump to the retrospectively obvious conclusion. I say retrospectively because not everyone sees it as obvious, including me, until my twisted brain points it out.

Laura blogs on Angstmama:

I can’t say I’ve become a wise person yet, but I’ve learned to not judge a book by it’s cover; that leading a quiet, ordinary, and thoughtful life is noble; that you can’t confuse the idea of being ordinary with being common; and that I’ll probably always be a hopeful person.

Jon and Jessi blog about "their foster to adopt parenting experience." on Building our family:

One of the aspects of being a foster/adoptive parent is that bonding and attachment can be a challenge. In the early days of our time with T3, we were concerned about this, and through the state, we enrolled in this attachment clinic. The first part of that was having Jessi and I individually take T3 to their office for this videotaped test.

Jacob Stewart gives us an "eclectic view of life, family, and work in Olympia and environs" through his Cosmos's Condo:

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has released a 300-page report on the infamous zapping of University of Florida senior Andrew Meyer, whose rowdy actions, catch-phrase and police Tasering during a John Kerry town hall forum made international headlines.

''Don't Tase me, bro,'' Meyer, 21, squealed after police put the screaming, combative student down on the ground and relaxed him with 50,000 volts from a Taser.

FDLE has determined that University of Florida police did nothing improper in subduing Meyer after he resisted arrest.

A statement from University of Florida President Bernie Machen and links to the FDLE report can be found at www.president.ufl.edu/incident/.

''While I am pleased that the FDLE review is complete, we still have work to do on a separate front. As an academic institution, it is our responsibility to continually review -- and improve-- how we foster an open environment that is also safe for our ever-changing campus community,'' Machen wrote.

The infamous incident, whose footage has been viewed thousands of times on youtube.com, took place on Sept. 17 during a forum hosted by Sen. John Kerry at the university in Gainesville.

From the Miami Herald. Read it here