Olympia to get new lakefront park

Kudos to the Olympia City Council and Bob and Jay Emry..

Ward Lake is located 2.5 miles south of Olympia, in a kettle depression. It is spring-fed, and has no surface outlets. It is within the Deschutes River watershed.

Size (acres)                          65
Maximum Depth (feet)                  67
Mean Depth (feet)                     33
Lake Volume (acre-feet)             2145
Drainage Area (square miles)        0.95
Altitude (feet)                      123
Shoreline Length (miles)             1.4

SURGE! The Third Annual, International, Social Uprising, Resistance and Grassroots Encouragement (S.U.R.G.E.) Film Festival and Film Festival Network Presents the World Premier:

Golden Gloves!

Admission to SURGE is completely free of charge and free refreshments will be served!

Below is a SURGE Poster with Golden Golves:

http://aworldbeyondcapitalism.org/surge3/goldenglovesopeningnightposter.pdf

Below is a SURGE Schedule:
http://www.aworldbeyondcapitalism.org/surge/SURGEVolunteerMeetingsFlyer.pdf

"It's an honor to be the first film in your program. It is a world premier. As a fellow woman boxer I want to invite you into the locker rooms of amateur women boxers. I feel responsible to clear up a few misconceptions and clichés about these girls who box.

Dr. Joy Leary Author and Portland Unversity Professor will lecture on the legacy of Slavery.

The Theory of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome suggest that centuries of slavery followed by systemic racism and oppression have resulted in multigenerational adaptive behaviors, some of which have been positive and reflective of resilience, and others that are detrimental and destructive. In brief, Dr. Leary presents facts; statistics and documents that illustrate how varying levels of both clinically induced and socially learned residual stress related issues were passed along through generations as a result of slavery.

Lecture Hall 1 The Evergreen State College $3 Student $5 Community members

Brought to you by TESC student group UMOJA

A buddy who I met on a cross-country train trek a few years ago sent me a note today. His question is relevant to everyone, everywhere. Hence, I have decided to post his letter, and the great majority of my response, here.

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: Billium
Date: Apr 26, 2007 6:10 AM


You make me want to move out to Olympia to vote you into office, and at some point obtain office myself. I think I'd like to be sheriff. If you need any east coast help getting elected, I don't know how you could, but if you do, I'm here for you. Lord knows we need a change. -Bill

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Hey Bill... Good to hear from you. :)

What I'm doing here in Oly can (and should) be done everywhere. Voting my be a Constitutionally protected right, but that right didn't exist before people fought and died for it. Hence, it is honestly a coveted privilidge.

People are under the impression that we elect leaders to office. This is somewhat true when voting for the President, but more correctly, we vote for people to represent us. When was the last time your Senator or Representative came back from Washington DC and said: "Ok people... bill HR-432a has come up for a vote, and it's a bit tricky. Voting yes will do (a) and voting no will do (b). How do you want me to vote?"

Better yet, when was the last time a City Council person asked a similar question? Here in Oly the Council has held meetings and listened to people say (with amazing popularity) "Vote NO!" and the Council has gone ahead and voted "Yes" anyway.

This is not a textbook example of representative government, as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

"The cost of dredging the Port of Olympia marine shipping berths has soared to more than $6 million because of the high concentration of dioxins in the sediment.."

Higher property taxes are one option that port officials could consider for paying the port’s share of the project cost..

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