PLEASE ATTEND IT WILL AFFECT ALL OF THURSTON COUNTY

May 14th 5:30 pm Tenino High School at the commons

The more people that attend the better. A summary of the issue is detailed below, please read this... Proposed Logistic Center

In cooperation with the Port of Olympia, The Port of Tacoma has purchased approximately 745 acres formerly owned by Citifor. It was the site of a munitions plant located near Maytown between Scott Lake and Tenino. The South Sound Logistics Center ( SSLC) would encompass 300 acres for warehousing. Remaining acres would include a distribution site for trucks and trains to sort and transport cargo, with other industries and manufacturing. An 18 month feasibility study began in July of 2006, but plans for the center are well underway.

Possible Impact:

· Noise Air and Light Pollution - The 745 acre facility would be the size of a small city, and would 24 hours per day, 7days per week , creating non-stop noise, light and air pollution in our neighborhoods.

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Roll out the red carpet and warmly welcome all the out-of-town guests !

Sat, May 12th- Green Party State Convention comes to Olympia ! May 12th 2007

Meeting Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Title: Green Party Convention in Olympia, May 12 Olympia, WA
Location: The Evergreen State College (Lecture Hall 03)
Speaker: Keynote Address by Elaine Brown
Phone Contact: 360-532-0949
Topic / Issue: Peace
Sponsor: Green Party of Washington State (GPoWS)

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Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal and co-editor, with Howard Zinn, of Voices of a People’s History of the United States will make two appearances in Olympia this week-end.

On Friday, May 4th, Arnove will discuss his book and the current situation in Iraq, at 7PM, Traditions Café, 300 5th Avenue SW in Olympia. He will be joined by Chanan Suarez-Diaz of Iraq Veterans Against the War. The event is sponsored by Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace, (OMJP), and the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, (CISPES), in cooperation with the Rachel Corrie Foundation. For more information call 360-280-6198.

--- posted by Dr. Muhammad Ayub

Muhammad Ayub posted:

On Saturday, May 5th, Arnove will narrate a performance of dramatic readings from Voices of a People’s History of the United States in a 7PM event at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. SE, in downtown Olympia. Celebrating the enduring spirit of dissent, the program will feature narratives from historical figures including Tecumseh, Sojourner Truth, Mark Twain, Susan B. Anthony, and Winona La Duke. Readers will include actor Brian Jones, Associate Director of American Friends Service Committee’s Northwest Region Nina Laboy, President of the Iraq Veterans Against the War in Seattle Chanan Suarex-Diaz, and local readers and performers Erica Lord, Nomy Lamm, Vaude deVille, Rachel Reclam, Holly Gwinn-Graham, Dr. Muhammad Ayub, Cindy Corrie, and a surprise guest.

Popular Mexican music for Cinco de Mayo will be provided by Hugo Flores, Miguel Perez-Gibson, and Daniel Perez Gibson at 6:40 PM.

The event is part of the Rachel Corrie Foundation’s Peace Works Program and will benefit its Middle East scholarship program.

The program will be wheelchair accessible and ASL interpreted. Doors open at 6:15 PM. General Admission tickets are $10 at the Washington Center Box Office (360-753-8586), at Rainy Day Records (360-357-4755), and Orca Books (360-352-0123) in Olympia. They can be purchased online at http://www.washingtoncenter.org/

Anthony Arnove has, also, edited Iraq Under Seige: the Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War. His writing has appeared in the Financial Times, The Nation, Mother Jones, Monthly Review, Le Nouvel Observateur, Z Magazine, and other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Contact: Alice Zillah, Operations Manager

Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice

(360-754-3998

info@rachelcorriefoundation.org

To my wonderful three children, survivors, all of them

Winsome as a woman—soft as a smile—
a full moon is throbbing sultry and wild—
blushing and flushing,
engorged with delight,
her rose halo gleams o’er a darkening sky.

Laden with new promise—kissed by the breeze—
the future calls out on a seagull’s faint scream—
heady and steady,
rich as whipped cream,
the night air is drenched in perfumed evergreen.

Listen and you’ll hear it—a lunar lullaby—
the song sung by mothers to babies throughout time—
etched and sketched
in hues of pale light,
air brushed on rainbows and twilight’s goodbye.

AB Christie

No more comments without admin approval?  Tell me this is just an oversight and not policy.  If it is policy, it is full of hypocrisy.

Mr. Richards got away with 'douchebaggery' referring to Kevin Stormans - are your comment policies not applied universally?

I mean this as sincere as you can read it, please remove my account if all comments will be moderated in the future.  You'll end up creating an illusion for yourselves by not allowing full participation.