DAVIS WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 1991 FOR THE MURDER OF A WHITE POLICEMAN IN SAVANNAH. THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. NO MURDER WEAPON. ANOTHER MAN IS IMPLICATED. NOW, NO COURT IS WILLING TO HEAR THE NEW EVIDENCE. HIS EXECUTION DATE IS SET FOR OCT. 27

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency for Troy Anthony Davis shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday, September 12. They did so despite overwhelming doubts of Davis' guilt - and after stating last year that they would "not allow an execution to proceed in this State unless and until its members are convinced that there is no doubt as to the guilt of the accused." On September 23, The U.S. Supreme Court stayed Troy Davis' execution "pending the disposition of [his] petition for a writ of certiorari." On October 14, the Court decided not to accept his petition.

Please sign the petition:
www.amnestyusa.org/troydavis Call The Georgia Board of Paroles, urge them to exercise their power of clemency to reconsider the execution of a possibly innocent man.
State Board of Pardons and Paroles:
Ph: 404-656-5712

For info, email: olyamnesty@riseup.net

Google Transit overview looks really cool - integrates the transit schedule data with Google maps so you can get the transit options as part of a directions search, including one that says "I need to get there by the following time."

It's available for Seattle now; I called Intercity Transit about it, and they're working on it. (Their first try with Google sent travelers on lots of trips that didn't exist, so they're trying to clean up their data now...). In the long run, they're hoping to integrate the whole Oly to Seattle system.

Best,
Thad

June Madrona

Sunday October 26th

6pm @ The Olympia Free School

610 Columbia Street

Hi everybody,

After a long olympia show break we're finally performing this sunday at the olympia freeschool 6pm. It is part of a big weekend of workshops and events, and the last event the free school will be hosting at their current location.Expect to hear some new songs, and some sweet banjo riffs.

Also for those who have been paying attention you will notice that micah is not in the band anymore. After much hand-wringing micah finaly decided that he need to stay lifing in seattle, so we'll be playing with out him for the most part.

see you at the show! -ross

Community Acupuncture Studio is featuring an Oriental Medicine Lecture Series with weekly classes through December.

Sliding Scale $5-$20 per class. Call to reserve your spot, space is limited, (360)943-6730. Held at Community Acupuncture Studio, 2801 Pacific Ave SE (entrance is on Devoe). www.cas-olympia.com

Grand Opening Celebration and Open House!

Complimentary refreshments, information about acupuncture and Live Local Music. Special $5 ear acupuncture treatments. Please come join us in this celebration.

Buddha said, "Decay is inherent in all compounded things." 

"Every step is a fall interrupted....

The Friends of the Evergreen Library and The Deans welcome Tim Kelly to the Evergreen Library's Underground tomorrow, October 23, between noon and 1:15. (You go past the Circulation desk and down the stairs.) The second of this year's Brown Bag Series, Tim's reading draws from his latest collection of poetry - The Extremities - and his work as a physical therapist.

Olympia poet Timothy Kelly has, in the last ten years, won the Field Poetry Prize, the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award, and a 2008 Artsmith Award. He has published widely in literary journals including The Iowa Review, The Northwest Review, and Image. His fourth collection of poems, The Extremities, was published in April by Oberlin College Press. He works day to day as a physical therapist, and his poetry springs from the beauty and complexity of the body. He lives on Henderson Inlet, and teaches periodically at TESC, including the upcoming Spring program titled Written in Stone.

Best,
Thad