IAT NEWSLETTERJune 2003
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Calendar of Events | Environmental News | For Sale | Fundraisers |
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Letter from the President | Letters | Newsletter News | Organization Information |
PLEASE NOTE: AS OF JUNE 30, THE URL TO IAT'S WEBSITE WILL CHANGE -- SEE
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"IT'S ABOUT TIME WE BEGIN IT,
TO TURN THE WORLD AROUND . . . "
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ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
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Co-Founder/Former President - Marcelle Orswell
(notmartha2@yahoo.com)
Co-Founder and Secretary -- Theresa Shea (Tree1A@aol.com)
Co-Founder/Webpage Designer-Sandy Clark (tybrenn@attbi.com)
Co-Presidents -- Ann Schnitz (aerie01@sprynet.com)
and
Mary Ledford (eagleshorses@yahoo.com)
Web Site -- -- http://home.attbi.com/~tybrenn/iat/
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT - ANN
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Hi folks,
This' a real short newsletter this month -- not a lot to report. Please consider
writing something for our July issue -- I'm sure many of you have event reviews or
stories to share. And if you haven't done so already, please consider supporting
Windstar!
My heart to yours,
Ann
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains,
rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us,
and though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited
garden.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(thanks to Kelly Robison for this month's quote!)
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FUNDRAISER
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The deadline for submissions is now over; please stay tuned for information on how to order this special cyberbook when it is complete.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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June 26, 2003 -- JIM & ANNE CURRY - TIMBERLINE
PERFORMS AT ONTARIO, CA YMCA BARBECUE DINNER, 6:00 - 8:00. For information or directions,
call Linda Curtis at (909)986-5847
August 2 -- Mack Bailey will host a house concert sing-a-long in Monterey, California.
The concert will be held at Judy Therrien's house in the music room, at 7:30. Important
to RSVP to Judy, and if needed, ask for directions. Jtherrien@pacbell.net
August 3-- Mack Bailey at The Underground, Bethel Church, 536 N. Euclid, Ontario,
CA, 91786 Time (earlier than usual) 7:00, doors open 6:30. Suggested donation is
$8.00, children 12 and under free. Contact Anne Curry for more info at JBCURRYIAM@msn.com
REMINDER::: The John Denver Memorial Peace Cloth is available for all JD-related
events. Please email peaceclothinfo@yahoogroups.com for more information, or
see our website at www.johndenverpeacecloth.com
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LETTERS
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none this month
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WEBSITES OF INTEREST
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FOR SALE
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Peace Cloth Items!
Don't forget to check out www.johndenverpeacecloth.com
(Peace Cloth Store) for exclusive John Denver items. All proceeds benefit The
John Denver Memorial Peace Cloth. Also -- if you shop online, please visit
our virtual mall: www.johndenverpeacecloth.onecause.com -- every sale at a store in the mall returns a donation to the Cloth.
The Peace Cloth now has eScrip -- please see our website for more information.
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For sale: JD tapes. Will ship worldwide. For list or more info, please contact amazonjd@aol.com.
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If you're looking for something special for a special someone, come check out what
Wildlife Creations (http://www.geocities.com/wldlifecreation) has
to offer!! We have many items relating to John Denver and other items that would
make fantastic gifts for people you know and love! Or a gift for someone who
is hard to buy for, something that they will talk about for years! From keychains,
snowglobes, t-shirts, potpourri jars and more!!! We're sure you'll find something!
And remember, whenever you purchase from Wildlife Creations, you're not only giving
a gift to someone you know, but also to the Windstar Foundation and also the National
Wildlife Federation, in John's memory, for wolf education as all proceeds are donated
to them. Wildlife Creations is now offering a feature product. Checkout the website
for the current featured product! For more information, you can email us at
wldlifecreation@wildmail.com.
Diana and Susan
Wildlife Creations
http://www.geocities.com/wldlifecreation
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ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
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DENlines, 5/28/03
1. IN MEMORY: Family establishes fund for shuttle Columbia astronaut
The family of Columbia astronaut Dr. Laurel Clark has established a memorial fund
at Defenders of Wildlife to honor the 41-year-old Navy captain and flight surgeon
who died in February's space shuttle disaster. "I want to keep Laurel's memory
alive," said her mother, Margory Brown. "I've given a lot of thought to
what I could do to fill the hole in my life," said Mrs. Brown. "What could
I do to replace Laurel? She told us 'the earth when viewed from space is both beautiful
and boundaryless.' Her love of the earth and its wild places kept bringing me back
to the environment." Contributions to the fund will benefit Defenders of Wildlife's
work, which includes protection for wildlife and endangered species, as well as environmental
education.
"We're honored that the family of Dr. Laurel Clark has set up a fund with Defenders
to remember this American heroine whose life was cut short as she and the other Columbia
astronauts pushed back the unknowns of space. This fund will allow us, in her name,
to help save the wildlife and wild lands she loved for future generations,"
said Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife. To contribute to the
Laurel Clark Fund, click here: http://www.defenders.org/donate/memorial/.
2. URGENT RESEARCH FINDINGS: Commercial fleets killing off giant ocean fish
Only 10 percent of big ocean fish have survived a half-century of industrial fishing,
according to a groundbreaking study published in the journal Nature. One of the main
villains is longline fishing, where a single boat can trail a line up to 60 miles
long that's covered in thousands of hooks. "From giant blue marlin to mighty
blue fin tuna, and from tropical groupers to Antarctic cod, industrial fishing has
scoured the global ocean," said Ransom Myers, a biologist at Dalhousie University
in Canada. "There is no blue frontier left." He estimated the number of
fish remaining in the world's oceans as part of a 10-year study of data from fisheries
and scientific research institutes. "This calls for a reduction in fishing worldwide
so we can allow the natural diversity and fish species to persist in the world's
oceans," he said.
3. GUTTING PROTECTIONS: House gives Pentagon blanket exemptions
Under the guise of promoting military readiness, the House last week approved legislation
to gut key environmental protections for wildlife and wild lands. But in a show of
support for the Endangered Species Act, the Senate voted 51-48 for an amendment by
Senators Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, Jim Jeffords of Vermont, and Daniel Akaka
of Hawaii requiring that conservation plans meet certain conditions for protecting
imperiled wildlife. "The Bush administration and some in Congress are using
the real threat of terrorism and the war in Iraq to lay down a bogus smokescreen
in an ideological attack against our nation's most fundamental environmental protections,"
Defenders President Schlickeisen said. "But the Senate vote shows that the majority
in the Senate realize that the American public supports protection of endangered
wildlife and opposes these unnecessary exemptions sought by the Bush administration's
Defense Department."
4. WHITMAN RESIGNS: EPA chief's departure swings gates wide open to polluters
The resignation of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Whitman
"could drop the White House's environmental batting average from merely horrible
to off-the-charts abysmal," Defenders President Schlickeisen warned. Whitman
resigned last week after two years during which the EPA served the interests of industry
more often than the public. "This administration has compiled a horrifying track
record, not just ignoring the environment, but aggressively working to undermine
decades of laws that protect our air, water, wildlife and land," Schlickeisen
said in a statement to the news media. "Governor Whitman appears to have occasionally
bucked the anti- environmental tide all around her, but she was never able to blunt
the visceral tilt in this White House toward corporate interests above all others."
Interior Secretary Gale Norton is the Cabinet member who should resign. She has filled
her department's most senior positions with industry insiders and lobbyists, allowing
big corporations to seriously weaken our nation's environmental protections. In fact,
watch for a "Now With Bill Moyers" report investigating Interior Deputy
Secretary J. Steven Griles' ethical problems and conflicts of interest. The program
airs this Friday evening on PBS stations. To urge President Bush to remove Norton
from office, go to www.StopNorton.org.
5. BEING CARIBOU: Trying to understand one of our last great mammal migrations
The fate of the 123,000-member Porcupine Caribou Herd is at the center of the decades-long
debate over whether to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But
what do we really know about these magnificent animals and their annual migration
to their endangered calving grounds? On April 8, two Canadians left the community
of Old Crow in the Yukon Territory to join the caribou on their epic life journey.
Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison hope to travel 2,700 miles across snow and tundra
by ski and foot to understand one of North America's last great mammal migrations
before it's too late. To read the first entry in their online journal, click here:
http://www.beingcaribou.com/where/updates/updte1.html
6. WOLF GUARDIANS: Volunteers coming to the rescue again in Idaho
Volunteers from across the United States are about to begin their third summer fighting
to protect endangered gray wolves in Idaho's rugged Sawtooth Mountains. They are
the Wolf Guardians, organized and equipped by Defenders of Wildlife. Operating from
encampments deep in the backcountry, they employ a variety of methods to keep wolves
away from sheep and cattle. They chase wolves away in the night by shouting, singing
and banging pots and pans. They've also installed electric fences around livestock
or strung up red flags in the forest -- something known as fladry that wolves have
been shown to avoid. "Our team came from all walks of life, ages and experience
levels. You just need to care about wolves," says Susan Kline, a volunteer from
Simi Valley, Calif.
Wolves need good-will ambassadors. Secretary Norton is trying to strip federal protections
from these magnificent animals. That would make it easier to kill wolves in the Lower
48 states. To urge Norton to protect America's wolves, go to www.savewolves.org.
Defenders of Wildlife
1101 14th Street, N.W.
Suite 1400
Washington, DC 20005
Copyright Defenders of Wildlife 2003
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POETRY
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None this month
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NEWSLETTER NEWS
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information to IT'S ABOUT TIME, please e-mail any of the IAT staff. The submission
deadline for the next edition is July 19, 2003. Please be sure to include
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The content of this newsletter is entirely at the discretion of the "It's About
Time" staff. Contributions, as always, are welcomed, although inclusion
is not guaranteed. All contributed material may be subject to editing for content
and length.
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". . . IT'S ABOUT TIME WE START TO LIVE
IT,
THE FAMILY OF MAN,
IT'S ABOUT TIME
AND IT'S ABOUT CHANGES . . .
AND IT'S ABOUT TIME."
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