And, adorable Fourth of July Parade in Northside, Monday noon. I'll be marching with the Rainbow band playing my new piccolo. ellen
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At the table Monday June 27: Steve Sunderland, Nancy Dawley, John David Charter, Shirley Maul, Gerry Kraus, Paul Ravenscraft, Kate Kelly, Dan Hershey, Gary Weiss, Spencer Konicov, John Kelly, David Rosenberg, Caro Altekreuse, Pete Altekreuse, Vlasta Molak, Mike Murphy, Gwen Marshal, Marvin Kraus, Ellen Bierhorst.
Maybe we should talk about our country on its birthday, Monday. Think about it. How about, "What can I do for my country this year?" and "Where do I find the energy for it?"
They say gas prices will climb to $3 / gal. this summer. Whew! Already we are thinking about leaving the car home and riding the bus... driving places that are close by instead of similar places across the county. Vote for mass transit.
A week from Monday I will be celebrating my 65th birthday. Arrrgh! Sixty five is the year of mandatory retirement for lots of places. You are really no longer "middle aged" once you hit sixty-five, I guess. Come to the salon and help me talk about what the Bleep is going on and what I, we want for the next five years. I am reading the story of Granny D, Doris Haddock, who walked across America in 1999 at the age of 89 for the cause of national campaign finance reform. She started in southern California, crossing the desert first. I loved this part:
I was still something of a desperado in those first months of the walk roaming over the dry and blank space remaining at the end of a life. Or was it the lull between acts? Who can ever know at such times? There is an urge to just walk into the desert, away from the road, and be done with it. There is also an urge to have some ice cream with chocolate sauce. Life is what we patch together between those competing desires. (emphasis added).Here's a link to a photo and short bio of Doris:
http://grannyd.com/
So get this, our very own salonista civic activist Gerry Kraus is running for City Council! First hurdle, get 500 signatures so that she can be on the ballot. Vote in the city o f Cincinnati? Sign the petition to put Gerry on the ballot. See Blue section for the meanings of Gerry's candidacy. My own hit on Gerry as a councilmember is Common Sense and the Good of the Citizens rather than the good of the wealthy and powerful corporations. Gerry has been following closely the affairs of local government for 40 years. She takes the long view. She's a great gal.
My notes at the table were crummy this week... Here's what I got, and I missed a lot:
Talked about Gerry running for city council. The recent supreme Court decisions bearing on separation of church and state. On eminent domain and the right of local governments to seize properties in the interest of private development projects. China making a bid to urchase a huge U.S. oil copmany, Unicol. Wanted to talk about the idealism of high school students but didn't get to it.Well, the Earth Spirit Rising Conference is NEXT WEEKEND! See you there. Announcement in Maroon section below.
Dan Hershey gave us a brief report in his capacity as Right Wing Talk Radio watchdog:
Gwen Marshal said she thinks that we should interdigitate Iraqi troops with all our troops, that they should be going on all our missions with our soldiers.
- There are actually callers into programs like Sean Hannaday who propose that we bring back Saddam Hussein to deal with the insurgents in Iraq.
- Jerry Springer on AM 1530 (every weekday morning 9 to 12) is getting more interesting, more pointed, more bold,...is hitting his stride.
- the right wingers are frightened by the Guantanamo prisoners issue.
- Joe Biden, US senator and possible presidential candidate is now saying what Dan has said months ago, that there is no need now for our troops to be in Iraq, since what we are now doing is training the Iraqis to manage their own affairs. We can bring them over here to train.
- The right wing is starting to worry that the president has a timetable for leaving Iraq. Think Bush will say we should leave after the Iraqi elections and adoption of Constitution. This looks like the Vietnam War story. Quite a lot.
Somebody mentioned that Rumsfeld is now attacking the folks of MoveOn.org as traitors.
GERRY'S CANDIDACY
Gerry Kraus said she is running because Howard Konicov, another civic activist, insisted she should. So she said, "I will if you will manage my campaign," and he said Yes. She wants Cincinnati to again become what it was in the 50's when she first came here: One of the best run cities in America. That's when we had Proportional Representation where you ranked your choices in order of your enthusiasm for them, and the higher the rank the more your vote counted. It gave extra clout to pockets of unanimity, like the Jewish community, or the Black Community. She wants to see the neighborhoods made more liveable. Laws enforced. Crime reduced. Wants to use the carrot and the stick. Suggests we enforce youth curfew. Wants to ask the youth Why are y ou killing each other? What do you think should be done? Then enact that.
Wants to expande recycling. Ask people what they want.
Thinks neighborhoods should be informed by city government when there is an action or an issue that involves them.
Steve Sunderland: You have worked for North Avondale all these years, and that neighborhood is a great success story. Time was when people thought it was doomed, filled as it was with "white elephant" large homes. Today it is thriving and shining. What practices could be used by other neighborhoods?
Gerry: Our strategy has been just to kekep on finding out what's going on. I would go down each week and check the agendas of all the committees of council. Most of all, we never give up Dogged determination. We have many passionate people working for the good of the community.
David Rosenberg: I think the biggest threat to our city is poverty. What's your stance?
Gerry: The city should not be so indulgent towards private big business. The city government exists to provide services. Some of the changes I notice in the last thirty years since Cincinnati was touted as the best run city are: • the end of Proportional Representation, • the non-enforcement of the still extant ordinance that all the city employees should live in the city. • the city government is dysfunctional.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
A.: Eminent domain is where a governmental entity can force the sale of properties for the "public good". The court decided that public good can include economic development by private groups. But they also said that States might pass laws that would prohibit this. Our sense was that Ohio should do this.
B. The court said that it is OK to display the Ten Commandments on government property, but that there may not be a monument about the ten commandments INSIDE a court building. Everybody sees these rulings as a breakdown of the separation of church and state.
marvin Kraus, pointed out that the minority group, those voting the Other Way in both these decisions was, surprisingly, the usually reactionary members: Scalia, Renquist, Thomas, O'Connor.
David Rosenberg: clearly what the court deemed "public good" really means the spread of the automobile-dominated mall afflicted suburban culture.
Gwen Marshall: people in government are serving themselves, not the citizens.
Mike Murphy: We should recognize that private ownership as a concept is an artificial construct of society. So under those rules, the society that gives you the right to own your home and your lot can take away that right, as in eminent domain.
Steve Sunderland: I grew up in the Bronx in New York City, a neighborhood utterly ruined by Robert Moses and his highway through the middle of the Bronx, constructed so that well to do white people could fly in and out of Manhattan. The blacks and the poor are increasingly ringed in within city core areas. There is racism in this.
Gerry Kraus: Providence, RI is a city that is still highly liveable and is integrated.
Spencer Konicov: we need to realize that we cannot develop our economy without having "development". Development is development.
Vlasta Molak: my property taxes have increased suddenly by 25%. What's if for? Stadiums?
Gwen Marshal: No, I don't think that the issue with the spread of suburban culture is racial. I believe it is all about corporate power.
Miami River Bridge/Eastern Corridor Proposal
Nancy Dawley: I attended a meeting having to do with the proposed Eastern Corridor, (see the Sierra Club report on this proposal called "Bridge to Ruin, HIghway to Destruction" at
http://www.sierraclub.org/epec/cincy/miamiriver/
). Many issues were raised in the meeting by people like representatives from the National Park Service etc. etc. but were not addressed by the governmental representatives. The proposal is for an expressway linking I-71 to I-275 (I believe near Indian Hill), bridging the LIttle Miami River.
We were told that the people making the decision are the county commissioners and the County Highway Engineer. (See below Maroon section for contact info. for the county commissioners. Tell them you think the study made of the proposal was a very bad report and you want a new study. And in the Blue section below that, see Nancy's very excellent letter. This is the one you should pattern yours after.)
Hugs,
ellen
(for Articles: see below. First, the "Announcements" section.)...
Don't miss the way cool article you want to read in blue section. It might be one of these:
- Chandara runs for Ohio Lt. Governor. Diane Fishbein sends this.
- Architect Michael Horn comments on Checco presentation
- Energy Engineer John Robbins comments on the Checco thing
- Nancy Dawley's letter to Todd Portune re. the Eastern Corridor Project
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Announcements:
7/2/05
Gerry Kraus to run for Council
Vote for this winner!
Ellen -- Thanks for announcing in the weekly bulletin that GERRY KRAUS is running for CITY COUNCIL on the PEOPLE'S TICKET! After I qualify to the Board of Elections with valid 500 signatures, I will try to get on the Charter Party ticket.
My mission, when elected, is to restore Cincinnati's reputation as "best governed city" and make its 52 neighborhoods livable by enhancing the quality of life in all city neighborhoods. I plan to do this by restoring integrity and trust in city government; strict enforcement of all laws and city ordinances -- particularly zoning and building codes; enforce youth curfew (yes there is a curfew ordinance on the books, but not enforced); a carrot/stick approach to crime: strict enforcement of criminal laws (stick) and addressing the root causes for drugs, youth shootings, etc. rather than just treating the symptoms, including a youth think tank to provide alternatives to crime (carrot); economic development but NOT at the expense of looting the city's general fund that pays for city services; timely notice to citizens on issues that affect them; restore the Neighborhood Support Program back to $12,000/neighborhood (it was reduced to $7,000 this past year); real estate tax relief to senior citizens; and of course promoting environmental issues (expand curbside recycling, efficient enforcement of City's Clean Air Act [Title X], an Environmental Justice Ordinance and "NO" to the ELDA garbage transfer station in Winton Hills, to name a few issues).
I am in the process of forming a "think tank" committee to firm up a platform to identify and address specific city issues. If anyone is interested in being on this committee or has thoughts on what issues should be addressed, please contact GERRY KRAUS at mgkraus@one.net or telephone: 861-3939. Thank you.
Gerry
Gerry will be marching in the Northside fourth of july parade Monday.
7/2
Nancy Dawley wants us to get to know dem. candidate for US Congress Ohio District II, Paul Hackett. Looks very good to me. Will print her blurb when I get space. In the mean time, check out:
http://www.mydd.com/story/2005/6/15/14340/7984
7/2
Contact County Commissioners re. Proposed Eastern Corridor Project
and object to the report
My letter*:
Dear County Commissioners,
I am writing to urge you not to accept the recent report recommending a huge project involving the Eastern Corridor with a bridge across the Llittle Miami Scenic River as well as other features. Authoritative information I have been given persuades me that much expert input was refused in this short sighted report. Please authorize another investigation.
Ellen Bierhorst
3901 Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45220
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* But, see Nancy's excellent, much better letter in Blue section... last article in this email. ellen.
Here are the two Republican commisioners' contact info:
Phil Heimlich
Phil.Heimlich@Hamilton-co.org
946-4409
Pat DeWine
Pat.DeWine@Hamilton-Co.org
946-4405
Todd Portune's e-mail is:
tportune@zoomtown.com
the County Engineer, Wm. W. Brayshaw, PE-PS has no email address on the website but here's the contact info:
946-4250
County Administration Building
138 E. Court St.
City
45202
Upcoming Meeting July 13
Environmental Local Activist (and salonista) Karen Arnet
urges you to participate in the selection
of the New County Health Commissioner
June 30, 2005
Ellen,
. I've written up a very brief synopsis of this week's board of health meeting , which included on its agenda a time for "community input on the selection process for the health commissioner". Note that a special meeting has been scheduled. I encourage you to attend and give the board your perspective on public health or environmental concerns that you feel the new health commissioner should address. ( This meeting has been scheduled for July 13 at 6:30. )For more information on the meeting, or on testimonies presented to the board last Tuesday night, see the links on the ECO website at http://www.env-comm.org.
Karen Arnet
Synopsis of the community input on health commissioner at June 28th Board of Health meeting.
The Cincinnati Board of Health at its June 28th, 2005 meeting, listened to the testimony of numerous community members who addressed concerns about the process of selecting the next health commissioner. The board recognized that the selection of the health commissioner is perhaps the single most important decision that the board members may take in their tenure on the board of health. The assembled citizens pointed out repeatedly that they would like to see a health commissioner who will guide the health department to have a strong focus on prevention, and a strengthened focus on public and environmental health concerns.
Among those attending to give input to the board:
-a former two-term chair of the board of health,
-representatives from community groups -
- as well as individual citizens.
- National Technical Association/NAACP,
- Ohio Citizen Action,
- Environmental Community Organization (ECO),
- Communities United For Action,
- Sierra Club,
- Greater Cincinnati Occupational Health Center
The speakers¹ main requests:
1. a separate public meeting dedicated solely to this topic, for fuller input from the Cincinnati citizenry,
2. broadening the search process to include local public health experts
3. that formal public health training be a prerequisite for the next health commissioner
The board and the public shared the opinion that there had been inadequate notice to the public about the topic being on the agenda.
The board agreed to schedule a separate public meeting to hear community input on the health commissioner selection process. This meeting has been scheduled for July 13 at 6:30.
The meeting will be aired several times over the next two weeks through CitiCable. See the city's website : http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cmgr/pages/-7502-/ or call 352-5308 for air times.
Tri-State Treasures
Sincerely, Jim
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Chez T Cuisine: Nestled in Mt Lookout Square is a charming café that will leave you feeling that you are dining in Europe. Theresa & her staff prepare fresh & wholesome foods with exciting flavors for take-out, dine-in, & catering. The intimate café provides breakfast & lunch among photographs & inviting ambiance. Chez T Cuisine, 1004 Delta Avenue, Mt Lookout in Cincinnati, OH 45208. More info @ 513.312.2053, theresa@chezt.com, & www.chezt.com.
Heritage Garden Fare [Saturday-Sunday 2-3 July @ noon - 5 PM]: Presented by Friends of Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center. Marketing antique roses, hydrangeas, perennials, hollyhocks, heirloom vegetables & much more. Exhibition of the art of instructors at Baker Hunt: watercolors, pottery, oils, mosaics, & more. Purveyors of garden related items. Master gardeners. A home & garden tour of some of the areas most spectacular historic homes. Free. Proceeds to benefit the Friends of Baker Hunt Scholarship Program & the Heritage Gardens of Baker Hunt. At the grounds of Baker-Hunt, 620 Greenup Street, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859.431.0020, info@bakerhunt.com, & www.bakerhunt.com.
Grand Homes, Gardens, & Grapes [Saturday-Sunday 2-3 July @ noon - 5 PM]: A tour of 12+ homes & gardens in Covington¹s historic riverfront neighborhoods, between the suspension bridge & the Licking River. Wine tasting & other treats at Greenup Street restaurants. Tour stops include the Daniel Carter Beard House (c. 1820), Daniel Fallis house (Greek Revival c. 1852), the unique campus of the Baker-Hunt Arts & Cultural Center (c. 1840), & many other 19th century treasures. $25; kids under 12 are free, with paying adult. All proceeds will be used for neighborhood beautification projects. Info: (513) 289-0022 & www.lickingriverside.com.
Woman¹s City Club Community Conversations [2-part event on Thursdays 7 & 14 July @ 4-7 PM both days]: Now is your chance to talk with young people in a new & creative forum. This 6-hour program will build relationships between youth & adults; a chance to listen & to be heard. Join in ³A Small Group² process designed by Peter Block & facilitated by A Small Group members. A Small Group is a volunteer group that is working to increase the quality of civic engagement. Bring a friend or two, 12 & older. RSVP at 513.751.0100. Co-sponsored by Woman¹s City Club & the Ethics Center. At the HUC-UC Ethics Center, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 3101 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, Cincinnati, OH 45220. Free parking @ HUC behind Ethics Center. More info @ 513.751.0100, wcc@womanscityclub.org, www.womanscityclub.org, & www.asmallgroup.net.
The Ohio River Way Paddlefest 2005 [Friday-Saturday 8-9 July]: The largest canoe & kayak festival in the Midwest is on the Ohio River in Cincinnati. Two days full of great outdoor activities. Several new features & events make this ACA ³Event of the Year² the biggest & best ever. Friday 8 July @ 3-11 PM is the Ohio River Festival at Four Seasons Marina, 4609 Kellogg Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45226. Free admission & parking. Open to the public; children welcome. Paddling & safety skills clinic, 'test-paddle' new canoes & kayaks, wooden boat show, gear & outfitter expo, live music, food, beer garden & silent auction, paddling films under the stars, overnight camping, free fishing clinic for kids, & educational exhibits for all ages. Saturday 9 July is the Paddle-the-Ohio. Launch boats at Four Seasons Marina from 8:30 - 9:30 AM. Paddle 6 miles to the Cincinnati Public Landing. Or compete in one of the amateur or professional canoe/kayak races sanctioned by the US Canoe Association. The river will be closed to barge traffic. Enjoy live music, food, & refreshments at the Finish Line Celebration. Watch war canoe races & the corporate raft challenge at the Public Landing. Shuttle buses return paddlers to Four Seasons from 10:30 AM - 1 PM. More info @ 513.230.5228, info@ohioriverway.org, & www.ohioriverway.org.
Jazz At The Hyatt [starting Friday 8 July @ 8 PM - midnight]: Walt "Doc" Broadnax returns with no-holds barred straight-ahead Jazz for the aficionado at the Hyatt Hotel Cincinnati. This is not restaurant jazz, cocktail jazz, or lounge jazz. Mike Wade's Sextet kicks off the series (http://mike-wade.com/home.html). Artists who have played at Doc's venues include Clark Terry, Gary Bartz, Javon Jackson, Dr Lonnie Smith, Joey DeFrancesco, Rachel Z, & Steve Wilson. $10 two-drink minimum; preferred seating for dinner guests. Remember: Protect & Support the Music. At the Sungarten Room in the Hyatt Hotel Cincinnati, 151 West 5th Street, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ waltb31@fuse.net & www.jazzincincy.com.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Spiritual Cinema [Friday 8 July @ 7-10 PM]: Is love something more than a product of human thought & memory? Explore this & other questions after watching this creative, warm, funny & provocative film. Joel (Jim Carrey) discovers that his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), had her memories of him erased. Distraught, he seeks to use the same scientific process to cleanse his memories of her, then begins to resist the procedure. [2004, directed by Michel Gondry, screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, rated R for language, some drug & sexual content, no nudity or explicit sex.] Discussion leader: Greg Loomis. At the Friendship Hall, New Thought Unity Center, 1401 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.961.2527 LouFreeman@ntunity.org & www.savedmovie.com/.
Pleasant Ridge Library Used Book Sale [Saturday 9 July]: Please help raise money for the Pleasant Ridge community library by donating your gently used books, CDs, & DVDs. Proceeds will be used for library projects at the PR Library. Collection locations in Pleasant Ridge are at Gil's Barber Shop, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Nativity Church, Pleasant Perk, PR Presbyterian Church, & PR Recreation Center. Working together to keep the library a permanent fixture in the community. More info @ 513.531.3491 & prcc@pleasantridge.org.
A Peace Vigil to End Genocide in Darfur [Sunday 10 July @ 3-5 PM]: Families in Darfur, Sudan, are suffering. An estimated 400,000 Sudanese have been killed & 2 million displaced since February 2003. The situation continues to deteriorate. In February & March, reports indicated that fighting had escalated & relief organizations, unable to protect their workers, pulled out of the region. As the rainy season approaches, getting food to the displaced Darfurians becomes more difficult & expensive. Currently 15,000 people die every month; if violence forces humanitarian agencies to pull out, deaths could rise to 100,000 per month. All Saints Episcopal Church in Pleasant Ridge will host a peace vigil to educate the public on the situation in Darfur, to pray for peace in the Sudan, & to help create the political will to end what the UN has called the ³worst humanitarian crisis in the world today.² The vigil will begin with a short film on the crisis in Darfur, continue with an interfaith prayer service, & conclude with the signing of petitions to send to elected officials. All Saints Episcopal Church, 6301 Parkman Place, Cincinnati, OH 45213. More info @ 513.531.6333, therevken@yahoo.com, & www.allsaintscincinnati.org.
Six Sundays At Six Acres - Evening Concerts [Sunday 10 July @ 7 PM]: Firelytes Steel Drum Band is a fun, fiery, & entertaining ensemble of "pan players" who enjoy engaging audiences in an energetic "groove-explosion" of soca, calypso, reggae, jazz & more. The Six Acres B&B embraces history & elegance. It is owned & run by Kristin Kitchen & Laura Long who have spent 3 years rescuing & renovating this 6,500 square foot 1850s Colonial mansion built by Elon Strong, noted abolitionist & active participant in the Underground Railroad. Concerts are from the spacious outdoor patio for an audience seated on the lawn in a uniquely scenic, wooded & serene setting. Bring your lawn chairs & blankets as seating is limited. Smooth grooves, tasty treats, & a cool new musical experience in Cincinnati. $15 admission includes appetizers & drinks. Shuttle parking provided from Twin Towers Retirement Community @ 5343 Hamilton Avenue. Six Acres B&B is @ 5350 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45224. More info @ 513.541.0873, info@sixacresbb.com, & www.sixacresbb.com.
Day Camp Days at the Showboat [Monday-Friday 11-15 July]: Come aboard the historic Showboat Majestic for an afternoon of fun interactive theatre during Day Camp Days, an imaginative adventure for children of all ages. Day Camp Days is specially programmed for summer day camps & daycare centers. Groups come down to the riverfront on a pleasant summer afternoon to have lunch along the serpentine wall. Then board our own National Historic Landmark to enjoy the sing-along, dance-along hour of theatre. The Showboat themes the production so children are not only entertained but educated on a variety of issues such as African culture, Caribbean culture, International travel, & the Environment. Children are asked to participate as an audience & come on stage individually to be part of the show. More info at 513.241.6550, timperrino@covedalecenter.com, & www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.
Bastille Day Picnic [Friday 15 July @ 7 PM]: Start celebrating Bastille Day with the now traditional Bastille Day picnic. A 3-course dinner will be prepared by La Petite Pierre Restaurant. Whether you want to eat gourmet food, drink complimentary French wine, enjoy a French Cancan performance, or participate in the Pétanque tournament (French bowling lawn), there will be something for everyone. Register by Tuesday 12 July for this popular & casual event; space is limited to 120 people; registration form at www.france-cincinnati.com/facc/Invitation%20Bastille%20Day.pdf. $30 per person. Hosted by The Montgomery Sister Cities Commission, The Alliance Francaise, & The French-American Chamber of Commerce. At Terwilleger Lodge in Dulle Park, 10530 Deerfield Road in Montgomery, OH 45242. More info @ 513.852.6510, facc@france-cincinnati.com, & www.france-cincinnati.com.
Hip Hop Class & Dance [Saturday 15 July @ 7-10 PM]: Experience a true Broadway modern jazz-Hip Hop class. Dottie Belle will warm you up with isolations & movements that massage your whole body. Do a brief modern mat warm-up from the famous Luigi Jazz technique. Then rock & roll with some combinations across the floor, & move to the centre to encounter the latest hip hop moves. Don't be afraid; let loose & have fun. Then dance with DJ/rapper extraordinaire Kim Gerhold. Dottie Belle was a Radio City Music Hall Rockette in New York for almost 20 years. She¹s performed on such shows as Late Night with David Letterman, the Daytime Emmy Awards Show, and the Today Show. Dottie is on the Advisory Board of the Health & Fitness Department at Cincinnati State Community College where she is an adjunct faculty instructor. She creates & teaches dance & exercise programs all over the city. $10 by Sunday 10 July; $15 at the door. Friendship Hall, New Thought Unity Center, 1401 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.961.2527 LouFreeman@ntunity.org & www.savedmovie.com/.
Free Introductory Talk at the Lloyd House - Center for Holistic Wellness [Sundays 17 July & 14 August @ 2-4 PM]: Ellen O. Bierhorst, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, & Neil Anderson, L.M.T. Massage Therapist, will present the following topics: 1) Five Keys to Finding the Right Therapist for You, 2) How to Give the World's Best Backrub: tips from a professional; & 3) Secrets of Smoking Cessation: quitting cigarettes is harder than kicking heroin; learn how you can be one of the 5% who pull free & stay quit. Free, open to everyone. At the historic Lloyd House, 3901 Clifton Avenue @ Lafayette Avenue, Clifton, Cincinnati, OH 45220. Park on Lafayette. Contact: Ellen Bierhorst @ 513.221.1289.
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7/17 AND 8/14
Free Introductory Talk at the Lloyd House - Center for Holistic Wellness [Sundays: 17 July & 14 August @ 2-4 PM]:
Ellen O. Bierhorst, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, & Neil Anderson, L.M.T. Massage Therapist, will present the following topics:
1) Five Keys to Finding the Right Therapist for You,
2) How to Give the World's Best Backrub: tips from a professional; &
3) Secrets of Smoking Cessation: quitting cigarettes is harder than kicking heroin; learn how you can be one of the 5% who pull free & stay quit.
Free, open to everyone.
At the historic Lloyd House, 3901 Clifton Avenue @ Lafayette Avenue, Clifton, Cincinnati, OH 45220.
Park on Lafayette.
Contact: Ellen Bierhorst @ 513.221.1289.
6/25/05
Very cool exhibit on flowers at Carl Solway Gallery in OTR, on Findlay, one block West of Central Pkw. Parking lot next to the buildg. Room after room of art about flowers, all media. Jim Dine. Big names.
7/2/05 ... I enjoyed the exhibit. Especially Gregory Thorp's photograph immediately as you enter on your left. Interesting space, very classy gallery. (Gregory will be coming to town! Slide show! Two weeks.)
... but EVEn MORE I enjoyed the small exhibit in Covington on Main St right near the Main Strasse park thingy, Ron Durham's "Eine Kleine Photograph". Expecially the color nature close ups by Leslie Wood. Mmmmm. 859 291 5892.
www.rondphoto.com
New show just up by Stuart Fabe, www.stuartfabe.com. The one on the post card is a shot of the water tower in Eden Park taken with infrared film. monochrome. Sort of gothic. Fairyland with a touch of the eerie.
Tri-State Treasures
Sincerely, Jim
~~~~~~~~~~Tri-State Treasures:
Polish Madonnas in Art and Poetry [May 17 - September 8]: A collection of 54 paintings by renowned Polish artist Wislawa Kwiatkowska from the Diocesan Museum in Plock, Poland. Inspiration for the paintings came from selected texts of Polish poetry. From the earliest beginnings of Polish literature to the present day, Polish poetry often is inspired by the Holy Mother. One of the earliest examples of the written Polish language & the earliest extant document of Polish poetry is Bogarodzica (Mother of God). Dating back to the 15th century, this hymn illuminates the devotion of the Polish people to the Holy Mother & exemplifies the Polish understanding of Mary¹s role as mediatrix. Monday-Friday @ 8:30 AM - 6 PM; Saturday-Sunday @ Noon - 6 PM. Free admission; parking available. At the Roesch & Marian Library Galleries, Roesch Library, University of Dayton Campus, 300 College Park Avenue, Dayton, OH 45469-1360. More info @ 937.229.4254 or 4214, PolishMadonnas@udayton.edu, & www.udayton.edu/mary/polishfront.html.
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Jesus & Nonviolence - a Film & Discussion Series [Sunday 26 June @ 7 PM & the following 2 Sundays]: This is the 2nd in a 6-film series to illustrate how the nonviolent teachings & life of a first century Jew influenced the nonviolent actions of the 20th century, & how we can follow the path of nonviolent action. Each Sunday will feature one of the 30-minute films followed by discussion, & readings for the next week. The series tells one of humanity's most important & least understood stories - how, during a century of extreme violence, millions chose to battle brutality & oppression with nonviolent weapons - and won. "These are powerful stories, about truth overcoming lies, love dissolving evil, & life eclipsing death," said former president Jimmy Carter of the documentary. The films draw on stunning archival footage & interviews with witnesses, survivors, & unsung heroes who contributed to these century-changing events. The 4th presentation shown on Sunday 26 June will be: The courage & endurance of Denmark's citizens resistance movement during the 5-year Nazi occupation of World War II to commit sabotage & stage general strikes & rescue nearly all the country's 7000 Jews from the Holocaust. 5) The 1980 Gdansk Shipyard strike that won Poles the right to have free trade unions, launched the Solidarity movement & catapulted Lech Walesa, on a path to leadership, a Nobel Peace Prize, & the fall of communism in Poland. 6) The national protest days led by Chilean copper miners in 1983, which overcame a decade of paralyzing fear, showed that public opposition to the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet was possible, & signaled the start of a nonviolent democratic opposition. Free & open to all thoughts & ideas; local leaders from all faiths have been invited. At All Saints Episcopal Church, 6301 Parkman Place, Pleasant Ridge, Cincinnati, OH, 45213. More info & directions @ 513.531.6333, therevken@yahoo.com, www.allsaintscincinnati.org, & www.pbs.org/weta/forcemorepowerful/.
Reclaiming The Media: Step 1 Local Television Station License Renewal [Wednesday 29 June @ 6-8 PM]: A master class. October 1st, 2005 is the renewal date for television station broadcast licenses in the state of Ohio & the process starts now. This is a great chance for you to start having influence in how your airwaves are used. Learn how to monitor your local media, comment on their performance, & work with them to make media that is more reflective of your community. At Media Bridges, 1100 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.651.4171, sara@mediabridges.org, & www.mediabridges.org/edulist.pdf.
How to Energetically Clear & Protect Yourself, Home, & Workplace [Thursday 30 June @ 6:30 - 9 PM]: How to clear yourself, property, & space of inappropriate or negative energies & replace them with positive energies. Learn ways to protect yourself, home & office energetically. Participants will receive an outline of specific steps. $35 pre-registration. At WholeCare, 4434 Carver Woods Drive, Blue Ash, OH. More info and register @ 502.777.3865 & jutley5122@bellsouth.net.
Heritage Garden Fare [Saturday-Sunday 2-3 July @ noon - 5 PM]: Presented by Friends of Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center. Marketing antique roses, hydrangeas, perennials, hollyhocks, heirloom vegetables & much more. Exhibition of the art of instructors at Baker Hunt: watercolors, pottery, oils, mosaics, & more. Purveyors of garden related items. Master gardeners. A home & garden tour of some of the areas most spectacular historic homes. Free. Proceeds to benefit the Friends of Baker Hunt Scholarship Program & the Heritage Gardens of Baker Hunt. At the grounds of Baker-Hunt, 620 Greenup Street, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859.431.0020, info@bakerhunt.com, & www.bakerhunt.com.
Grand Homes, Gardens, & Grapes [Saturday-Sunday 2-3 July @ noon - 5 PM]: A tour of 12+ homes & gardens in Covington¹s historic riverfront neighborhoods, between the suspension bridge & the Licking River. Wine tasting & other treats at Greenup Street restaurants. Tour stops include the Daniel Carter Beard House (c. 1820), Daniel Fallis house (Greek Revival c. 1852), the unique campus of the Baker-Hunt Arts & Cultural Center (c. 1840), & many other 19th century treasures. $25; kids under 12 are free, with paying adult. All proceeds will be used for neighborhood beautification projects. Info: (513) 289-0022 & www.lickingriverside.com.
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7/15/05
Dear Ellen and Esteemed Participants of the Lloyd House Salon,
,
The South Cumminsville Community Council would like to invite you to the
South Cumminsville Mural Showcase
on July 15, 2005 at 6:30 – 7:00pm
at the Wayne Field Park on Beekman Street, Cincinnati, OH 45223.
The Showcase is part of the South Cumminsville Family Reunion that will last until Sunday, July 17, 2005. You are welcome to participate in this celebration.
The mural that is located on the underpass wall on Beekman and Elmore Streets is a parade of images of South Cumminsville’s Past, Present and Future. The mural project is part of an ongoing effort to revitalize the neighborhood and was included in the South Cumminsville Community Improvement Plan. In 2000, residents developed a Community Improvement Plan and it was approved by the City of Cincinnati Community City Planning Department. The South Cumminsville Community Council has also implemented other parts of the plan including traffic light on Beekman and Dreman and Neighborhood Gateway Sign on Beekman and Elmore Streets. This mural was made possible through funding from the Fine Arts Fund and the City of Cincinnati Neighborhood Support Program.
We hope to share with you our pride of the neighborhood at this event. Please RSVP by July 12, 2005 to the South Cumminsville Community Council by calling Marilyn Evans at 541-4109. Your presence is meaningful to the South Cumminsville Community.
Thank you very much,
Sincerely,
Marilyn Evans
South Cumminsville Community Council President
7/8
July 8
Paddlefest 2005
The largest canoe and kayak festival in the Midwest,
On the Ohio River
Friday July 8; 3:00pm (four Seasons Marina, Kellogg Ave.) Free Admission, Saturday 8:30 - 1:00 pm 6 mile paddle race
http://www.OhioRiverWay.org
Register to race, or just come and watch. You can rent a canoe, but reserve it at website above. Hundreds of canoe and kayak paddlers. See you there!
July 8 - 10, 2005
EarthSpirit Rising:Summer Conference
(Hey, I have now a coupon for $25 discount on registration fee
to anyone who contacts me.
Only have one of these, so act now. ellen)
(Also, Louise writes there is more financial aid...see below)
Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio
(This is a national, important Eco Conference put on each year by our own IMAGO, that fab. movement up on Enright in Price Hill founded decades ago by the Shenks, Jim and Eileen. Last year it was in the Carolinas. This year it is right here. I will be leading one of the discussion groups on Saturday evening on how to build community in your own locale. See, people will be coming from all over the country and abroad for this. I will talk about building the salon. So this is a great opportunity to attend a great conference. Check out the stars who will be giving keynotes! See below. ellen)
EarthSpirit Rising:
A Conference on Ecology, Spirituality, and Community
All the details are on the web at: http://Earthspiritrising.org
A Council of Earth Elders follows the conference
All the details are on the web at: http://Earthspiritrising.org
For a conference brochure, registration or more information:
E-mail - earthspiritrising@imagoearth.org
Phone - 513-921-5124
Mail - EarthSpirit Rising 700 Enright Ave Cincinnati Ohio 45205
7/25
Grenada Benefit: huge chorus to sing
July 25, Monday
HOuse of Joy, College Hill (That used to be Hollywood Cinema on Hamilton Ave)
7:00 pm
Donation offering to be collected
September 7, 2004, the island nation of Grenada suffered its worst setback in 50 years when it was struck by Hurricane Ivan. 39 people were killed and 90% of all homes, together with many churches and schools, were damaged.
80% of cash crops, such as cocoa and banana trees, were destroyed, and telecommunication and electrical lines were toppled in 120 mph winds.
SLOWLY, life is returning to normal. Electrical service has been restored to some homes and businesses, roofs have been covered with tarps, and many students have returned to school.
However, a great deal of work remains to be done.
On July 25 at 7 PM, Dr. Catherine Roma, Bishop Todd O'Neal, Tony Williams, Sr., the Martin Luther King Chorale, and The Underground Railroad Freedom Choir will present a Benefit Concert for Grenada Relief at The House of Joy.
A free will offering will be received, and a new CD recorded by Richard Simon of Grenada will be available for sale. Fifty percent of the CD sales will go directly to the Grenada Relief Fund.
In January, Bishop O'Neal and Pastor Neal Whitney took a work team from Lima, Ohio to Grenada. Information about joining a work team for a future visit will be given at the concert. Carpentry and electrical skills are especially needed.
Choir members are asked to bring a dessert, vegetable tray, snack, or drink for a choir fellowship immediately after the program.
Don't miss it!
If you are a singer with the NURFC group or the MLK Chorale and arre able to sing on July 25, please email: caroma@fuse.net to let Dr. Roma know you will be attending.
(If you are not a singer, come hear this. It will knock your socks off. ellen)
Looking forward to seeing you on July 25!
Dr. Catherine Roma & Bishop Todd O'Neal
Hugz, Joslin
6/25
GOOD PART-TIME JOB • GOOD DEED •GOOD PEOPLE
28 hours/week (including all day Sunday and Monday, and mornings T-W-Th), as a caregiver for a talented, humorous and disabled woman* in her and her partner’s Northside home. Available soon.
*(this is Therese Edell, songwriter, composer, accordian prodegy, folksinger and feminist whom I have helped out for a dozen years. Way rewarding woman. Ellen)
WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
A kind, energetic man or woman to complement a loving support system. You must be physically healthy, hear well, and learn to carry out a task-oriented job. We will provide training & support, and you must be willing to overcome discomfort with disability from M.S. and not mind being busy or entertained. We work with great humor and cooperation, but have very specific needs and expectations. You do not need similar past experience to do this or to be good at it. You DO need to have a caring heart, a good work ethic, a phone, and reliable transportation. You must be unusually reliable about time and attendance, and you must be willing to commit for a year to take this position. Pay is competitive and good.
MORE THAN A JOB:
It’s about creating conditions of quality of life for one of the most wonderful and inspiring human beings you may ever meet. If you enjoy women’s sports, listening to music and NPR, and you play chess – you’ll get extra points.
YOU CAN CALL ME (Jane) at 542-5788 (noon to 6pm is best) If anything about this ad interests you, please call and find out about us and our situation. All inquiries are welcome. Not a requirement but we are a vegetarian, non-smoking household.
(June 2005)
8/27
A Day For Men Workshop
Shirley Reischman (our estimable homeopath) sends this along. I don't know about it, but Jack Armstrong is a wonderful healing professional, worked on my family many years to great benefit, is a D.C.
Gary Matthews is a massage therapist in town, good guy, partner of Beverly Wellbourn.
Shirley says,
FYI. Gary Mathews and Jack Armstrong are among those doing workshops at A Day for Men event on August 27th. Please pass this on to all the men you know. http://www.celebratewisdom.com/pages_blocks_v3_exp/index.cgi?Key=402&Field=key_field&catg=index&Exact=Yes&this_sect=The%20Wisdom%20Center%20Coaching%20&thisroot=/pages <http://www.celebratewisdom.com/pages_blocks_v3_exp/index.cgi?Key=402&Field=key_field&catg=index&Exact=Yes&this_sect=The%20Wisdom%20Center%20Coaching%20&thisroot=/pages>
Huge March in Washington
against war in Iraq
Sept. 24
ACTION ALERT * UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
http://www.unitedforpeace.org | 212-868-5545
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Hold Bush & Congress Accountable for the Deaths, the Destruction,
the Lies, and the Toll on Our Communities
SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2005END THE WAR ON IRAQ - BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
Leave no bases behind - End the corporate occupation of Iraq
Stop bankrupting our communities - No military recruitment in our schools
Sat., 9/24 - Massive March, Rally & Festival
Sun., 9/25 - Interfaith Service, Grassroots Training
Mon., 9/26 - Lobby Day, Mass Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Disobedience
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More than two years after the illegal and immoral U.S. invasion of Iraq, the nightmare continues. More than 1600 U.S. soldiers have died, at least another 15,000 have been wounded; even the most conservative estimates of Iraqi deaths number in the tens of thousands. Iraq, a once sovereign nation, now lies in ruins under the military and corporate occupation of the United States; U.S. promises to rebuild have not been kept and Iraqis still lack food, water, electricity, and other basic needs. ....
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A r t i c l e s
6/30/05
http://www.chandraforohio.com/
Indian American lawyer Subodh Chandra running for Lt. Governor 2006..
Vows to Clean up Graft
Thanks to Indiaphile Diane Fishbein for this. She is planning to bring him to the salon. Stay tuned. e.
Message from Subodh Chandra Candidate for Ohio Attorney General
Subodh Chandra The Attorney General¹s Office can be the People¹s Advocate.
The Attorney General¹s office in Ohio is one of the state¹s largest law firms. It¹s powerful. And like all powerful entities, it can be used as a force for good, a force for bad, or, it can just do the bare minimum and not do much at all‹little harm, but little good. Recent news reports now reveal that our statewide elected officials have been so immersed in a culture of corruption that they have forgotten why one should seek such power in the first place: to serve ordinary people.
Most people don¹t realize what an attorney general does or what impact he or she can have. There¹s a reason for that. Our recent attorneys general have not fulfilled their office¹s full creative potential in protecting our citizens from harm or in vigorously pursuing the public interest. For example, attorneys general have slept while Columbus runs rampant with corruption, while children have violent video games marketed to them and sexual predators stalk them on the internet, while health and professional-liability insurance rates have skyrocketed without effective oversight, while health-care fraud wastes millions of dollars, while absentee fathers fail to support their children, and while consumers get ripped off here, there, and everywhere.
The Ohio Attorney General¹s office has the potential to be the greatest public-interest law firm in America, addressing these and other important concerns. But it takes leadership to get it done. It takes a people¹s advocate.
The culture of corruption in Columbus.
Here¹s a summary of what has been reported so far. Tom Noe, one of our statewide elected officials¹ biggest campaign contributors, got a contract to invest $50 million of workers¹ compensation premiums‹the money for Ohio¹s injured workers. Noe then invested workers¹ money into collectible coins, autographed baseballs, beanie babies, and other such speculative investments.
The governor initially was quick to defend all of this as a perfectly good idea until subsequent reports made that even more manifestly indefensible. At least $13 million of Noe¹s investments on behalf of Ohio¹s injured workers is missing. Some of the rare coins may have been used to purchase fine wine sitting in the Colorado home of a former Noe business associate. Colorado sheriff¹s deputies raided that home and took away thousands of dollars in rare coins but left the wine. Then burglars broke in and took the wine.
There¹s more. Our government officials forked over another $225 million of injured workers¹ money to another politically well-connected firm that lost most of it in other speculative investments, and were asked to give the company ³a break.² Officials also left millions of dollars in investment money with another politically well-connected fellow for over 18 months even after he had been federally indicted for cheating other investors. The officials allegedly told one newspaper they didn¹t plan on doing anything about it. A federal grand jury reportedly is now investigating whether Noe took government money and spent it on campaign contributions to the current crowd in charge. The former attorney general and current state auditor stayed at a vacation home purchased by interest-free loans by Noe to a former aide of the governor. The governor¹s former chief of staff stayed at cut rates at Noe¹s Florida vacation home.
The state auditor and the attorney general, both running for governor, somehow missed multimillion-dollar losses and corrupt activity and are now running for cover. The attorney general has belatedly sued one company that lost money, but Ohioans may have to go to court in the Bahamas and take it up on appeal to a land where, with all due respect and as one newspaper wryly observed, the judges still wear wigs. The attorney general failed to give state officials the fairly obvious legal advice that investment contracts‹especially shady ones‹ought to specify that Ohio is the place where we Ohioans want to litigate our disputes. So the contract says the dispute will be litigated in the Bahamas, which is in the British legal system.
State officials cannot claim ignorance. Noe himself warned state officials in writing that he would personally profit by self-dealing‹selling rare coins into the state investment fund with which he was entrusted.
You can search the term ³Noe² on www.cleveland.com, www.toledoblade.com, or www.ohio.com, or even www.nytimes.com, to stay up to date on the scandal.
Time to clean up.
It¹s time to clean up. I want to clean up because Ohioans deserve to have the best public-interest law firm in America fighting for them. They deserve to not have their public officials more concerned about lining the pockets of their friends than the broader public interest.
I am a former federal prosecutor who cleaned up fraud and corruption in the health-care industry. In fact, I was recognized by the FBI Director for my work. As Cleveland¹s Director of Law, I also helped internally investigate and clean up corrupt schemes in city government.
Why we will win.
The present opportunity to lead Ohio is compelling. The incumbent attorney general is running for governor, leaving an open seat.
There is an opportunity here for a very different kind of independent-minded candidate who is beholden to no one, and whose politics defy conventional labeling, to offer to the voters an alternative to clean up Ohio. The opportunity is underscored by the battle in the governor¹s race among strong Democratic candidates‹including a centrist big-city mayor, Mike Coleman www.colemanforohio2006.com, a centrist congressman, Rep. Ted Strickland www.tedstrickland.com. A strong top of the ticket next year, which we will have, means there is a very good prospect for my party¹s nominee for Attorney General.
Please donate now.
Your decision to donate now, and to ask your friends to do so, builds the momentum for this campaign to take Ohio¹s government back and move Ohio forward. And it lets those who have abused their power in Columbus know that we are coming to clean up, mops in hand.
Let¹s clean up Columbus! Let¹s clean up Ohio!
Best regards, Subodh Chandra
7/2
From: Michael Horn <mahorn138@yahoo.com>Michael
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 02:48:50 -0700 (PDT)
To: Ellen Bierhorst <ellenbierhorst@lloydhouse.com>
Subject: Re: Weekly 6/25/05- 5
Ellen,
I would consider Gerald's application of this technology to be an actual example of geothermal heating/cooling. Your article states the contrary. FYI, there are some drilling rigs, not commonly used, that can dig on a 45 degree angle and fan out the piping from a centered location. Also, geothermal energy seems ill-suited for communal use due to the constant 55 degree temperature of the circulated fluid and the varying load requirements that would result from different users. The expert I'm working with notes that he doesn't even recommend using a programmable thermostat because of the above characteristic of the heat source. I'm currently researching the possibility of utilizing this technology for large scale commercial use. It seems the biggest stumbling block is the relatively long payback period that is required versus the three year payback required by the short-sighted powers that be.
7/2
Energy Engineer John Robbins (who presented to the Salon last winter)
responds re. the Checco presentation here
Thanks, Ellen! What's this about not being cool? Everybody willing to
wrestle in AEA free-for-alls is cool with me!
It's great to hear about people willing and able to rescue our old
historical buildings, to hear how they decided (and invested) to accomplish
their goals. I'm typically less interested in which strategies are
possible, since there are so many of those and I've tried or seen so
many.... I'm typically more interested in what, when and why people do what
they do. All the ideas we talk about, many so different from others even
when aimed at similar goals... Our communities with large stocks of
thermally obsolete structures certainly need to focus on strategies of all
kinds either to bring these structures upto some reasonable energy
performance level or else... or else What? More special energy subsidies so
they can still be heated and cooled affordably? Cramming them with
super-high densities so the per-person costs are lowered enough to make them
affordable? More people flocking from them to something else? Mmmm.....
I have another Clifton-area client with a more public building to rescue,
maybe. In discussions, I learned my client thinks that when the 'real
crunch' gets here, people will huddle in one big room if that's what needs
to happen to stay warm affordably when ngas is triple or more the cost it is
today. My client says this is how people have rallied in past crises.
Well, I see a fairly consistent flow of people leaving their buildings with
out-of-control high energy guzzling like that, leaving them now while they
still can, so they can rehab or design and build new super-efficient
structures they can afford to survive or retire in. So I don't buy the
'hunker down and cuddle' expectation. May work for a few days or weeks, but
not year after year...
That's why I'm glad to hear about what the Checco's did. I wonder if they'd
be willing to send me their 2004 energy data? Ellen, can you forward this
email or give me their email address so I can contact them directly with
that request? Actually, I gave you a copy of my data request form way back
when, so maybe you can just hand them that copy?
JohnR
7/6... October 2005
(This looks like a g roup of liberal Jews, Christians, and Muslims working up something good for October. ellen)
Celebrating God¹s October Surprise in Ohio - Special invitation
Dear faith leaders and activists in Ohio:
Many of you will already have seen the Call for activities marking the confluence of major religious holy days this coming October. [St. Francis Day, Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, World Communion Day. Full details at www.tentofabraham.org.] This commemoration has been endorsed many national organizations representing tens of millions of Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, and Jews. [Endorser¹s list.] http://tentofabraham.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=40
You are invited to participate in a conference call on
Wednesday, July 6, at 5 pm
to connect people who have interest in celebrating this confluence in October. We will discuss ideas and potential plans for interfaith events and social action in our state. Even if you are interested but do not have any specific plans, or even a group to relate to at this point, please join us --- networking for interfaith activity is possible in this conference call.
Our agenda:
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Introduction to God¹s October Surprise
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Brief introductions of conference call participants
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Announcements for events in the planning stage
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Brainstorming how to commemorate this more broadly in OH
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Conclusion
This call will take place on Wednesday, July 6, at 5 pm, and will last for no more than one hour. To participate, register here:
http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/tsc/signUp.jsp?key=423&t=SecondTent.dwt
and we will send you the call-in number and code.
Please help us by forwarding this announcement to interfaith lists, regional clerical bodies, and congregational email listservs. Thank you!
if you cannot be available for this call and would like to be part of a later call and/or receive further announcements, please sign up here.
http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/tsc/signUp.jsp?key=392&t=SecondTent.dwt
Rev. Elizabeth Reed, on behalf of
The Tent of Abraham, Hagar, & Sarah
GOD'S OCTOBER SURPRISE: Ramadan, Yom Kippur, & a National Fast Oct.13 [invitation]
Dear Friends,
Below you will find a Call to celebrate the unusual confluence, this October, of the sacred seasons of several religious communities. We can do this by peacefully making spiritual connections ‹ especially through a Nationwide Fast for Reflection, Repentance, Reconciliation, and Renewal on October 13 ‹ and by sharing social action to heal the world.
The Call has been endorsed by the National Council of Churches; the Islamic Society of North America; Pax Christi; The Shalom Center; the Jewish Committee for Isaiah's Vision (see note 3 below); ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal and its rabbinic body, Ohalah; the Disciples Justice Action Network; the Northwest Interfaith Movement (Philadelphia) [partial list]
I hope that your organization will join in this process in any ‹ ideally all ‹ of the following ways:
1. Formally endorsing the Call as it appears below. If getting the organization to do this is too cumbersome, please sign as an individual, noting your affiliation. All individual signatures will be marked that organizations are listed for identification only. To sign up your organization or yourself, click here; AND/OR -
2. Cut and paste this web page into an email and send it to others who are likely to be interested in joining this effort; AND/OR -
3. Encouraging your folks to send their own plans, sermon materials, ceremonies, etc., for observing this period, to be shared with others across the country and the world. Please send them to info@tentofabraham.org This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Many thanks.
Shalom, salaam, peace.
This is the full Call with notes:
October Surprise: A Call to Share Sacred Seasons
At just the moment of history when religious conflicts have reemerged bearing lethal dangers for each other and our planet, God has given our spiritual and religious traditions a gift of time:
During October 2005, a rare confluence of sacred moments in many different traditions invites us to eat together, walk together, learn together, pray alongside each other, listen to each other, and work together for peace, justice, human rights, and the healing of our wounded earth.
The sacred Muslim lunar month of Ramadan and the sacred Jewish lunar month of Tishrei (which includes the High Holy Days) both begin October 3-4; October 4 is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi; and October 2 is World-wide (Protestant/ Orthodox) Communion Sunday. (For other sacred times that appear in October, see note 1 below.) The confluence of these four sacred seasons will recur in 2006 and 2007.
We could do much during these sacred times to heal our nation and the world. As one unifying moment of our prayer and effort ‹
We call on all communities of faith and ethics to observe a Nationwide Fast for Reflection, Repentance, Reconciliation, and Renewal, from sunrise to sunset on October 13. That day is for Muslims one of the fast days of Ramadan, and for Jews is the fast day of Yom Kippur.
Just as Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah welcomed into their tent thirsty travelers from all four directions, we welcome to this Fast not only those of the three Abrahamic traditions but all who thirst for a world made whole. We encourage those who join in this Fast to dedicate their prayers and their intention to serve the God Who calls us to seek peace, feed the poor, heal the earth, and then later to take visible steps in the world to heed God's call.
Besides taking part in the October 13 Nationwide Fast, there are a number of ways to share these sacred moments. (See note 2 below for possible examples.)
Engaged as we are in war, violence, and repression with strong religious overtones, we, communities of the faithful, could instead take some action together during the Ramadan/ Tishrei month to change public policy ‹ in favor of protecting human rights, healing the earth, and achieving peace in the regions where Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah sojourned.
We urge those of all our traditions to begin NOW, in our own cities and neighborhoods as well as nationally and internationally, to plan with each other how to use God's October Surprise of these sacred dates to heed the call of the Holy One that we live in peace together.
As we walk our path into this three-year journey of sharing sacred seasons, let us make the deep connections that will keep us together long after our sacred calendars dance in other directions.
This Call was initiated by The Tent of Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah. For more information and action suggestions, see www.tentofabraham.org. The Call has been endorsed by the National Council of Churches, the Islamic Society of North America, Pax Christi, The Shalom Center, the Jewish Committee for Isaiah's Vision (see note 3 below), ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal and its rabbinic body, Ohalah, the Disciples Justice Action Network. Northwest Interfaith Movement (Philadelphia) [partial list]
Notes:
1. October 2 is Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. October 4 to 12 are for Hindus Navarathri (nine nights of spiritual struggle), followed on October 13 by Vijayadashami, the tenth day of spiritual victory. And for Buddhists, Vassa (rainy season of spiritual reflection) ends on October 18 with the full moon day, Pavarana.
2. Some possible actions are listed below. These should be understood as suggestions; communities and congregations should choose their own approaches.
o Clusters of congregations ‹ a church, a synagogue, a mosque, a temple ‹ could arrange for each congregation to host one meal for members of the others, after nightfall on any of the evenings of Ramadan.
o Congregations could arrange public Interfaith Walks for Peace and Reconciliation that go between church, synagogue, and mosque, pausing at each for prayer.
o Jews could invite Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, and Hindus into the Sukkah, a leafy hut that is open to the earth. Traditionally, "sacred guests" are invited in and the Rabbis taught that during Sukkot, blessings are invoked upon "the seventy nations" of the world. Traditional prayers implore God to "spread the sukkah of shalom" over us. These are perfect rubrics for peacemaking among the children of humanity and with the earth.
o Muslims could invite other communities to join in celebrating Iftar (the break-fast) after sunset on a night of Ramadan. For some aspects of Eid el-Fitr (the feast at the end of Ramadan), Jews and Christians could (as in Morocco) bring food to the celebration of the end of Ramadan's fasting.
o Churches could invite other communities to join in learning about and celebrating the teachings of Francis of Assisi. He was practically unique among the Christian leaders of his day in opposing the Crusades, learning in a serious way from Muslim teachers (even to the extent of transforming his own prayer practice), and becoming deeply dedicated to kinship with the earth and all living creatures.
o Synagogues could invite Muslim scholars and spiritual leaders to teach on Rosh Hashanah when Jews are reading the Torah passages on the story of Abraham, Hagar, Ishmael, Sarah, and Isaac, how it is that Muslims understand that story. Then there could be open discussion of the differences, the similarities, the wisdom held in each of the versions of the story. Synagogues could set aside a time to read and discuss the Torah's story of the joining of Isaac and Ishmael to bury their father Abraham, and then to achieve reconciliation at the Well of the Living One Who Sees Me.
o Congregations could undertake actions to protect human rights by making public the plights of those detained without trials, often without access to counsel or to families, those disappeared, and those being subjected to torture; could create a series of evenings to look together at the texts in their traditions that have been misused to justify violence against other communities, and shape occasions of repentance, forgiveness, and reconciliation; could create seminars and public actions on the global climate crisis, religious perspectives on it, and Beyond Oil support for sustainable energy sources; etc. See the Website www.tentofabraham.org for more details.
3. The Jewish Committee for Isaiah's Vision is an ad hoc group of more than 100 rabbis and other Jewish leaders, echoing Isaiah's call that is read on Yom Kippur morning.
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From Salonista Nancy Dawley ...
a much better letter re. the Eastern Corridor Project
Ellen,
I saw your message and the write-up in the Enquire about the meeting in Mariemont discussing the proposed bridge/highway/rail system.
I was there too, and asked who makes the decision to go forward or not with the proposal. The answer is the Hamilton County Commissioners (Portune, DeWine, Heimlick), Hamilton County Engineer (Wm. W. Brayshaw), and someone else who's title I could not hear.
They suggested that people unhappy with the current study contact those people and recommend that they reject it and initiate another. The current study has a great many flaws that were enumerated during the meeting. I'm attaching my letter to Todd Portune. (see below) This might be an interesting topic to discuss some Monday evening.
Nancy Dawley
Cincinnati, OH 452437497 Hosbrook Rd.
June 25, 2005
Mr. Todd Portune, Hamilton County Commissioner
138 E. Court Street, Room 603
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Mr. Portune:
Re: The Little Miami / Eastern Corridor Project
I request that you reject the Little Miami / Eastern Corridor Project as currently proposed by the Federal Highway Administration. A new study is in order and you can initiate it.
The National Park Service opposed the construction of the bridge 5 days after the study was completed. Their charter is to protect the natural resources of the country. The NPS has since been silenced and the representative expected at the forum was told not to attend. As a Hamilton County Commissioner, you have the right to full information.
The experts at the Mariemont Forum indicated a wide number of flaws in the study. The lack of a peer oversight review committee, common with such large highway projects, meant that many assumptions made were incorrect and unchallenged.
Among these for the roadway:
1. According to a follow-up article in the Enquire (quoting Dr. Haynes Goddard), the costs of this project outweigh the benefits by a factor of 24 to 1 costs of $580 million and benefits of $24 million. It is a terrible transit recommendation. (A gas cost of $1.13 per gallon was used.)
2. There was no emissions profile over time. The Greater Cincinnati area is already having difficulty meeting quality air standards.
3. The cost/benefits analysis did not consider the cost of people leaving Cincinnati and Hamilton County in its calculation.
4. There was no discussion of induced demand on the road. For a recent I-75 widening project, the fact that people then moved farther out caused the benefits to be used up in just 7 years. That means that in 7 years there was as much congestion as before.
5. There was no analysis on the cost to communities along the route for induced growth to local streets, schools, sewers, and emergency service.
6. Nothing was mentioned that this project is on the proposed Interstate 74 route from Chicago to South Carolina. Why was this information ignored/hidden?
As far as the light rail component:
1. The new Oasis rail line is proposed to traverse the flood plain.
2. The estimated cost to ride on the proposed Oasis line is $3.50 per direction or $7.00 round trip. People going downtown (the only city destination for the Oasis line) would disembark on 2nd street, blocks from where most people work. The single destination, cost, and inconvenient terminal location would limit rider-ship and the line would loose money. This loss was quantified in the study.
3. There is an existing line(s) from Newtown to Fairfax, Hyde Park, Xavier University area, and the University of Cincinnati area that already exists. Updating this for passenger transport and adding an additional line to connect it to downtown Cincinnati could be much less costly than building a whole new line. This option was never examined, and should be since it takes people to multiple desirable locations, not just downtown.
4. A new bridge is not needed to begin rail service from the east to downtown on this existing line. The Cincinnati area could experience the value of light rail and see how it alleviates Eastern congestion before examining the much more expensive alternative of a new bridge and road.
5. Should it became desirable to extend the rail line to Eastgate, an existing bridge could accomplish this.
Please consider these comments and confer with others more knowledgeable about the flaws in the study. I am sure you will agree that a new study is in order.
Sincerely,
Nancy Dawley
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