Topic: burma

compiled by Carrie Bartoldus On July 22nd the Warrenton City Council unanimously voted to approve the Adopt a Park or Trail Program presented by Warrenton’s Trails Coordinator Sarah Shewell, a member of AmeriCorps’ Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE). Also at the July 22nd meeting the City Council presented Shewell with a plaque of appreciation for all the work she had done...located near Seafarers Park, and proceeds through the parks trail network which connects to “Burma Road” at its south end. I...

This one slipped in under the radar, and it sounds like it's for a good cause. Clothes for Life: A sale to benefit Myanmar Relief On July 26th from 10am-6pm in front of Newport Market. The students of 180 student ministries from Westside church have been cleaning out their closets and will be selling them to raise money to aid the relief effort in Myanmar. Never thought I'd have Myanmar (Burma)...

JAW formally concluded today with the day-long company post-mortem, in which all the JAW artists participate in a talkback similar to what we do with the general public after each mainstage reading. The difference, of course, is that the company has lived with these plays for at least ten days (or several months, for some of us), so it's a different level of discourse altogether. The...

In the 60s it was, ‘turn on, tune in, and drop out’. In 2008 it it should be, ‘buy a horse, grow your own food, and go off-grid’ (*more off-grid references at the end of this post). Toyota is no better or different than any other whore of the Corporatocracy. Our own government even became a car dealer for a time. The EPA rated the Prius at 60 Miles Per Gallon when it knew...that Toyota — through its subsidiary Toyota Tsusho — has joint business ventures with Burma’s military regime. The charg...

I finally own a digital camera, thanks to my sister, who bought me a tiny, lightweight Nikon for my birthday this spring. I've even managed to load pictures onto my computer but have yet to figure out how to post them on the blog. So, yet another image-less blog from me. I probably need to work on my photography skills before I put anything up on the blog anyways...I have several shots of Brayton.....you can probably look it up on the website. No rattlesnakes this year, lots of horse poop on Burma Rd, so a pretty average event all...