Peoples Bark News Add-ons - 3/5/02

Dear Peoples Bark News Berkeley Readers;
Some late arrivals.

no peace without justice,

john vance, editor/publisher/coordinator
Peoples Bark News Berkeley
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeoplesBarkNewsBerkeley/messages

A First Amendment Center
http://www.freezepeach.cjb.net
Berkeley, Ca
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1. VOTE NO ON MEASURE K!
2. Jose Ramos-Horta in S.F. March 6&7
3. 3/12 Forest meeting and 3/23 benefit music at Askkenaz
4. BFBC Weekly Bulletin, 3/4-3/10/02
5. Ongoing antiwar events in East Bay of S.F. Bay Area
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From: Jacki La Pointe <jacki@. lmi.net>
Subject: VOTE NO ON MEASURE K!
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 21:22:14 -0800

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VOTE NO ON MEASURE K!

http://www.friendsofparks.com

Public Trust Failure:

Contrary to the Park District's expensive taxpayer-financed campaign for
Measure K, they really haven't changed at all. Unfortunately the systemic problems that caused the voters to reject their last unjustified tax attempt remain.

-- wasteful of public resources
-- poor stewardship of our watersheds
-- lack of integrity in the public process
-- vindictive employee policies
-- poor employee morale
-- arrogant treatment of the public

In short, government at its worst. Unfortunately, the actions and policies of this management top-heavy bureacracy usually flies under the public's radar due to their self-imposed isolation and a huge continuing P/R budget.
VOTE NO on K!

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2. Jose Ramos-Horta in S.F. March 6&7


From: Ben Terrall <bterrall@. igc.org>
Reply-To: bterrall@. igc.org
Subject: Jose Ramos-Horta in S.F. March 6&7
Filomena dos Reis March 14&15
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 18:37:21 +0000


"East Timor: From Oppression to Freedom"
Jose Ramos-Horta
Nobel Peace Laureate and Foreign Minister of East Timor

World Affairs Council
312 Sutter St. (at Grant) San Francisco
Second Floor

Free if you mention you found out about it from the East Timor Action
Network (ETAN)

March 6, 2002
Registration: 5:30 pm
Program: 6:00 pm

For reservations call (415) 293-4600 or
email registration@. wacsfbay.org

The road to freedom in East Timor has led to violent rampage by
Indonesian troops, the involvement of Australian peacekeepers and
a unique role for the UN in nation-building. What lies ahead as the
UN plans to turn over the reins to the East Timorese?

Jose Ramos-Horta, the Minister of Foreign Affairs under the interim
United Nations Administration, has been the international spokesman
for human rights and the self-determination of East Timor for over 25 years. In 1996, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, with Bishop Carlos Belo, "to honor their sustained and self-sacrificing contributions for a small but oppressed people."
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Asia Society Northern California is pleased to announce
East Timor's Future: Problems and Prospects

Thursday, March 7, 2002
11:30 registration / 12:00 program and light lunch

Public Policy Institute of California, Founders‚ Room, 5th Floor
500 Washington Street (at Sansome), San Francisco
$15 members; $20 non-members; $10 students with ID

In cooperation with Stanford University's Southeast Asia Forum

José Ramos Horta
Nobel Peace Laureate & Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation for
East Timor

In conversation with Donald Emmerson
Senior Fellow, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University

To register for this event, please contact the Asia Society at
415-421-8707 Registration is required by Tuesday, March 5.

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ALSO:

"Finding Justice for East Timor": Spring 2002 ETAN speaking tour with
Filomena dos Reis


Thurs Mar 14: 1:15 – 3:05 at Stanford University,
class of Prof. Rush Rehm
Room 125, Memorial Hall (opposite Hoover Tower,
first classroom as you enter from the Business School side of
Memorial Hall). Contact: 650-723-0485 (Rush Rehm)

Fri Mar 15: 12pm-2pm, UC-Berkeley, 2223 Fulton St., 6th Floor
Conference Room (Center for Southeast Asia Studies)


East Timorese activist FILOMENA BARROS DOS REIS will speak about the
need for an international tribunal for East Timor and discuss issues currently facing East Timorese women, including meaningful inclusion
in political and social processes, domestic violence, and the plight
of women still trapped in Indonesian refugee camps. Filomena is Advocacy Director for the East Timor NGO Forum.

For more information about Filomena and East Timor see http://www.etan.org

ETAN/San Francisco
bterrall@. igc.org
510-985-0385
P.O. Box 420832
S.F., CA 94142

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3. 3/12 Forest meeting and 3/23 benefit music at Askkenaz


From: Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters <bach@. igc.org>
Subject: 3/12 Forest meeting and 3/23 benefit music at Askkenaz
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 21:25:02 -0800
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March 4, 2002 Alert
from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters
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1 -- We gather next Tuesday! Come hear what's happening in the forest.
2 -- We dance to the music March 23! Come shake your bootie and benefit
forest activism.

MEETING OF THE BAY AREA COALITION FOR HEADWATERS MARCH 12

We will meet at the Rockridge Library Tuesday, March 12 at 7 pm to discuss:
*the old growth initiative (petitions will be at the meeting)
*logging in murrelet habitat by Pacific Lumber
*tree sits on Gypsy Mt.
*upcoming events and activities
*anything else participants want to discuss

Please come! All welcome.

Meeting is 7-9, often convening to pub a block away (McNalley's) for further discussion.
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4th ANNUAL STOMP THE STUMPS BENEFIT DANCE PARTY

Join us for a wonderfully fun time that will benefit BACH's forest activist work. Sliding scale admission gets you onto the **new** dance floor at Ashkenaz for three bands including our very good friends the Funky Nixons!
It will be a night of dance music, updates and exchanging news and smiles with good friends. Please join us and make this night a success. We ALL need more music and dancing in our lives!

4th annual
Stomp the Stumps!
Benefit dance party

at Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley
Sat. March 23, 8 pm
Featuring 3 bands plus special guests
Including the Funky Nixons, the Gary Gates Band, the Shut-Ins and other very special guests tba

Benefit for Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters
Sliding scale admission, $8-20 Info: 510-548-3113
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Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization.
-Aldo Leopold
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Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH)
Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94702
phone: 510 548 3113
http://www.headwaterspreserve.org
email: bach@. igc.org

HEADWATERS HOTLINE: 510-835-6303

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4. BFBC Weekly Bulletin, 3/4-3/10/02


From: Dave Campbell <dcampbel@. lmi.net>
Subject: BFBC Weekly Bulletin, 3/4-3/10/02
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 19:45:27 -0800

Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition
Weekly Bulletin of News and Events
March 4-10, 2002
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"Whoever invented the bicycle deserves the thanks of humanity.²

------- Lord Charles Beresford

(from Bike Cult, by David B. Perry)

Welcome to the weekly bulletin of the Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition.
In this bulletin, we provide informative and breaking news on many subjects impacting the bicycling community in Berkeley.

This week's items:

1. Vote!!!! Measure K and Proposition 42 are bicycling related;
2. Bike Subcommittee Meeting, Wednesday, March 6, 4-6 p.m., 2120
Milvia, 3rd floor (Permit Center Bdlg.);
3. Berkeley Critical Mass 9th Anniversary Party, Friday, March 8, 5:30
p.m. at downtown Berkeley BART;
4. Oakland Police seeks anyone with information on the attack and
murder of James Hawelka, a bicyclists killed while riding on
Shattuck in Oakland--call Sgt. Phil Green at 510-238-3821 with
information.
5. Thanks to everyone who came to the I-80 Bike/Ped Bridge Party;
6. BFBC¹s Bicycle-Friendly Times March/April newsletter in the mail and
now available at bike shops, the library, and the Bikestation.

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1. Vote!!!!!!!!!

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2. Bike Subcommittee Meeting, Wednesday, March 6, 4-6 p.m., 2120
Milvia, 3rd floor (Permit Center Bdlg.)

The agenda for Wednesday¹s meeting includes:

a. Goals for 2002
b. Discussion of Goals for 2002.
c. Updates on On-going Projects
d. Update on Bicycle Boulevards Signage
e. Approach to the Bike/Ped Bridge via the bike network
f. Recommendations from January 30, 2002 Hillegass Design Meeting
g. Bike Lanes on Telegraph Avenue
h. Bikes on Sidewalks Recommendations
i. HIP Funding candidate projects.

The regularly scheduled date for the next Subcommittee meeting is Wednesday, April 3, 2002
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3. Berkeley Critical Mass 9th Anniversary Party, Friday, March 8, 5:30
p.m. at downtown Berkeley BART;

Join Berkeley¹s raucous bike brigade through the streets of Berkeley and out west across the new bike/ped bridge. Party afterwards to celebrate the 9th Anniversary of Berkeley Critical Mass.

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4. Oakland Police seeks anyone with information on the attack and
murder of James Hawelka, a bicyclists killed while riding on
Shattuck in Oakland on January 27--call Sgt. Phil Green at
510-238-3821 with information.

A reward of $4,000 has been posted by the East Bay Bicycle Coalition, the Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition, and the Oakland Police for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for this brutal attack.

The attack occurred on Sunday, January 27, at 5:30 a.m. while Mr. Hawelka rode his bike from his home in Oakland to work in Berkeley. He was attacked and killed by two men at 53rd and Shattuck, approximately where the highway crosses Shattuck. If you saw anything or know someone with information, please contact the Oakland Police.

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5. Thanks to everyone who came to the I-80 Bike/Ped Bridge Party;

Special thanks to everyone who helped organize and do outreach for the
bike/ped bridge party last Saturday. Berkeley Partners for Parks, the
Berkeley High School Mountain Bike Team, Walk & Roll Berkeley, Cycles of
Change, an unnamed bike touring club with cool jerseys, lots of pedestrians out for a walk, BFBC members, and many others all helped us celebrate the new bridge and enjoy the Marina afterwards. What will you use the new bridge for?

For the wonderful birthday cake we enjoyed after the parade, extra special thanks to Judith Chadwick, Helen Chang and the owner of Toot Sweets Bakery on Gilman St., Marcy Wheeler, as well as our friends at the Berkeley Covenant Church, and Allison deLaveaga who loaned her equipment.

By the way, if you need a yummy cake for an event, Kathryn Swift would be interested in helping. Call her at 510-843-6800 ext. 683.

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6. Bicycle-Friendly Times is out on the streets and in the mail. Look
for your copy soon, or pick one up at the Bikestation.

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This weeks bulletin prepared by:

Dave Campbell, President
Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition
<dcampbel@. lmi.net>

Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, and your membership makes us stronger. Join today
on-line at <http://www.bfbc.org> or visit the Bikestation at Downtown Berkeley BART for membership information.

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5. Ongoing antiwar events in East Bay of S.F. Bay Area


From: LMNOP <lakemerrittneighbors@. yahoo.com>
Reply-To: bay_area_activist@. yahoogroups.com
Subject: Ongoing antiwar events in East Bay of S.F. Bay Area
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 00:04:06 -0800 (PST)
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SUNDAYS, 3 P.M. - Diablo Valley Peace Walk. Starts at the Walnut Creek
BART station. Info: Ken, (925)827-3373 or <kenm@. zerogrowth.org>

SUNDAYS, 3 P.M. - Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace weekly
antiwar walk. Starts at the colonnade between Grand & Lakeshore
Avenues in Oakland. Info: Beth, (510)763-8712, <lmno4p@. yahoo.com>
or http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP
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MONDAYS, 7 P.M. - East Bay Coalition Against the War weekly meeting.
Humanist Fellowship, 390 - 27th Street, between Telegraph & Broadway.
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WEDNESDAYS, 7:30 P.M. - Berkeley Peace Walk & Vigil. Starts at North
Berkeley BART. Bring peace signs if you have them. Info:
http://www.geocities.com/vigil4peace/vigil.htm


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Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace. Weekly peace walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland. Meet at the colonnade between Grand & Lakeshore Avenues, 3 P.M., every Sunday. Info: (510)763-8712, <lmno4p@. yahoo.com> or http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP

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