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Friends’ hosts coal lecture Friends of the San Juans hosts lecture on Montana’s political and environmental positions in the coal economy, Friday, Aug. 3, 5-6:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The speaker is Dr. Claudia Oakes, an environmental consultant and faculty member at Montana State
University. The lecture will also cover information on the proposed coal terminal in Cherry Point, which would export 48 million tons of coal annually, said Friends. “The 21st Century has ushered in a new era of unsustainable coal extraction and exploitation in
Montana – with a projected four-fold increase in coal shipments from Montana to Washington state, and then to Asia,” said Oakes. “This new trading nexus will dwarf any of the previous century, and entangle Montana and the Pacific Northwest in a Saudi Arabian-style web of political and economic
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dependencies and environmental consequences that will result in long-term environmental damage and conflict.” The August presentation will focus on the available and untapped coal resources in Montana and how the state and the coal industry are collaborating to sell the Montana coal export economy in Washington and Asia.
Explore the beauty of Indian Island Join local volunteers and scientists in intertidal research at Indian Island for the last big low tides of the summer. The nonprofit Indian Island Marine Health Observatory documents and monitors the populations of marine life that inhabit Indian Island. IIMHO stewards also share all sorts of information about the island to the 8,000 – 10,000 visitors who yearly walk out to this Bureau of Land
Management property. Anyone is welcome to join in the project at any time and expand your awareness of our marine environment. The times are as follows: Mon., July 30 – 8:30 a.m. (-1.8) – Invertebrate Surveys Tue., July 31 – 8:30 a.m. (-2.0) – Invertebrate Surveys Wed., Aug. 1 – 9:30 a.m. (-1.9) – Fish Seining
Thur., Aug. 2 – 10:00 a.m. (-1.5) – Stewards on the Beach The IIMHO team is always looking for new volunteers if you would like to help. No experience necessary, just a love of the marine environment. For more information about volunteer opportunities, call Marcia Spees 3764084. To learn more, go to www. Indianisland.info.
Fiddle trio at Music in the Park Pack a picnic, bring your friends, and join Orcas Island’s favorite fiddle trio, JP and the OK Rhythm
Boys, for Music in the Park on Sunday, July 29 from 6 to 8 p.m., Village Green. The group features the scintillat-
ing fiddling of JP Wittman, backed by Gordon Koenig and Anita Orne on guitar and bass (and a few other things, like mandolin and musical saw) From swing
to hoedown, waltz to polka, George Gershwin to Grateful Dead, enjoy a wide range of tunes, done in JP and the Boys’ inimitable style. They even sing, a little.
Actors Theater on SAN JUAN Orcas needs new seats SJI INSURANCE For the past ten years, the Actors Theater has been using seats donated to them third hand by a theater in Monroe. These seats have reached the end of their life and need to be replaced. New risers for more leg room and high quality seats will cost around $18,000. The Actors Theater has $3,000 to spend on the seating, leaving a balance of $15,000 to raise. Bob and Phyllis Henigson stepped in and pledged $10,000 if the Actors Theater is able to raise the remaining $5,000. Anyone donating $150 or more will receive a brass plaque on the back of a seat with the donors’ name. For $300 you can have your name on two seats. You can also donate a seat “in memory of ...” Donations can be mailed to The Actors Theater of Orcas Island, P.O. Box 1198, Eastsound, WA 98245. For additional information, contact Doug Bechtel at 317-5601.
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