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FORCE - Friends of The Rivers Coalition eNewsletter - MAY 2008 |
P.O Box 2627, Stuart, FL 34995 ~ 772-225-6849 www.RiversCoalition.org
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| RIVERS COALITION MEETING ON May 29, 2008 AT 11AM PRESENTATION! |
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"A Cry for Help: Conflicts and Compromises of the Indian River Lagoon"
Come see this wonderful presentation put together by three 8th grade stewards of the environment.
Todd Condon Jr., Morganne Lennig and Cole Pomykacz have won first place for their hard work at the State Junior Group Documentary in the History Fair. They are on their way to the University of Maryland to compete for first place in the National History Day Contest .
Please come see this presentation!
Donuts and Coffee will be provided.
Plenty of free parking. |
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What's happening at the next meeting on Thursday May 29, 2008? |
Thursday May 29, 2008 11:00AM Realtor Association of Martin County 43 SW Monterey Road, Stuart Corner of Monterey Road and Kanner Highway.
Business Matters
Chairman's Comments - Leon Abood
Special Program - Leon Abood
"A Cry for Help: Conflicts and Compromises of the Indian River Lagoon"
Legal Update - Karl Wickstrom
Special Events - Helen Harralson
Fundraising - Karl Wickstrom
WRAC - Ted Guy/Ed Fielding
Coalition Committee Reports
Water Quality - Mark Perry
Local Issues - Mark Perry/Ed Fielding
State/Federal Issues - Kevin Henderson/Paul Gray
IRL/CERP - Kevin Henderson/Paul Gray
Martin County Updates - Paul Millar
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Rivers Coalition Website. |
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| VIDEO PRESENTATION COMING UP TO DRAMATIZE LAKE DISCHARGE WOES! |
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A powerful video about the St. Lucie Estuary's damages caused by unnatural discharges from Lake Okeechobee is being finalized by the Rivers Coalition Defense Fund.
The video is based on the Defense Fund's PowerPoint presentation which has been well received by several groups in the Stuart area.
Photos and documented data in the video/PowerPoint tell the story of how the estuary is degraded by excessive fresh water discharges in wet years, killing all segrasses, oyster beds and other marine life, as well as laying down tons of black oozy muck. It is emphasized that only a major south outlet from lake will take the discharge pressures off the St. Lucie, and the Caloosahatchee to the west.
The presentation is held to under 10 minutes to facilitate its use on websites, TV and other applications. It will be distributed as a DVD as well. |
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SAVE THE DATE! |
Rivers Coalition Forum coming up on July 15, 2008 6PM. The Rivers Coalition will be asking Martin County Candidates questions on important issues.
Open to the Public.
Will be held at the Blake Library 2351 SE Monterey Rd Stuart, Fl 34996 from 6PM till 8PM. |
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KIDS DON'T FORGET TO JOIN OUR POSTER CONTEST ON THE RIVER! |
Create your poster on: What do you think of when you think of the River?
Judged on creativity and originality.
Prize: an hour ride on the River with your parents. Your page will be posted in the FORCE newsletter and the PTA newsletter.
Deadline for drawings May 30th. 2008, submit to the Rivers Coalition PO Box 2627 or info@riverscoaltion.org
Winner will be chosen in June!
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| Get your name on the Honor Roll! |
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Don't forget to make your donation!
Please go to www.RiversCoalition.org and make your donation today and your name will go on the honor roll.
The Rivers Coalition is a non profit 501c3 organization. |
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Check out the Honor Roll! |
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JUST PASSING ALONG SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION! |
From Snopes.com
If you are going to pass something along, Let it be THIS!
To whom it all concerns:
Just a word to the wise E-mail petitions are NOT acceptable to Congress or any other municipality. To be acceptable, petitions must have a signed signature and full address. Same with 'prayer chains' -- be wary.
Almost all e-mails that ask you to add your name and forward on to others are similar to that mass letter years ago that asked people to send business cards to the little kid in Florida who wanted to break the Guinness Book of Records for the most cards. All it was, and all this type of e-mail is, is to get names and 'cookie' tracking info for telemarketers and spammers to validate active e-mail accounts for their own purposes.
Any time you see an e-mail that says forward this on to '10' o f your friends, sign this petition, or you'll get good luck, or what ever, it has either an e-mail tracker program attached that tracks the cookies and e-mails of those folks you forward to, or the host sender is getting a copy. Each time it gets forwarded and then is able to get lists of 'active' e-mails to use in spam e-mails, or sell to others that do.
Please forward this notice to others and you will be providing a good service to your friends, and will be rewarded by not getting 30,000 spam e-mail in the future.
(If you have been sending out the above kinds of email, now you know why you get so much spam!)
Check it out: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.htm |
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Editor: Jessica Briske |
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