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Theodore Roosevelt

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Dear Friends and Neighbors,
  News from livewires in Iowa, including article near the end about University of Iowa grant to study silica dust in NE Iowa.  We are all affected by this regional issue.
Wishing you well,
Bonita

Allamakee County Protectors     News Update     10/01/13
Hello Friends,
The Oct. 5th bus trip has been postponed. If you made a reservation we will contact you for a refund, or we will continue to hold a seat for you on the next bus tour. Stay tuned for new date!
The Allamakee County Protectors will be accepting                                                      
The 2013 Grassroots Award from the Iowa Chapter of the
Sierra Club this Saturday, Oct. 5th at the Neal Smith NWR in 
Prairie City, IA.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past year.
+++++++++++WORKSHOP INFORMATION++++++++++++
If you’re in the Cedar Falls Iowa area on Thursday Oct. 3rd you won’t want to miss this great presentation!
 
Community Rights Workshop with Paul Cienfuegos Thursday, October 3rd, 6:30-9:30pm, 3912 Cedar Heights Drive, Cedar Falls, IA  50613-Cedar Valley Unitarian Universalists.  Local, sustainably produced dinner will be served 6:00-6:30pm.  $25 (more if you can, less if you can’t)
 
Do you ever wonder why it seems that we have no control over decisions that affect our quality of life in Blackhawk and Bremer County? Come to a special 3-hour workshop with nationally recognized workshop leader and lecturer Paul Cienfuegos, and find out how our counties can take back local control through Community Rights Ordinances. 155 communities in nine states have passed or are in the process of passing Community Rights Ordinances that ban harmful but legal corporate activities such as factory farms/CAFOs, water withdrawal for bottling, fracking, mining, and more. These communities are both conservative and liberal, rural and urban, small and large. Join us for this inspiring and timely talk about how other communities have stood up and stripped corporations of their so-called constitutional "rights", while ensuring the right of people to govern themselves locally. Learn more about these ordinances at CELDF.org.
 
Paul Cienfuegos works full-time in the fast-growing national movement to reign in corporate power at the local level. For more info, go to PaulCienfuegos.com.
 
Questions?  Contact us by e-mail, or phone. Neil & Lara Martinsen-Burrell: 563-382-0537, laramystara@gmail.com, neilmartinsenburrell@gmail.com; Cindy Bancroft: 319-429-0283,

++++++++++GLOBAL FRACKDOWN October 19th +++++++++
Food & Water Watch will be hosting a town hall style forum in Lansing, Iowa, Oct. 19th from 7p.m. to 9p.m.  
TJ Hunters Banquet Hall.
ACP, along with several other organizations, both regional and state, have been invited to participate in an open dialogue about frac sand mining and fracking. This is open to the public and everyone is welcome! Refreshments will be served! 
 WE hope that you can make it and hear what Food & Water Watch and other organizations have to say about this most urgent topic.
Food & Water Watch will be passing along more information about this event shortly.
Here is an article from yesterday talking about Fracking Iowa.
Frac sand is also mentioned.
Here is an article from today about a U of I grant to study silica dust in N.E. Iowa.
 
Please consider making a tax free donation to the
Allamakee County Protectors Education Campaign  
 or send a check to:
ACP Ed. Campaign
P.O. Box 32
New Albin, IA 52160
We rely on donations so we can continue to educate the public and bring up to date announcements to the citizens that might otherwise be missed!
 
Thank You for your continued support.
Robert.
Robert Nehman, Vice President
Allamakee County Protector
P.O. Box 32
New Albin, Iowa 52160
Email: isisjoy520@aol.com  
Phone: 608-385-3111

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